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Part 1. Choose the correct word.

1.          1. I was … with the book. I had expected it to be better, giving who the author is.

• disappointed
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2. Are you … in opera?

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• interesting

3. The safari ride was quite … . We loved it.

• 
  
• exciting

 4. It’s sometimes … when you have to ask people to repeat for the third time in a row because you didn’t hear what they had said.

• embarrassed
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 5. Do you easily get …?

• 
  
• confused

6. I had never expected to get that grant. I was really … when I was affirmed to it.

• amazed
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 7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made … progress.

• astonishing
• 
  

 8. I didn’t find your joke funny. I was not … .

• amused
• 
  

 9. That waterfall boat ride was a really terrifying experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocked… even though we had expected it to be difficult.

• shocking
• terrified
• terrifying
• shocked

 10. Why do you always look so …?

• 
  
• bored

 11. Is your life really so …?

• 
  
• boring

12. He’s one of the most …boring people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting…, his stories are always about him and are always very depressing… .

• boring
• interested
• interesting
• depressed
• depressing

Part 2. Put the adjectives into the correct order.

(no commas between adjectives,  please)

 13. (white/porcelain/pretty)

• two pretty white porcelain…statues

 14.  (English/old/valuable)

• some valuable old English…books

 15.  (antique/interesting)

• an interesting atique…book

 16. (wooden/traditional)

• a…traditional wooden chair.

 17. (glass/small/blue)

• a small blue glass… plate

 18. (china/oval/lovely)

• a(n) …lovely oval china table

 19. (rectangular/brass/lovely)

• a lovely rectegular brass…picture frame

 20.  (English/wooden/old)

• a(n) …old english wooden desk.

 Part 3. Complete the following sentences. Use the adjective in the comparative form plus than where necessary.

Big, crowded, high, important, interested, peaceful, early, serious, simple, thin

 21. I want a BIGGER… apartment. Or even a cozy house in a countryside. We don't have enough space here now that we’re expecting one more baby.

 22. I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed EARLIER…than usual.

23. Unfortunately her relationship with this suspicious man was MORE SERIOUS…than we thought at first.

 24. You look THINNER…Have you been on a diet?

25. Health and happiness are MORE IMPORTANT…than money.

26. The instructions were very complicated. They could have been…SIMPLIER

 27. There were a lot of people in the local cinema hall. It was more CROWDED…than usual

 28. I like living in the countryside. It's MORE PEACEFULL THAN…living in a town.

 29. In some parts of the country, prices are…HIGHER THANin others.

 

Part 4. Complete the following sentences.

Use ~est or most …; ~er or more ….

 30. Everest is (THE highEST) mountain in the world. Its peak is (highER) than any other mountain

 31. We stayed at (MOST THE cheapEST) hotel in the town.

 32. Our hotel was (cheapER ) than all the others in the town

33. The United States is large but Russia is (largeER).

 34.  What's (THE wideST) river in the world?

 35.  She was devastated last week but she looks (happyER) today

36. It was an awful performance. In fact, it was THE WORRSTEST) performance that I’ve ever seen

37. What is THE MOST(popular) kind of music in your country?

 38.  I prefer this sofa to the other one. It's (THE comfortablIEST). Let’s buy this one.

 39. Mr and Mrs Smith have got three dogs. (THE OLDEST) is 8 years old.

 

Part 5. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning. Use the words in the brackets.

 Example

Your new boyfriend is higher than I thought.
Your new boyfriend isn’t as short as I thought.(short)

 40.  Michelle is younger than she looks. Michelle isn't AS OLD AS she looks. (old)

41. The seashore was nearer than I thought. The seashore wasn't AS FAR AS I thought. (far)

42. I go out less than I used to. I don't go out AS MICH AS… I used to. (much)

43. I didn't read as much as you. You read AS MICH AS me. (much)

44. The trip didn't cost as much as I expected. The trip cost was AS CHEP AS…I expected. (cheap)

 45.  Neil’s hair isn't as short as it used to be. He used to have AS SHORT AS…hair. (short)

Put adjectives into the correct order. Please, note that in real life we donnot usually put more that three adjectives together.

1. Mary wants a  ROUND RED WOODEN… coffee table. (wooden, round, red)

2. Yann took a …TIRING 1-WEEK bike ride around the island. (1-week, tiring)

3. These are some TASTY BIG RASBERRY… cupcakes! (big, raspberry, tasty)

4. Charlie has the best taste: she likes AFRICAN WOODEN… furniture. (African, wooden)

5. My dog Voltaire gets very excited when he finds LITTLE WHITE CHICKEN… bones in the garden. (chicken, white, little)

6. This is a very INTERESTING CLASSIC OLD… book. Read it! (old, interesting, classic)

7. Yack! These are some …UGLY BEACH PINK PLASTIC shoes! (beach, pink, plastic, ugly)

8. I got my mom a BEAUTIFUL S,ALL CHINESE PORCELAIN… vase. (porcelain, small, white, beautiful, Chinese)

There are many look alike adjectives which end with –ing or –ed. For example:

interesting vs. interested

Everybody says that this movie is interesting. So I am interested in watching it. (An interesting thing makes me interested in it)
Lola’s job is boring, so Lola is bored all the time.

Please, do the following exercise:

Complete the sentences for each situation as in the example. Use the word given + ~ing or ~ed.

E.g. 1. A city tour wasn’t as good as we had expected. (disappoint-)
a. A city tour was disappointing.
b. We were disappointed with the film.

1. John is a builder. It’s a very hard job but he enjoys it. (exhaust-)

John is exhausted

It's very exhausting work

2. It’s been so grey all day long. And it’s been rainig. I hate this weather. (depress-) I was depressed with this weather

Weather was depressing

3. Nina is going to the Africa next month. She has never been there before. (excit-)

Nina was excited It was excitng 

Complete the sentences using a comparative form (sometimes of an opposite adjective)

E.g. It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere quieter?

1. This tea is very weak. I like it a bit WEAKER…

2. The pool in the hotel was surprisingly big. I expected it to be BIGGER…

3. That restaurant was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be …CHEAPER

4. The weather is too cold in this country. I’d like to live somewhere …WARMER

5. My life is a bit boring sometimes. I’d like to do something …COOL

6. I was surprised how easy it was to pilot a plane. I thought it would be MORE DIFFICULT…

7. Your test isn’t very good. I’m sure you can do …BETTER

8. Don’t worry. The situation isn’t so bad. It could be WORSE…

9. I was surprised we got to the theatre on time. I expected the drive to take …MORE TIME

 

Complete the sentences. Use ~est or most … + a preposition.

E.g. It’s a very nice room. It is the nicest room in the house.

1. It’s a very cheap hotel. It’s … the town.

2. Last year was a very happy year. It was THE HAPPIEST… year of my life so far.

3. She’s a very intelligent young lady. She …THE MOST INTELLIGENT student in the class.

4. It’s a very valuable sculpture. It is VALUABLER… in the gallery.

5. Spring is a very busy time for all of the professors. It is THE BUSIEREST… time of the year.

 

Remember that we can compare things using special schemes. Do the following exercises to practice them:

Complete the sentences:

1. I’m quite tall but Neil is taller. I’m…

I’m quite tall but Neil is taller. I’m not _as tall as Neil.

2. My house is high but yours is higher. My house isn’t AS HIGH AS YOURS…

3. You know a bit about literature but I know more. You don’t know …AS MORE AS I KNOW

4. It’s still warm but it was warmer yesterday. It isn’t AS WARM AS YESTERDAY…

5. He doesn’t know much about cars. I know AS MORE AS HE…

6. We were very excited to see the Eifel Tower. Nobody was …AS AXCITED AS WE 

7. She’s not a very good student. She likes to party too much. I’m a better student AS HE…

 

NB! Remember that with most of the adjectives we can use such words as very and a bit.

e.g. This is very exciting! Let’s do it again!
It’s a bit cold in here, don’t you think?

But there is a group of adjectives which are called non-gradable and they cannot have these two little words before them. You’ll see why – they are adjectives like married (you cannot be very married or a bit married 😄 ), empty, full, square, round, wooden, dead, upper etc.

NB! One more thing to pay attention to is this:

gold vs. golden
silk vs. silky
stone vs. stony etc.

Choose one of the words and put them into the gaps:
Gold, golden, silk, silky, stone, stony.

a silk dress = шелковое платье;      silken  skin =  шелковистая (нежная) кожа;

a gold watch = золотые часы;       a golden opportunity = прекрасный случай;

a stone wall = каменная стена       a stony heart= каменное сердце;

lead pipes = свинцовые трубы        leaden clouds = свинцовые тучи;

1. Her skin was irresistibly SILK… as was her GOLD… hair.

2. This area is very …STONE.

3. Don’t even try to move that. It’s an antique …STONY  armchair.

4. She won an Olympic GOLDEN… medal in Sochi.

5. You look stunning in that green SILKY… dress. It suits your ginger hair a lot.