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Test 6. Adjectives, quantities and amounts, and numbers

1. Take adjectives from the phrases below and put them into the columns given. The first phrase has been given for уоu.

Opinion adjectives

Descriptive adjectives

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

general

specific

size

shape

age

colour

nationality

material

lovely

comfortable

leather

1. a lovely comfortable leather armchair

2. a large round wooden table

3. a nice intelligent young man

4. a nasty ugly blue china vase

5. an old Spanish song

6. a big square metal box

7. a horrible stinking fish

8. a small brown paper bag

9. a valuable ancient Egyptian manuscript

10. a huge red American automobile.

2 Are the adjectives in these phrases in the normal order? Answer 'Yes' or 'No'

1 a long hot day NO

2.a large black dog YES

3.a tall handsome young woman ...

4.short fat legs ...

5. a new red dress...

6.a big juicy steak...

7.a slim graceful woman...

8.a grey woolen pullover ...

9.a large comfortable armchair...

10.a long difficult journey...

3. Complete the following pairs of sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets You must use the '- ed' -form for one sentence in each pair and the '-ing' -form for the other.

  1. a) I had nothing to do. I was bored and lonely. (Bore)

b) I had only one book with me but I didn't read it. It was so ... boring....

2. a) I enjoyed Dr. Brown's visit. He is a very ... speaker, (interest)

b) We invited them to join us, but they were not really...

3. a) The bad news was very ... (depress).

b) It was a bad day. We were all thoroughly...

4. a) I enjoyed the film . The monster was absolutely ... .(terrify)

b) We were told there was a bomb in the building. Everyone was absolutely....

5. a) We were rather ..... with the results, (disappoint)

b) The results were very .......

6. a) We were dreadfully late. It was very ... (embarrass)

b) George made a perfect fool of himself. He was awfully … .

7. a) Jack looked even more ...... than he felt. (amaze)

b) She is a brilliant woman. She has the most ... ideas.

8. a) Have you heard what's happened? Isn't it ... (excite)

b) Mary looked calm, but inside she felt really ....

4. Write the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives:

Bad -

Fine –

Big-

Fit-

Good-

Hot-

White –

Slim-

Angry –

Tiny-

Simple –

Convenient –

Cold-

Wide-

Fat-

Thin-

Slender –

Generous –

Friendly –

Gentle -