UNIT ADJECTIVES AND A) thrilled B) thrilling

ADVERBS 13. Last week, the square

was ......... with people waiting to
EXERCISE l: Choose the correct see their party leader.
one. A) crowded B) crowding
1. She is always complaining 14. "What do they call ..........
about something, and I'm grapes in English?" "Raisins."
beginning to find her A) dried B) drying
complaints rather ............ 15. Little Susie seemed
A) annoyed B) annoying rather .......... when I explained to
2. The scenery along the road was her the difficulties of being a.
really wonderful. We were flight attendant.
all ........... by it. A) discouraged B) discouraging
A) fascinated B) fascinating 16. They say the Illegally .........
3. If something isn't realized as villas along the Bosphorus will be
planned, I feel ........... pulled down.
A) frustrated B) frustrating A) constructed B) constructing
4. The 8 o'clock news last night 17. I didn't find his
was rather ........... explanations ......... at all.
A) depressed B) depressing A) convinced B) convincing
5. I was ..........by the bloody war 18. I don't think the police are
scenes from all over the world. trying hard enough to find
A) disgusted B) disgusting the ...........people.
6. Grandma often tells the A) lost B) losing
children stories. The children find 19. I hate to be the supporter of
them .............. a ......... team in a match.
A) amused B) amusing A) lost B) losing
7. We worked hard all day long, 20. She urged me to try, and I
and we felt.......... afterwards. found her ideas very ............
A) exhausted B) exhausting A) encouraged B) encouraging
8. I stepped on a woman's foot 21. I wonder what's making Kate
while dancing, and I felt so ......... these days.
very .......... when she looked A) depressed B) depressing
at me angrily. 22. She has an excellent
A) embarrassed B) embarrassing personality, which makes her a
9. I usually find it ......... to ask much- ......... person among
someone for money. her friends.
A) embarrassed B) embarrassing A) admired B) admiring
ELS Q 365 23. The rabbits were .......... by the
374 headlights of our car and ran In all
10. I believe being given a reward directions as we
Is ......... for almost all people. tried to avoid them.
A) stimulated B) stimulating A) startled B) startling
11. I noticed that the children 24. When we reached the dance
were .......... to clean the garden hall through a dim passage, the
after my offering them a disco lights were
cake for the Job. A) dazzled B) dazzling
A) motivated B) motivating 25. Keith has been driving around
12. The detective film on TV last in a ......... car for weeks. I wonder
night was really ............. If he ever Intends
to repair it. A) damaged B) damaging

EXERCISE 2! Choose the correct answer In parentheses.

1. The news that I had passed the exam made me feel (happy/happily).
2. She looked at me (happy/happily) when I gave her the news that she had passed
the exam.
3. Seeing that the students hadn't done their homework, the teacher grew
(angry/angrily).
4. Because the weather conditions are favourable, the fanners expect their crops to
grow (quick/quickly).
5. It's (real/really) (hard/hardly) to keep pace with our (rapid/rapidly)
(changing/changed) world.
6. I didn't like the party, because it was (bad/badly) (organized/organizing).
7. She isn't able to control herself. She is (near/nearly) always (extreme/extremely)
(excited/exciting).
8. She speaks English (fluent/fluently), and her pronunciation is very (good/well).
9. He was feeling (unwell/badly) yesterday, but he is (good/well) now.
10. He speaks (good/well} English. He can express his ideas (good/well).
11. It was a (hard/hardly) job, but by working (hard/hardly), we managed to finish it
just in time.
12. She is never (punctual/punctually). She always comes to work (late/lately).
13. The train never arrives at its destination (punctual/punctually)' It always arrives
(late/lately).
14. The soup tasted (awful/awfully). I could (hard/hardly) eat it.
15. Have you seen any (good/well) films (late/lately)? I'm very (eager/eagerly) to see one.
16. When I asked for help, she volunteered (eager/eagerly).
17. When I noticed a (suspicious/suspiciously) man on the corner, I informed the police
(imm edia te/imm edia tely).
18. This case is very important. It needs your (immediate/immediately) attention.
19. We were (hot/hotly) after our (vigorous/vigorously) game of football.
20. Because she wanted to lose weight (quick/quickly), she would jog long distances
(vigorous/vigorously).
21. The child was (violent/violently) at first, but he gave up btehaving (violent/violently)
after some time.
22. She ate her lunch (incredible/incredibly) (quick/quickly). I couldn't believe my eyes.
23. When I listened to her story, I found it rather (incredible/incredibly).
24. It was an (incredible/incredibly) (slow/slow!^ j ırain. I arrived at my destination
(late/lately).
25. Istanbul has become (considerable/considerably) (polluting/polluted) in
(recent/recently) years.
26. A (considerable/considerably) amount of money is spent on arms by all nations.
27. The price they asked for the car was (reasonable/reasonably), so we bought it
without much thought.
28. The hotel was (reasonable/reasonably) (cheap/cheaply), so we stayed two days
longer.
29. They have bought a (new/newly) house (recent/recently), and now they are trying to
live (cheap/cheaply) to meet the instalments.
30. The (new/newly) (buying/bought) machines enable us to work fast.
31. She was driving at a very (high/highly) speed, so the accident was
(inevitable/inevitably).
32. Dolphins are considered to be (high/highly) (intelligent/intelligently) mammals.
33. It wasn't my intention to hurt you. It wasn't a (deliberate/deliberately) action.
EXERCISE 11 Complete the sentences using the comparative forms of the
adjectives or
adverbs given In parentheses.
1. Is there something special happening? The streets
seem ..................................... today
than usual, (crowded)
2. You come to visit us very rarely. We want to see
you ................................... (often)
3. You should try to find an ................................. job than your present
one;
otherwise, you'll lose your health, (easy)
4. She gave me clear directions, so I found her house
much .................................. than
I expected, (easily)
5. I thought driving on the highway was difficult, but it was
even ..................................
to drive in the city centre, (difficult)
6. Yesterday, our team played far ................................. than ever before,
(badly)
7. The other team was really bad, but ours was
much ........................................ (bad)
8. I'm sure you are capable of drawing .................................. pictures than
this, (good)
9. My favourite pop singer is Sezen Aksu. She sings a
lot .................................. than
all the others, (well)
10. Stay a bit ................................. away from the cables. I'm afraid you'll
get
electrocuted, (far)
11. If you don't have any .................................... questions, I'll change the
topic, (far)
12 ...................................... money should be spent on arms,
and ......................................
on feeding the hungry, (little/much)
13. We must speak a bit .....................................so that we don't wake the
baby, (quietly)
14. Will you be a bit .................................... please? I'm trying to listen to
the news
bulletin, (quiet)
15. Will you please wake me up at 6 tomorrow? I must be at work rather
................................... than usual, (early)
EXERCISE 12: Circle the correct one.
1. She came much (later/lately) to the meeting than I did.
2. She works much (harder/hardly) than you do.
3. He speaks English a lot (well/better) than you do, but he is much
(worse/badly) at
grammar.
4. Is your (elder/old) brother still at school?
5. He is only thirty years old, but looks (older/elder).
6. I think this hairstyle makes me seem (young/younger) than I really am.
7. I think you can live more (cheap/cheaply) in rural areas than in big
cities.
8. I haven't seen him (late/lately). Have you?
9. I'm afraid we have to accept his proposal. It's more
(practical/practically) than
yours.
10. She has been taking piano lessons for (nearly/nearer) two years, but
even I can play
(well/better) than her.
11. We have to get (further/farther) assistance to deal with the epidemic.
12. We must use (newly/newer) machinery in the office in order to produce
(well/better)
work.
13. I don't think the (newer/newly) purchased machines are (good/better)
enough to
keep up with our daily output.
14. You should try a much (simpler/more simply) way to explain if you
notice that the
students are (confusing/confused).
15. She (simply/more simply) wanted to be (helpful/helpfully). Nothing
else.
EXERCISE 13: Complete the sentences using the "comparative + and +
comparative"
structure with the words In parentheses.
Example: She is becoming more and more nervous as the exam draws
nearer, (nervous)
1. The fog is becoming ............................................. We must look for
somewhere to
spend the night, (heavy)
2. I felt rather lonely when I went to live in another country, and as the
days passed, it
became ........................................... to be away from my homeland,
(unbearable)
3. It was a bit cloudy when I got up in the morning, and I hoped it would
clear up, but
as the day went on, the weather got ............................................. (bad)
4. The world is changing so rapidly that the generation gap between
parents and
children is getting ............................. '. .............. (big)
5. With practice, driving in heavy traffic seemed to
get ..............................................
(easy;
6. As the planes landed one after another, the arrivals lounge became
...........................................with passengers, (crowded)
7. As technology advances, women seem to do ...........................................
housework.
(little)
8. As he inspected the case more closely, it seemed to
get .............................................
(complicated)
9 ............................................... people are migrating to cities from rural
areas in the
hope of better living conditions, (many)
10. Due to the heavy traffic, we seem to waste ..........................................
time going
to and from work, (much)
EXERCISE 14: Rewrite the sentences using "The + comparative ...... the
+ comparative ....... "
structure.
Example: As her son grew more self-confident, she became less worried
about him.
The more self-confident her son grew, the less worried she became about
him.
1. As I got to know him, I became more interested in his ideas.

2. As I carried the box further, it seemed to become heavier.

3. As he worried increasingly about his problem, he became less capable

of coping
with it.

4. As they went deeper into the forest, they felt more and more frightened.

5. If we save more money now, we'll have more to spend on our summer
holiday.

6. As the waves got bigger, we derived more pleasure from surfing.

7. How fast our business will expand depends on how hard we work.

8. The number of teachers required increases as we get more and more

students to
enrol in our courses.

EXERCISE 15 Rewrite the sentences using "as/so ... as", or "such ... as"
where possible.
Example: My son is a more obedient child than my daughter.
My daughter is not such an obedient child as my son.
1. Some students worked less than I wanted them to.
Some
students ......................................................................................................
2. It took us longer to get home last night than usual.
Usually, it
doesn't ..................................................................................................
3. They are now doing a larger volume of business than they used to.
They
didn't ............................................................................................................
..
4. They offered him a lower wage than he had expected, (use high)
They ..............................................................................................................
........
5. They now have a bigger house than they used to.
They
didn't ............................................................................................................
..
6. Tonight's audience was more enthusiastic about the play than last
night's.
Last night, the
audience ........................................................................................
EXERCISE 16: Complete the sentences using "half as ... as, twice as ...
as, etc." pattern.
Example: It took Sandra half an hour to anıyor the questions, while the
other
students spent an hour.
It took the other students twice as long to answer the questions as it
did Sandra.
1. This book has a hundred pages and that book has three hundred pages.
That book
is ...................................................................................................................
....
2. The old stadium seated 30,000 spectators. The new stadium seats
60,000
spectators.
The old
stadium..........................................................................................................
.......
The new
stadium .........................................................................................................
......
3. Usually I take a four-kilometre walk in the morning, but yesterday I
walked only
two kilometres.
I usually
walk ..............................................................................................................
......
Yesterday I
walked ..........................................................................................................
.
4. Mary spent £100 on the curtains for her new house, but Sonia spent
£1000 for the
same purpose.
Sonia
spent..............................................................................................................
..........
5. A normal washing machine washes 5 kg of clothing. The new Dyson
washes almost
10 kg of clothing.
The new Dyson washes
almost .........................................................................................
A normal washing machine washes
about .......................................................................
6. The kitchen is 20 feet square and the living room is 60.
The living room
is ..............................................................................................................
EXERCISE 17: Choose the correct one.
1. My house is the same (far/distance) from work (to/as) yours, but it
usually takes
me (long/longer) to get home (than/as) you, because my route has
(heavier/more
heavily) traffic.
2. I also need a box just as (large/larger) as this one to put my books in.
3. The dress in the other shop costs the same (expensive/price) as this,
but it is
(much/less) attractive than this one.
4. No one can really sing this piece as (worse/badly) as him.
5. I don't usually smoke as (many/much) cigarettes as I am smoking these
days.
6. He came rather (lately/later) than he had promised us.
7. I don't think driving a car is (as/such) (dangerous/dangerously) (as/than)
riding a
motorcycle.
8. The traffic is (a lot/more) (heavier/heavily) today than it (usual/usually)
is.
9. I have never seen (so/such) (eager/eagerly) (studying/studied) students
(that/as)
they are.
10. We could have spent a (much/more) (well/better) holiday (that/than)
we actually
did.
11. Their summer house is twice (so/as) (far/farther) from the sea
(than/as) ours.
12. He used to go to the theatre very (more often/often), but now he has
very
(little/less) time to spare.
13. Everybody at the party was (such/so) (good/well) (dressing/dressed)
(as/that) she
felt ashamed of her shabby jeans.
14. He drove at (so/such) a (high/higher) speed (that/as) we arrived at our
destination
two hours (early/earlier) than the (expecting/expected) time.
15. The grades the students got were below my expectations. I hadn't
expected them to
get (so/such) (low/lower) grades.
16. He is (so/such a) sociable child that he has twice (as/so) (many/more)
friends
(than/as) his twin.
17. It was snowing (more/so) (heavily/heavy) yesterday (that/than) we
couldn't go out.
18. I can (hard/hardly) talk to him because he has (so/such) an
(irritating/irritated)
manner.
19. I'm not feeling too (better/well). I think I'll go and lie down for a
(few/little) hours.
20. She wouldn't have been (so/such) (upset/upsetting) if you hadn't
spoken (so/such)
(sarcastic/sarcastically) to her.
EXERCISE 18: Choose the correct one.
1. She seems to be the (wiser/wisest) of the three.
2. Of the two pullovers, I bought the (cheaper/cheapest) one.
3. She drives the car (worse/badly), far (worse/worst) than me.
4. My son is the (oldest/eldest) among his classmates.
5. Both eating less and taking exercise help you lose weight, but I find the
(later/latter) a (healthier/healthy) way than the (formerly/former).
6. This is (more boring/the most boring) film I've ever seen.
7. I've never seen (so/such) a (more boring/boring) film (as/than) this.
8. His grades weren't (so/such) (remarkable/remarkably) at first, but by
studying very
(hard/hardly), he has become (the best/well) in the classroom.
9. Have you ever met (so/such) a forgetful man (as/that) to forget his own
name?
10. Being (the less/the least) popular student in the classroom soon made
her feel
(depressing/depressed).
11. I guess (fewer/less) people will attend this demonstration, the weather
being
(so/such) (awful/awfully).
12. She made the (fewer/fewest) mistakes of all the students taking the
exam.
13. She has got even (fewer/fewest) mistakes (than/of) the (better/best)
student in the
class.
14. Has anybody told you the (latest/last) gossip about Peter and Mary
yet?
15. They make a very strange couple, but he seems to be the (less/least)
eccentric of
the two.
16. He seems to be the (least/fewest) outgoing member of his family.
17. The (last/latest) person to leave should lock the doors.
18. He hasn't done (as/such) (well/good) in life (as/that) his sister because
he's been
given (fewer/less) opportunities.
19. Have you ever felt (so/such) (frightened/a frightening) (as/that) this
before?
20. I don't know why we have to study Heidegger because, of all the
German
philosophers, he seems to be the (less/least) significant.
EXERCISE 19 : Complete the sentences with "like", "as" or "such as". There may
be more
than one answer for some.
1. This child is really above his age. He is just ten years old, but he can already
think
........................ an adult.
2 ........................... arranged with your purchasing department, we will deliver
your
order on Friday.
3. We are in a hurry now. Leave the kitchen ...................... it is. We'll clear it up
when we return.
4 ........................... expected for a long time, they are increasing the taxes again.
5. I think films........................ horror films and thrillers have a tremendous effect
on
children.
6. Some businesses ........................ restaurants, hotels and supermarkets,
employ a
lot of students ....................... part-time employees.
7. After school, she spent two years in London to improve her English, and now
she
can speak it very well; in fact .........................a native speaker.
8. Working....................... a tour operator seems ......................... an attractive job
to
many youths, but it has its own difficulties.
9. If we had bought a cheaper model ....................... I suggested, we wouldn't be
having trouble meeting the payments every month.
10. I'm using the CD that the Internet company sent me........................ a
promotion.
11. It sounds ....................... someone shouting for help. Let's go and see what
the
problem is.
12. This meat is so tough it's ...................... trying to eat a piece of leather.
13. I don't think sports ....................... karate, fencing and boxing should be
Olympic
sports.
14. I enjoy such outdoor activities ....................... hiking, climbing and canoeing.
15. He plans to go to medical school ....................... his brother.