Pre Lesson Exercise
ADJECTIVES
PART I
Are the sentences correct or wrong? Make correction if necessary.
1. I saw a programme really good on TV last night.
2. My sister has two young children.
3. I didn't know your mother French was.
4. Are you OK? You look terrible!
5. I've just bought a new printer.
6. This chicken doesn't very good smell. How old is it?
7. They're building a factory big next to our home.
8. Tom ate sweet fresh cherry pie
9. Can you buy this blue big balloon?
10. I saw his cool green Italian bike
PART II
-ed or -ing adjectives
1. You look really ___. Why don't you go to bed? (tired/tiring)
2. Can I call you? I've got some very ___ news for you! (excited/exciting)
3. I'm ... with this film. Can we watch something else? (bored/boring)
4. I'm not really ... in football. (interested/interesting)
5. I can't stop reading this book. It's so ... ! (excited/exciting)
6. I'm feeling very ... . I think I'll go to bed. (tired/tiring)
7. I can't find my glasses. It's so ... ! I had them five minutes ago.
(annoyed/annoying)
8. Dear Anita, First of all, congratulations on your exam results! You
must be really ... . (pleased/pleasing)
9. Are you all right? You look ... . (worried/worrying)
10. I like Jeremy but he can be ... sometimes. He never stops talking!
(tired/tiring)
PART III
Order of adjectives
1. I wanted to buy a_______________________ table.
(round/blue/Italian/dining/big)
2. Does Miriam need that _________________ chair? (wooden-small-
square)
3. What is this _____________________ thing? (red/triangular/leather)
4. Did you notice the brand of that ________________________________
car? (green/ streamlined/splendid/sport)
5. William can take care of your _______________ _________ cat.
(Persian/naughty/white)
6. This ________________________ scarf belongs to my brother.
(woolen/long/multicolored)
7. Are you sure this ___________________ sabre is Turkish?
(curved/nice/steel)
8. Press this ____________________ button never! (plastic/red/round)
9. Mike will order a_________________ breakfast. (English/light/nice)
10. This ____________________________ wardrobe is my friends’ gift.
(elegantly-shaped /amazing/brown/wooden)
PART IV
Comparatives and Superlatives
1) Dogs are _____(intelligent) than rabbits.
2) Lucy is ____(old) than Ellie.
3) Russia is far ____(large) than the UK.
4) My Latin class is ____(boring) than my English class.
5) In the UK, the streets are generally ____(narrow) than in the USA.
6) London is ____ (busy) than Glasgow.
7) Julie is ____(quiet) than her sister.
8) Amanda is _____(ambitious) than her classmates.
9) My garden is a lot ____(colourful) than this park.
10) His house is a bit _____(comfortable) than a hotel.
Form the comparative and superlative forms of each adjective.
1. big -
2. bright -
3. clean -
4. delicious -
5. easy -
6. fine -
7. fresh -
8. good -
9. new -
10. safe -
Fill in the superlative forms of the adjectives in brackets.
1. The moon is _______ planet to earth. (close)
2. Jupiter is ________ planet in our solar system. (large)
3. Sirius is ______ star we can see from earth. (brilliant)
4. Venus is _______ planet in our solar system. (hot)
5. Ceres is _______ asteroid in our solar system. (big)
6. The Energya is _______he rocket. (powerful)
7. Karl Henize was _______ man in space. He was 58 years old. (old)
8. Saturn is ______ planet. (beautiful)
9. Venus is _______ planet in our solar system. (bright)
10. The Apollo project was ______ space programme. It cost 25 541 400 000
dollars. (expensive)
Mixed Exercise
1. Russia is ____________________ country in the world in terms of area.
(big)
2. It's ___ to keep in touch with friends now than it was 30 years ago.
(easy)
3. Stanley is by far ______ in the group. (old)
4. This hotel is _____the last one we stayed at. (cheap)
5. The tsunami of 2004 was _______ disaster in history. (horrible)
6. The computer was _______ I had thought. (expensive)
7. I am getting ____ at tennis all the time. (good)
8. Even though the test is next week I am getting ____ by the day.
(nervous)
9. Of all the new classmates I like Harry ____. I think he is very arrogant.
(little)
10. Which do you think is ___ subject in school ? (bad)
