Test 18 Adjectives and adverbs

I. Choose the correct word.

1. We could walk free/freely around the aircraft during the flight.

2. The young/The young man with dark hair is my sister’s boyfriend.

3. I’m getting quite hungry/hungrily.

4. The man looked thoughtful/thoughtfully around the room.

5. Have I filled this form right/rightly?

6. I think Egypt is a fascinated/fascinating country.

7. The two sisters do alike/similar jobs.

8. I’m pleased the plan worked good/goodly/well.

9. She invented a new kind of wheelchair for the disabled/the disabled people.

10. They performed the experiment scientifically/scientificly.

11. The hostages must be very afraid/frightened people.

 

II. Put the words in the right order to form a statement.

e.g. a/bought/coat/I/new/red = I bought a new red coat.

1. a/ is/ nice/ place / this _______________________________________________________________________

2. biscuit/ can’t/ find / I / large/ the / tin _________________________________________________________

3. a/ behaved/ in/ silly/ Tessa / way _____________________________________________________________

4. coffee/ cold/ getting/ is / your ________________________________________________________________

5. a/ house/ in/ live/ lovely/ old/ stone/ they ________________________________________________________

6. for/ hospital/ ill/ is/ mentally/ the / this _________________________________________________________

 

III. Write the words in brackets and add ly, ing, or ed only if you need to.

- Is this the …new… car you’ve just bought?

- That’s right. Well, it’s second-hand of course.

- It’s …exciting… buying a new car, isn’t it?

- Well, it was a bit of a problem actually because I didn’t have much money to spend. But I managed to find one that wasn’t very __________________________(expensive…).

- It looks very __________________ (nice…), I must say.

- It’s ten years old, so I was _______________________(surpris…) what good condition it’s in. The man I bought it from is over eighty, and he always drove it very _______________________(careful…), he said. He never took it out if it was raining, which I find ______________________(amus…).

- I think ______________________(elder…)people look after their cars better than young people.

- He was a _____________________(friend…) old chap. He even gave me all these maps________________(free…).

 

IV. Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

            

e.g. Jonathan was stupid.(behaved) = Jonathan behaved stupidly.

 

1. The drink had a strange taste. (tasted).

2. Obviously, sick people need to be looked after (the).

3. The dog slept, (asleep)

4. The young woman was polite. (spoke)

5. The train was late (arrived).

6. The film’s ending is dramatic (ends)

7. Polly gave an angry shout. (shouted)

8. Billiards is a game for indoors (indoor)

9. The clown amused people (amusing).

10. There was almost no time left (any)

 

IV. Some of these sentences are correct, but most have a mistake. If the sentence is correct, put a tick. (V)

 If it is incorrect, cross the sentence out and write it correctly.

e.g. Your friend looked rather ill. V               

      It was a steel long pipe. It was a long steel pipe.

1. I tasted the soup careful. ……………………………………………………………………………………….

2. It’s a beautiful old English church. …………………………………………………………………………….

3. Are they asleep children? ………………………………………………………………………………………

4. It’s a school for the deaf people. ………………………………………………………………………………

5. It’s a leather new nice jacket. ………………………………………………………………………………….

6. The riches are very lucky. ……………………………………………………………………………………..

7. You handled he situation well. ………………………………………………………………………………..

8. He used a green paper thick towel. ……………………………………………………………………………

9. Our future lies with the young. ………………………………………………………………………………..

10. The course I started was bored. ………………………………………………………………………………..

11. I often talk to the two old next door. ………………………………………………………………………….

12. The smoke rose highly into the air. ……………………………………………………………………………

13. It feels warm in here. ………………………………………………………………………………………….

14. We felt disappointing when we lost. ………………………………………………………………………….

15. Everyone seemed very nervously. …………………………………………………………………………….

16. Tessa drives too fastly. ……………………………………………………………………………………….

17. This scenery is really depressing. …………………………………………………………………………….

 

I.   1freely 2 The young man 3 hungry 4 thoughtfully 5 right 6 fascinating 7 similar 8 well 9 the disabled 10 scientifically 11 frightened

II. 1 This is a nice place. 2 I can't find the large biscuit tin. 3 Tessa behaved in a silly way. 4 Your coffee is getting cold. 5 They live in a lovely old stone house. 6 This hospital is for the mentally ill.

III. 1 expensive 2 nice 3 surprised 4 carefully 5 amusing 6 elderly 7 friendly 8 free

  IV. 1 The drink tasted strange. 2 Obviously, the sick need to be looked after. 3 The dog was asleep. 4 The young woman spoke politely. 5 The train arrived late. 6 The film ends dramatically. 7 Polly shouted angrily. 8 Billiards is an indoor game. 9 The clown was amusing. (Also possible: People found the clown amusing.) 10 There was hardly any time left.

V. 1.  I tasted the soup carefully. 2 V 3 Are the children asleep? 4 It's a school for the deaf/for deaf people. 5 It's a nice new leather jacket. 6 The rich are/Rich people are very lucky. 7 V 8 He used a thick green paper towel. 9 V 10 The course I started was boring./I was bored with the course I started. 11 I often talk to the two old people/men/women next
door. 12 The smoke rose high into the air. 13 V 14 We felt disappointed when we lost. 15 Everyone seemed very nervous. 16 Tessa drives too fast. 17 V

 

⇐ Предыдущая123456Следующая ⇒

Поделиться: