Exercise
26 : Adjectives and Adverbs (page 107)
1.
Rita plays the violin well (good / well)
2.
That is an intense (intense /
intensely) novel
3.
The sun is shining brightly (bright
/ brightly)
4.
The girls speak fluent (fluent /
fluently) french
5.
The boys speak spanish fluently (fluent
/ fluently)
6.
The table has a smooth (smooth /
smoothly) surface
7.
We must figure our income tax returns
accurately (accurate / accurately)
8.
We dont like to drink bitter (bitter / bitterly) tea
9.
The plane will arrive soon (soon
/ soonly)
10.
He had an accident because he was
driving too fast (fast / fastly)
Exercise
27 : Liking (Copulative) Verbs (page 109)
1. Your
cold sounds terribly (terrible / terribly)
2. The
pianist plays very well (good / well)
3. The
food in the restaurant always tastes good (good / well)
4. The
campers remained calmly (calm / calmly) despite the thunderstorm
5. They
became sick (sick / sickly) after eating the contaminated food
6. Professor
calandra looked quickly (quick / quickly) at the students sketches
7. Paco
was working diligently (diligent / diligently) on the project
8. Paul
prostested vehemently (vehement / vehemently) about the new proposal
9. Our
neightbours appeared relaxed (relaxed / relaxedly) after their vacation
10. The
music sounded too noisy (noisy / noisily) to be classical.
Exercise 28 : Comparisons (page
114)
1. John
and his friends left as soon (soon) as the professor had finished his
lecture
2. His
job is more important (important) than his friends
3. He
plays the guitar as well (well) as andres segovia
4. A
new house is much more expensive (expensive) than an older one
5. Last
week was as hot (hot) as this week
6. Martha
is more talented (talented) than her cousin
7. Bill
descriptions are more colorfull (colorfull) than his wifes
8. Nobody
is more happy (happy) than maria elena
9. The
boys felt worse bad (bad) than the girls about losing the game
10. Agreyhound
runs faster (fast) than a chihuahua
Exercise 29 : Comparisons (page
114)
1. The
empire state building is taller than the statue of liberty
2. California
is farther from New York than Pennsylvania
3. His
assigment is different from mine
4. Loius
reads more quickly than his sister
5. No
animals is so big as King Kong
6. That
report is less impressive than the government’s
7. Sam
wears the same shirt as his teammates
8. Dave
paints much more realistically than his professor
9. The
twins have less money at the end of the month than they have at the
begining
10. Her
sports car is different from nancys
Exercise 30 : Comparisons (page 117)
1. Of
the four dresses, i like the red one best
2. Phil
is the happiest person we know
3. Pat's
car is faster than Dan's
4. This
is the creamiest ice cream i have had in long time
5. This
poster is more colorful than the one in the hall
6. Does
Fred feel better today than he did yesterday?
7. This
vegetable soup tastes very good
8. While
trying to balance the baskets on her head, the woman walk more awkwardly
than her daughter
9. Jane
is the least athletic of all the woman
10. My
cat is the prettier of the two
11. This
summary is the best of the pair
12. Your
heritage is different from mine
13. This
painting is less impressive than the one in the other gallery
14. The
colder the weather gets, the sicker i feel
15. No
sooner had he received the letter than he called Maria
16. A
mink coat costs twice as much as a sable coat
17. Jim
has a few opportunities to play tennis as I
18. That
recipe calls for much more sugar than mine does
19. The
museum is the farthest away of the three buildings
20. George
Washington is more famous than John Jay.
Exercise 31 : Nouns Functioning as
Adjectives (page 118 - 119)
1.
Sam’s new apartment is in a twelve-story building
2.
We are the language – teachers
3.
My parents saw a three-act play
lastnight
4.
The manager said that it ould be a two-play sale
5.
Hal bought a 79-piece tool
set
6.
Margie has a five-shelve bookcase
7.
I need two 16-ounce cans
of tomatoes
8.
I’m looking for a six quart pressure
cooker
9.
He is a specialist at building made
of brick - houses
10.
Mrs. Jansen just bought her daughter
a ten-speed bicycle
Exercise 32 : Enough (page 120)
1.
There were not enough people to
havethe meeting.
2.
Allen has learned enough French to
study in France next year.
3.
Do you have enough time to
talk now?
4.
She drove fast enough to
win the race.
5.
Mike will graduate from law school soon
enough to join his father’s firm.
6.
We arrived early enough to
have some coffee before class began.
7.
It has rained hard enough to
flood the low –lying areas.
8.
You should type slowly enough that
you will not make an error.
9.
He has just enough flour to
bake that loaf of bread.
10.
There are enough books for
each student to have one.
