Thursday 23 September 2021

UNIT 10 Adjective Formation TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 10

Adjective Formation

EXERCISE A

Choose the correct adjective and write its number in the brackets.

 

1

It was a beautiful __________ day.

(1)

sun

(2)

sunshine

(3)

sunny

(4)

sunless

2

My ___________ number is ‘9’. What’s yours?

(1)

luck

(2)

luckily

(3)

luckless

(4)

lucky

3

Thank you for the flowers. They’re ___________.

(1)

loved

(2)

lovely

(3)

loving

(4)

love

4

Sally looked very ___________ in her new dress.

(1)

beautiful

(2)

beauty

(3)

beautify

(4)

beautifully

5

Their house has ___________ central heating.

(1)

electrically

(2)

electricity

(3)

electric

(4)

electrically

6

My uncle made me a wonderful, ___________ model of a ship.

(1)

woody

(2)

wooden

(3)

wood

(4)

wooded

7

My uncle is 50 today, but he still looks very young. He's got a very ___________ face.

(1)

boyish

(2)

boy's

(3)

boy

(4)

boys

8

It's important to keep ___________ things like medicine or cleaning liquids in a safe place.

(1)

harmless

(2)

harmful

(3)

harm

(4)

harmed

9

You made lots of mistakes in your homework. You were very___________.

(1)

care

(2)

careful

(3)

careless

(4)

carelessly

10

Tom, you must be more ___________ in class. Try to pay more attention!

(1)

active

(2)

action

(3)

acting

(4)

acted

11

London is for ___________ Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.

(1)

fame

(2)

infamous

(3)

famous

(4)

famously

12

Mr Lane's daughter is very ___________. She can play the piano and the violin.

(1)

music

(2)

musical

(3)

musically

(4)

musicals

EXERCISE B

Fill in the gaps with the adjective formed from the word in brackets.

Describing animals


We had a (1) _____ (wonder) day at the zoo yesterday. It was a school trip and

our class teacher gave us a really (2) _____ (interest) task to do. We had to work in pairs and find two words to describe each animal we saw. I worked with my best friend, Pam. First, we went to the lions' enclosure. I thought the lions were really (3) ______ (majesty) and Pam thought they were very (4) ______ (beauty) animals. So we wrote down both words. Then we visited the chimpanzees. We both thought that they were very (5) ______ (fun) and very (6) _____ (live): they were climbing and running everywhere! The elephants looked very (7) ______ (power) but also very (8) _____ (peace) and calm. Pam and I agreed that the crocodiles looked (9) _____ (sleep) but we knew they were (10) _ _ ____ (danger)! We went around all the animals and wrote a very long list of words. And, at the end of the day, we agreed that we were both very (11) ______ (tire) but also very (12) _____ (please) with our work!

 

EXERCISE C

Fill in the gaps with the adjective formed from the word in brackets..

Weather report and news

First the weather report: Today will start (1) ______ (sun) but cold. It will become (2) ______ (cloud) later and there might be some snow tonight. So, drivers be (3) ______ (care)! The road may be (4) ______ (ice) and (5) ______ (slip). It will continue to be (6) ______ (snow) tomorrow morning but later in the day it will turn grey and (7) ______ (rain). Now, today's headlines: The police have announced the (8) ______ (mystery) disappearance of the statue in front of the city hall. They said that the public are being very (9) ______ (help) and they are (10) ______ (hope) that they will find the statue very quickly. Tom Motor, the world-famous actor is expected to arrive in the city today. His fans are very (11) ______ (excite). He is travelling with his (12) ______ (attract) wife, Lucy, and their three children. Mr Motor and his family are visiting our city for a holiday. That's all the news for now. So, goodbye and have a good day.

ANSWER KEY


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