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Adjectives and Adverbs HW

The document provides examples and exercises to practice using adjectives, adverbs, and forming adjectives from nouns. In the first section, learners are asked to fill in blanks with appropriate adjectives like "great", "violent", and "silver". The second section combines adjectives and nouns to complete sentences. The third section uses adjectives to describe qualities such as "dexterous" and "spacious". The fourth section forms new adjectives from given nouns, like "efficient" from "efficiency".

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Adjectives and Adverbs HW

The document provides examples and exercises to practice using adjectives, adverbs, and forming adjectives from nouns. In the first section, learners are asked to fill in blanks with appropriate adjectives like "great", "violent", and "silver". The second section combines adjectives and nouns to complete sentences. The third section uses adjectives to describe qualities such as "dexterous" and "spacious". The fourth section forms new adjectives from given nouns, like "efficient" from "efficiency".

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ADJECTIVES

1)Fill in the blanks with suitable Adjectives from the choices given in brackets:

1. The _______ prize was won by a girl. (Great/First/One)

2. Suddenly there arose a _____ storm. (Violent/Many/Great)

3. Every cloud has a _____ lining. (Silver/First)

4. The ship sustained _______(heavy/big) damage.

5. The child fell down from a_______ (great/high) height.

2)The words in the box are adjectives (black/foreign etc.) or nouns (air/job etc.)
Use an adjective and a noun to complete each sentence.

Options

▪ HOT CLOUDS

▪ BLACK JOB

▪ FOREIGN HOLIDAY

▪ FRESH AIR

▪ DANGEROUS KNIFE

▪ LONG LANGUAGES

▪ SHARP WATER

1. I need a sharp knife to cut these onions.

2. Do you speak any _________?

3. Look at those _____________. It’s going to rain.

4. Sue works very hard and she’s very tired. She needs a __________
5. I want to have a bath but there’s no ____________

6. Can you open the window? We need some ____________

3) Fill each blank with a suitable adjective of quality in the following sentences. The
meaning of the adjectives are given next to them:

ADJECTIVES

1. SPACIOUS (especially of a room or building) – ample space

2. GRUESOME – causing repulsion or horror

3. MELLIFLUOUS – (of a sound) pleasing smooth and musical to hear

4. DEXTROUS – skillful

5. INIMICAL – tending to cause harm

6. TIRESOME – causing one to feel bored or annoyed

7. TAUTOLOGICAL - redundant

1. At the age of six, the boy revealed he was a ___________pianist and


played his first sold-out concert.

2. The singer with the _________voice will win the talent contest.

3. It was ________to see the remnants of the poor little kitten after it had
been squashed by a racing car.

4. This is a lovely home so ______and nicely decorated.

5. ________forces have taken hostages within the bank.


4)Form adjectives from the following nouns:

NOUNS ADJECTIVES

1. EFFICIENCY 1.______________

2. PERIL 2. ______________

3. HOPE 3. ______________

4. SPITE 4. ______________

5. OIL 5. _______________

Answers 1:

1. First

2. Violent

3. Silver

4. Heavy

5. Great

Answers 2: 2. Foreign languages, 3. black clouds, 4. long holiday, 5. hot water, 6.


fresh air

Answers 3: DEXTROUS, MELLIFLUOUS, GRUESOME, SPACIOUS, INIMICAL

Answers 4: EFFICIENT, PERILOUS, HOPEFUL, SPITEFUL, OILY


ADVERBS

1) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of adverbs of the words in the brackets:

1. The new boy in class swims ________________ than I do. (fast)

2. The bus will leave at 6.00 a.m. Can you come ________________? (early)

3. It’s very noisy. We have to talk ________________. (loudly)

4. He tried to solve the mathematical problems ________________ (patiently)


than his classmates.

5. The ballet dancer danced ________________ (gracefully) of all.

2) Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill in the blanks with the
corresponding adverb.

1. James is careful. He drives carefully.

2. The girl is slow. She walks ___________.

3. Her English is perfect. She speaks English __________.

4. Our teacher is angry. She shouts ___________.

5. My neighbor is a loud speaker. He speaks ___________.

6. He is a bad writer . He writes ________.

7. This exercise is easy. You can do it ________.

8. She is a quiet girl. She does her job _________.

3) Choose a verb (Box A) + an adverb (Box B) to complete the sentences

▪ VERBS: ADVERBS:

▪ Come carefully

▪ Know hard
▪ Sleep clearly

▪ Win well

▪ Explain easily

▪ Listen quickly

▪ Think work

1. I’m going to tell you something very important, so please ____________

2. Ann! I need your help. _____________ !

3. They _____________. At the end of the day they’re always tired.

4. I’m tired this morning. I didn’t ____________________ last night.

5. You’re a much better tennis player than me. When we play, you always
_____________

6. _______________ before you answer the question.

7. I’ve met Alice a few times but I don’t __________ her very ____________

8. Our teacher isn’t very good. Sometimes he doesn’t _____________ things


very __________

Answers 1:

1. faster

3. earlier

4. more loudly

4. more patiently

5. the most gracefully

Answers 2:

1. CAREFULLY

2. SLOWLY

3. PERFECTLY
4. ANGRILY

5. LOUDLY

6. BADLY

7. EASILY

8. QUIETLY

Answers 3:

1. LISTEN CAREFULLY

2. COME QUICKLY

3. WORK HARD

4. SLEEP WELL

5. WIN EASILY

6. THINK CAREFULLY

7. KNOW/WELL

8. EXPLAIN/CLEARLY

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