7.1.3. The Adjective and the Adverb

Ex. 45. Fill in each blank by putting the two words in brackets in the correct order. Remember to remove the –s from plural noun modifiers.

Model: People need a (coat / winter) in December.

People need a winter coat in December.

1. He bought a (car / beautiful). 2. In the supermarket we put our things in a (cart / shopping). 3. I need a (spoon / tea) to stir my tea. 4. To fry eggs you need a (pan / frying). 5. A (driver / taxi) drives a taxi. 6. The school is closed during (vacation / Christmas). 7. She took a (vacation / very / long). 8. A (worker / factory) has a (job / hard). 9. Many (factories / automobiles) use robots. 10. (Students / colleges) buy their (books / texts) at the (stores / books). 11. I had a (meeting / long / pretty) with my boss.

Ex. 46. Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position as in the model.

Model: A beautiful table (wooden / round). — A beautiful round wooden table.

1. An unusual ring (gold). 2. An old lady (nice). 3. A good-looking man (young). 4. A modern house (attractive). 5. Black gloves (leather). 6. An American film (old). 7. A large nose (red). 8. A sunny day (lovely). 9. A hot bath (nice). 10. An ugly dress (orange). 11. A red car (old / little). 12. A metal box (black / small). 13. A long face (thin). 14. A wide avenue (long). 15. A big cat (fat / black). 16. A little village (old / lovely). 17. Long hair (fair / beautiful). 18. An old painting (interesting / French). 19. An old shirt (cotton / white). 20. A black bag (plastic / small).

Ex. 47. Choose the right word, adjective or adverb, from the words in brackets.

Justify your choice.

A. 1. He looked (angry / angrily). 2. He looked at me (angry / angrily). 3. The soup smells (good / well). 4. The sauce tastes (strange / strangely). 5. The cook tasted the sauce (careful / carefully). 6. Everybody looked at Mary (curious / curiously). 7. Mary’s make-up looked (curious / curiously). 8. This perfume smells (different / differently) from the last. 9. We now smelled smoke very (distinct / distinctly). 10. Please, shut the door (quiet / quietly). 11. Can you be (quiet / quietly), please? 12. Do you feel (nervous / nervously) before the examination? 13. The doctor felt the patient’s leg (thorough / thoroughly). 14. The dog seems very (clever / cleverly). 15. She does everything (clever / cleverly).

B. Last week I had my first job interview in the U. S. I wanted to do (good / well). A (good / well) friend of mine told me about a resume service. He told me that this service helps you to prepare your resume (good / carefully). I wanted my resume to look (carefully / professional). I never wrote a resume before, so I used this service. I wanted to have a (perfect, perfectly) resume.

A few days before the interview I worked very (hard / hardly) to prepare answers to possible questions. The night before the interview, I chose my clothes (careful / carefully) and ironed them. I wanted to appear (neat / neatly). My friend told me that it’s best to look (conservative / conservatively), so I chose my dark-blue suit. I went to bed (early), as (usual / usually), but I did not sleep (good / well) because I was (extreme / nervous).

Ex. 48. Translate into English.

Багато зошитів, багато молока, багато води, багато днів, багато газет, багато крейди, багато снігу, багато років, багато картин, багато музики, багато хлопчиків, багато дівчаток, багато чаю, багато лимонів, багато мяса, багато кімнат, багато вчителів, багато роботи, багато повітря, багато птахів, багато машин.

Мало будинків, мало чаю, мало чашок, мало хліба, мало вікон, мало паперу, мало кави, мало музики, мало радості, мало супу, мало дерев, мало трави, мало дітей, мало іграшок, мало світла, мало парт, мало ковбаси, мало соку, мало книг, мало квітів, мало солі, мало друзів, мало тепла.

Ex. 49. Make up questions with much or many.

Model: Tom has a lot of customers (friends). — Does he have many friends?

He has a lot of work (money). — Does he have much money?

1. Mrs. White buys a lot of bread (milk). 2. She has a lot of glasses (cups). 3. She drinks a lot of coffee (tea). 4. She puts a lot of cream in her coffee (sugar). 5. She eats a lot of fruit (vegetables). 6. Al eats a lot of hot dogs (hamburgers). 7. He drinks a lot of tomato juice (orange juice). 8. Barney meets a lot of people (pretty girls).

Ex. 50. Make up negative sentences with much or many.

Model: John has a lot of books (clients). — But he doesn’t have many clients.

Ann has a lot of free time (fun). — But she doesn’t have much fun.

1. Mrs. Dale has a lot of money (free time). 2. He has a lot of employers (friends). 3. He smokes a lot of cigars (cigarettes). 4. He drinks a lot of coffee (tea). 5. Nancy reads a lot of magazines (books). 6. She writes a lot of postcards (letters). 7. She has a lot of envelopes (paper). 8. She goes to a lot of movies (plays). 9. Her car uses a lot of gas (oil).

Ex. 51. Fill in the blanks with many, much, a great number (of), a great deal (of).

Model: We have many (a great number of) apples this year.

We have much (a great deal of) time.

1. They’ve got  tape-recorders in the laboratory. 2. Doctor Smith’s wife has  flowers in her garden. 3. She has  trouble with her boy. 4. The doctor has  patients. 5. A housewife has  work to do. 6. He has got  English books in his library. 7. We have got  spare time today. 8. I spend  money on books. 9. She buys  milk for her grandchildren. 10. Please, don’t put  pepper on the meat. 11. There were  plates on the table. 12. I never eat  bread with soup. 13. Why did you eat so  ice-cream? 14. She wrote us  letters from the country. 15.  of these students don’t like to look up words in the dictionary. 16.  in this work was too difficult for me. 17.  of their answers were excellent. 18.  of their conversation was about the institute. 19. There are  new pictures in this room. 20.  of her advice was useful.

Ex. 52. Fill in the blanks with a few, (very) few, a little, (very) little as in the model.

Model: I’d like to ask you  questions.

I’d like to ask you a few questions. I need a little more

information.

A. 1. I have  money, so we can go to the cinema. 2. I have  money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 3. This girl works very , that’s why she knows nothing. 4. Mother gave us  apples and we were very glad. 5. He didn’t like the camp: he had  friends there. 6. The hall was almost empty: there were  people in it. 7. I can’t buy this expensive hat today: I have too  money. 8. She left and returned in  minutes. 9. I think you can spare me  time now. 10. Be quick, please, we have very  time. 11. My mother knows German  and she can help you. 12. If you have  spare time, look through this book, please. 13. He had  English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books.

B. 1. After Rodney tasted the soup, he added  salt to it. 2. I don’t like a lot of salt on my food. I add  salt to my food. 3. The professor lectured very clearly. As a result  students had questions at the end of the class period. 4. I have to go to the post office because I have  letters mail. 5. Every day Max goes to his mailbox, but it is usually empty. He gets  mail. 6. Driving to the stadium for the baseball game was easy. We got there quickly because there was  traffic. 7. My friend arrived in the United States months ago. 8. I think you could use some help. Let me give you  advice. 9. Because the family is very poor, the children have  clothes. 10. Are you finished? — Not, yet. I need  more minutes. 11. Are you finished? — Not, yet. I need  more time. 12.  days ago I met a very interesting person. 13. Into each life, rain must fall (a saying). 14. I was hungry, so I ate  nuts. 15. Margaret likes sweet tea. She usually adds  honey to her tea. Sometimes she adds  milk, too. 16. He’s a lucky little boy. Because his parents have taken good care of him, he has had  problems in his young life.

Ex. 53. Fill in the blanks with much, many, little, few, a little, a few.

1. Are there  college-graduates among your friends? — Yes, there are . 2.I have got  time. I must hurry. 3. I have  time and can help you. 4. There are  cups on the table but there are  glasses on it. 5. We know very  about it. Tell us everything you know. 6. Very  people know Doctor Sandford. 7. There are  girls in the family, aren’t there? 8. There’s very  chalk at the blackboard. Go and fetch some more. 9. It’s a secret. Very  people know about it. 10. Please, add  more tea in my cup. 11. There is  paper in the box. I need more. 12. May I take  sheets of paper? 13. I have  money, I cannot buy this hat. 14. Can you give him  colored pencils? 15. Busy people don’t have  free time. 16. Was there  snow last winter? 17.  Americans prefer to live in big cities. 18. There’s  crime in a big city. 19. You will need  time to do this exercise. It’s easy. 20. He is a busy man. Ha doesn’t have  friends. 21. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends  time preparing for his lessons. 22. I know very  about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 23. The pupils of our class ask  questions at the lesson. They want to know everything. 24. You do not make  mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? — Oh, yes, I do. I work very  . 25. Does your sister read ? — Yes, she does. And your brother? — Oh, he doesn’t. He has so  books, but he reads very  .

Ex. 54. Fill in the blanks with so or such.

Model: Come on! Don’t walk  slowly! — Come on! Don’t walk so slowly!

I’ve never done  a stupid task. — I’ve never done such a stupid task.

1. I was surprised that he looked  well after his illness. 2. They’ve got  a lot of money; they don’t know what to do with it. 3. She is a very pretty girl. She’s got  beautiful eyes. 4. Everything is  expensive these days, isn’t it? 5. Why did you ask them  stupid questions? 6. It was  a boring film that I fell asleep in the middle of it. 7. The wind was  strong, it was difficult to walk. 8. The food at the hotel was very bad. I’ve never eaten  awful food.

Ex. 55. Use such instead of so as in the model.

Model: The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.

It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

1. The road is so narrow that it is difficult for cars to pass each other. — It is. 2. The weather was so warm that I didn’t need a coat. — It  . 3. His feet are so big that he has difficulty finding shoes to fit him. — He has got  . 4. There were so many people in the room that we couldn’t move. — There were ....

Ex. 56. Complete the sentences. Use enough + one of the words from the box.

people good fit money plates sweet information study

1. Have you got  to pay for all these things? 2. My English is not  for an interpreter’s job. 3. We had 12 people for dinner last night but we didn’t have  . 4. Jane didn’t pass her examination because she didn’t  . 5. The party on Sunday was very quiet. There weren’t  there. 6. Is your tea , or would you like some more sugar? 7. I can’t give you an answer because I haven’t got  . 8. William couldn’t run more than 200 meters because he wasn’t  .

Ex. 57. Fill in each blank with too or very.

Model: My sister is … beautiful. — My sister is very beautiful.

I’m … short to touch the ceiling. — I’m too short to touch the ceiling.

1. My grandfather is in … good health. He runs five miles a day. 2. I’m … sick to go to work today. I’ll just stay in bed. 3. I can’t believe I won the lottery. It’s … good to be true. 4. She won the lottery. She’s … happy. 5. She should be in an easier English class. This class is … hard for her. 6. That meal was delicious. You’re a … good cook. 7. He is a … good person. He always helps his friends and neighbours. 8. My son is only six years old. He’s … young to stay home alone. 9. Yesterday I saw a … beautiful sunset. 10. I can’t reach those boxes on that shelf. It’s … high for me.

Ex. 58. Make one sentence using too or enough from the two sentences given as in the model.

Model: We couldn’t eat the food. It was too hot.

The food was too hot to eat.

1. I can’t drink this coffee. It’s too hot. This coffee is  . 2. Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy. The piano  . 3. I can’t wear this coat in winter. It’s not warm enough. This coat is  . 4. Don’t stand on that chair. It’s not strong enough. That chair is  . 5. Two people can’t sleep in this bed. It’s not wide enough for two people. This bed is  .

Ex. 59. Complete the following sentences with so, such, too, enough, very.

1. That piece of wood is no good. It’s not long … . 2. They all thought the new manager was … pleasant but a bit lazy. 3. They enjoyed themselves … much that they didn’t want to leave. 4. The coffee is … hot to drink. 5. That screwdriver is not big … for this job. 6. She had  a good voice that everyone asked her to sing again. 7. The film was  good. I would even like to see it again. 8. It was  an old record that we could hardly hear the music. 9. That jacket is  big for you. 10. The guitarist played  badly that the audience walked out. 11. You speak  quietly that I can’t hear what you say. 12. It was  a heavy box that Mary could not lift it. 13. The sea was  rough that the fishing-boats did not leave harbour. 14. It’s  foolish to smoke, as it is known to be dangerous to health. 15. Air pollution is making some cities  unpleasant for civilized life. 16. There weren’t  chairs for everyone to sit down.

Ex. 60. Some adjectives are non-comparable because they have an absolute meaning. From the adjectives, given below, pick up the ten which are non-comparable.