Page 176 - Advanced English Grammar in Use

UNIT
EXERCISES
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83.1 Are the underlined adjectives gradable or ungradable? Suggest an appropriate adverb to complete
each sentence. Try to use a different adverb each time. (A)

1 The play was marvellous. 7 The answer was absurd.
2 The answer is simple. 8 The questions were hard.
3 His new flat is enormous. 9 Her books are popular.
4 He was devastated by the news. 10 I was terrified by the film.
5 The instructions were complicated. 11 He's a(n) successful artist.
6 I was disappointed. 12 He's a(n) essential member of the team.

83.2 Use an adverb + adjective in your response, as in 1. (A) How would you feel if:
1 a friend said s/he had just won a million pounds? I'd be. absolutely delighted.
2 your best friend told you s/he was emigrating to Australia?
3 someone broke a window in your house or flat?
4 a complete stranger told you that you were very beautiful/handsome?
5 you lost some airline tickets you had just bought?

83.3 Put the adjectives in brackets in these sentences in the most appropriate order. (B & C)
1 Mine's the car. (blue, Japanese, small)
2 I rent a(n) house, (furnished, large, old)
3 I've just bought a table, (beautiful, coffee, wooden)
4 Their forces soon overcame the invasion, (combined, military, powerful)
5 Have you seen this invention? (fantastic, German, new)
6 There was a rug on the floor, (soft, wonderful, woollen)
7 She gave me a box. (jewellery, metal, small, square)
Do the same for these. Write and between the adjectives if possible.
8 Cycling is a(n) activity, (outdoor, popular)
9 They live in houses, (mud, straw)
10 He was a doctor, (famous, medical)
11 There was an meeting, (important, urgent)
12 I've just finished a novel, (boring, depressing)

83.4 Make corrections where necessary. (A-D)

Dear Alan, ,
I'm writing this Letter -from my new beautiful flat in Stratford. Although Its
modern, It's ix\ an entirely old budding which was totally renovated Last year,
and the wooden original beams have been kept in the sitting rootin. It's quite
small, and Is a best -for one person -flat, but It's completely comfortable -for
me. The sitting room leads on to a slmiUr to yours garden which Is full of
wonderful yellow reA flowers at the moment. Stratford is a smaa nice town
and is very quiet in the winter. At the moment, though, in the middle of the
tourist season, the traffic is extremely terrible. But despite this I think I'm
going to be absolutely happy here, <ml I hope you'll get over to see me soon.
All the best,
Mark
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