33. Adjectives: things TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

33. Adjectives: things

A.                   Put the adjectives into the correct category in the table.

beige	bitter	boiling	cool	cream	furry
gigantic	juicy	massive	minute	navy	oval
rectangular	ripe	rough	smooth	triangular	humid

Colour ____beige__________________ ____________________________ ____________________________	Shape ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________	Size ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
Describing food ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________	Describing weather ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________	Texture ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________

B.                   Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives from the table above.

1	Don’t pick those apples. They aren’t _____________ yet.
2	I always shave my legs in the summer. I like them to be nice and _____________ when I go to the beach.
3	The temperature isn’t that high but it’s very _____________ today. You start sweating as soon as you go outside.
4	I’m not thirsty. I just ate a really _____________ orange.
5	Dark blue doesn’t suit me so I don’t look very nice in my uniform, which is _____________ and grey.
6	I can’t read the print in that dictionary. It’s _____________.
7	I gave my niece a big brown _____________ teddy bear for her birthday.
8	Cats have _____________ faces with the ears and the chin as the three points.
9	It’s _____________ here in the summer. We spend all day relaxing in the pool.
10	Our dining room table isn’t exactly round. It’s more _____________.

There is a rule for the order of adjectives when several are used together.

opinion	size	age	style	colour	origin	material	purpose	noun
horrible lovely beautiful nice	little short long	old	curly	white blonde black	French	silk	party soup	dog hair dress bowls

I was bitten by a horrible little white dog.

Who’s that girl with the lovely short curly blonde hair?

She was wearing a beautiful long black silk party dress.

Where did you get those nice old French soup bowl?

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