Monday, 20 January 2020

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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