1. The coast line is not regular in shape. It is quite irregular.
2. This arrangement isn 't strictly legal. Some people would regard it as__________________ .
3. It is not possible. Don't ask me to do the________________ .
4. Such a situation is barely imaginable. It's quite________________ .
5. Bob's not very capable. He's__________ of making sound decisions.
6. I doubt she is literate. She can't read or write. She is an_____________________ person.
7. This scheme isn't very practical. In fact, it's quite__________ .
8. I can't trust him. He is not always honest. He is said to be___________________ .
Ex. 7. (B) Rewrite the following sentences using compound adjectives.
1. The car costs twenty thousand dollars. It is a twenty-thousand-dollar car.
2. The woman is seventy years old. She's___________________ .
3. The trip lasted two days. It was__________________ .
4. The farm is eighty hectares. It's_____________________ .
5. The baby is three months old. It is a______________ .
6. The parcel weighs two kilos. It's______________________ .
7. The jar contains three litres. It's______________________ .
8. I live not far from the University. It takes me 10 minutes to walk there. It is.
9. The fence is twenty miles. It's___
10. The road is seventy kilometres. It's
Ex. 8. (B) Complete the following sentences with the appropriate adjective made by adding suffixes "-ed", "-ful", "-ent" ("-ant"), "-able" to the noun or to the verb.
Model: 1. I need paper with lines for it. c> Could you get me some lined paper, please?
2. He helped them. £^> He was very helpful.
3. Children depend on their parents. c> They are dependent on their parents.
4. I'm going to wash my new dress. c> ' noPe 't's washable.
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а) 1 . Mrs Bosch had stripes on her skirt. She was wearing a_________ blouse to match.
2. This blouse has short sleeves, but I prefer a long___________ one. 3. Give me all the
details, I need a________ description. 4. There were crowds of people in the streets. The
streets were_______ . 5. She was in a hurry, that's why we had a_______ talk.
| His story is very |
b) 1. I doubt if he was right.
people up. She is such a___
her____ mother.
2. She always cheers other
person herself. 3. Ann is such a beauty. She resembles
c) 1. This show differs from all the other shows I've seen this year. It's so_____
2. Mr Bogart has a lot of confidence in all he says and does. He is such a
person. 3. She likes independence. She is so_______________ .
d) 1 . My friend enjoys driving, he found it an______ experience. 2. You can rely on Peter,
he is such a_________ person. 3. I wish I could agree with you, but it's difficult to be
2. WORD ORDER: ADJECTIVE + NOUN
Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together:
□ There was a beautiful large roundwooden table in the kitchen. Adjectives like new/large/round/wooden are fact adjectives. They give us objective information about age, size, colour, etc. Adjectives like nice/beautiful are opinion adjectives. They tell us what someone thinks of something.
OPINION ADJECTIVES GO BEFORE FACT ADJECTIVES
| opinion | fact | noun |
| nice delicious an intelligent beautiful | sunny hot young large round wooden | day soup man table |
WE PUT FACT ADJECTIVES IN THIS ORDER:
How big?
о
How old?
О
What colour?
О
Where from?
О
What is it made of?
О NOUN
| a tall | young | - | - |
| big | - | blue | - |
| a small | — | black | - |
| a large | old | - | French |
| - | an old | — | Russian |
plastic
man
eyes
bag
armchair
song
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1. Materials (nouns) behave like adjectives when we use them to form compound nouns:
□ a shirt (noun) made of cotton (noun) c> a cotton shirt.
2. We can have three-word compound nouns. "Material" comes before "purpose" or "use":