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13. Put in the where necessary. Leave a space (-) if the sentence is already complete:

1. Who is __ Doctor Johnson?

2. I was ill, so I went to see __ doctor.

3. __President is the most powerful person in __ United States.

4.__ President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

5. Do you know __ Wilsons? They're a very nice couple.

6. Do you know __ Professor Brown's phone number?

14. Some of these sentences are correct, but some need the (perhaps more than once). Correct the sentences where necessary. Put 'right' if the sentence is already correct:

1. Everest was first climbed in 1953.

2. Milan is in north of Italy.

3. Africa is much larger than Europe.

4. Last year I visited Mexico and United States.

5. South of England is warmer than north.

6. Portugal is in western Europe.

7. France and Britain are separated by Channel.

8. Jim has travelled a lot in Middle East.

9. Chicago is on Lake Michigan.

10. The highest mountain in Africa is Kilimanjaro (5,895 meters).

11. Next year we are going skiing in Swiss Alps.

12. United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

13. Seychelles are a group of islands in Indian Ocean.

14. River Volga flows into Caspian Sea.

Unit 13. Adjectives and adverbs

Adjective

Adverb

describes a person, a place or a thing and goes before a noun

Example: a clever man, a beautiful girl, a naughty child

describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb and answers the questions:

How? How often? When? Where?

Example: The boy plays the drums loudly.

1) most adverbs add -ly to the adjective (badly)

2) adjectives ending in y i (happy – happily)

3) irregular adverbs: good - well

fast - fast

hard - hard

Adjectives

gradable

Non-gradable

can be combined with an adverb like reasonably or extremely etc to quantify that adjective, e.g.

fairly happy, rather irritable

can be combined with adverbs like absolutely or totally to add emphasis, e.g.

absolutely furious, slightly frustrated

adverbs

gradable adjectives

adverbs

Non-gradable adjectives

deeply

extremely

fairly

immensely

rather

very

angry

cheerful

happy

hurt

irritable

upset

absolutely

completely

entirely

totally

utterly

awful

broken-hearted

impossible

terrible

wonderful

pretty (informal English)

It’s pretty amazing that someone who was at death’s door three months ago has just run the London marathon!

really

I’ve just had a really awful run-in with Duncan over his marketing plan.

quite

I’m quite busy at work at the moment.

You’re quite impossible at times.

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