1 Adjectives
1 Adjectives
1 Adjectives
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Look at the things in the pictures. Which of the adjectives in the box can you use to
describe them? You can use some more than once.
beautiful
long
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short
black
mm
grey
white
cotton
leather
silk
wool
Listen to the first part of the recording again and answer these questions.
1 Who is tired?
5 Who is bored?
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2 Who is excited?
6 What is interesting?
3 What is tiring?
7 What is exciting?
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What is the difference between adjectives ending in -ed and -ing? Finish the sentences.
We use adjectives ending in
c
to describe people.
We use adjectives ending in
to describe things and people.
Listen to the second part of the recording again and fill in the gaps .
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tzught
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rod
zbought
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skirt
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2 my
boots
3 those
trainers
colour?
the material?
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Adjective order
size/age/shape
colour
materials
lovely
short
black
wool
skirt
beautiful
grey
leather
bag
my
favourite
some
long
black
boots
old
blue
jeans
We put and
between two colour adjectives: a black and white belt
between two adjectives after a verb: Clothes shops are always boring and crowded.
A We don't say mv ffF,,'8urite ana lenf! and hlack heets
cm
cm
Some adjectives have two forms: -ing and -ed. The adjectives have different meanings:
-ing adjectives describe people and things
l'm bored.
That's surprising
We're surprised.
news.
cm
cm
When we put two nouns together, the first one works like an adjective, e.g. a birthday party:
birthday tells us what kind of party it is.
a hirthday party, a clothes shop, a computer game, a language school, a student card
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smellJeel):
tia
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3 My boss seemed
4 We got
6 1 was feeling
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lesson.
party:
Match a noun in A with each noun in B then complete the sentences below.
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bus
city
credit
football
evening
film
fire
police__ traf~c _~edding
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a..d.d.ress book
1 1bought a new
B I>eek
boots
car
c'ard
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engine
invitation
star
stop
.performance
a..la..rm dock
so 1 paid cash.
4 1 usually clean my
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on the motorway.
Read this email and look at the adjectives. There are eight mistakes. Correct them.
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Hi Sally
1 can't see you next week because I'm going on holiday with my parents.
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centre
jam
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Reading Part 2
The people below all want to hire bikes for short trips.
On the next page there are eight cycle trips in a tourist information brochure.
Decide which trip would be the most suitable for the following people.
For questions 1-5, mark the correct letter (A-H).
lan and his daughters Kim and Kylie would like an easy_bike ride with
time to play--on the beach and have a s~rnjo the sea. They have a
picnic with them.
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Nadine and Lee are interested in old buildings. They don't mind a few
hi!ls, but don't want to go to the ~ains.
They'd like to go to a
'restaurant for lunch.
Elizabeth enjoys cycling to keep fit, but she must be at home in the
eveninq. She enjoys drawing and taking photographs of unusual
n"atural scenery.
Zoe and Bea don't w---otto cycle very far and they can] start early in
the morning. Thev're interested in art and would like to have lunch
somewhere near the sea.
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5 The oId coupIe empIoyed two active/young students to tidy their garden
6 We went to a concert by a newlpopular bando