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           ■Adjectives                                      Adverbs

           I A  Read and underline the adjectives in the sentences.  D  Adverbs give us information about how, where,
                                                               when,  how often and to what degree something
            I  My mum has a beautiful red Italian car.         happens. Look at these sentences and the
            I  What a horrible huge straw hat!                 adverbs in bold and answer the questions below.
            | Jenny gave me a gorgeous white woollen scarf.
                                                               The little boy wrote his name carefully.
           IB  Read the sentences in A again and answer the    Our PE teacher left yesterday.
              questions.                                        My grandad is quite fit.
                                                                I often go to the gym opposite my house.
              1 Which adjectives describe opinion?
                                                                Which adverb is used to answer the question
                                                  and
                                                                1 how?
              2 Which adjectives describe colour?               2  where?         -----------------
              I  ___________________ and                        3 when?           -----------------
              3 Which adjective describes origin?               4 how often?
                                                                5 to what degree?  -----------------
              4 Which adjective describes size?
                                                            So & Such
              5 Which adjectives describe material?
                                                             E  We use so and  such for emphasis. Look at these
              I  ___________________and___________
                                                                sentences and answer the questions below.

              Ь Do adjectives of opinion come before or after other
                                                                Looking after your health is so important.
                kinds of adjectives?
                                                                Oranges are such a good source of vitamin C.
           |C Read the sentences and complete the rule  below   1 What part of speech follows so?
              by choosing the correct endings.
                                                                2  What parts of speech follow such?
              a  Basketball is a very tiring sport.
              b They're tired because they've been playing basketball.
          I  Adjectives that end in -ing / -ed describe the effect
          ■omething can have on someone. Adjectives that end    О  Grammar Focus pp.172 & 173 (12.1  to 12.6)
          I in  ing / -ed describe how someone feels.

          f   Complete the sentences with the adjectives in  brackets.
            1 Julie has________________________________________hair, (blonde / lovely / short)
            2 Lisa bought some________________________________________ boots. (Italian / leather / new)
            3 I saw a(n)_______________________________________ statue, (amazing / huge / marble)
            4 What a(n)_______________________________________ ring! (diamond / expensive / pink)
            5  We  sat  around  the                            table, (large  /  round  /  wooden)


         IG  Complete the sentences with the  pairs of     H  Circle the correct words.
            words given.
                                                              1  I always brush / brush always my hair before I go to
             amazed/amazing bored/boring  excited/exciting       school.
             interested/interesting
                                                              2  My little sister is too / enough short to go on the
            1 Medicine is a(n)____________________ subject to study.  rollercoaster.
              Mandy is____________________in becoming a doctor.  3 This book is almost / very never read.
           2 Riding a rollercoaster is____________________    4  The doctor told my father not to work such / so hard.
              The children are____________________ because they  5  Peggy goes on Saturdays to the gym / to the gym on
              are going to the funfair today.                    Saturdays.
           3 I think watching tennis is____________________ I'd  6   People usually are / are usually at home at the weekend
              much rather play it.                            7  We should all exercise and eat healthily / healthily eat.
              I'm                J  What  can  I  do?         8   The seminar was such a / so success that it will be held
           4 The human body is_____________________ It can do   again next year.
             so many things.
             Janet was-----------------when her brother
             learnt to ride a bike in half an hour.

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