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meat at his house. 5......

 

travel ageпt would give you

..... information about .....

hotels. 6. We'd better go Ьу

..... taxiifwe can get

.....

taxi at such .....

lюur as 2 a.m. 7. Do you take

.....

sugar in

..... cotfee? 1 used to,

but ПО\V I'm on

.....

diet. I'm trying to lose .....

weight. 8......

m ап sufferiпg from

..... slюck should not Ье giveп anything to drink. 9

......

Mr Smith is .....

old

customer апd .....

 

hoпest man. Why do you say that? Has he been accused of

.....

dishonesty? 10......

 

friend of mine is expecting .....

 

ЬаЬу. If it's

.....

girl she is

goiпg to Ье called Helen. 11. 1 have .....

hour and .....

 

halffor lunch. I only have

half .....

hour .....

 

time for

..... cup of coffee. 12. I hope you have .....

 

love1y time

апd .....

good weatl1er. But 1not going for .....

holiday; I'm going on .....

business.

13. Не looked at me with .....

horror when I explained that 1 was .....

 

policeman.

14. I won't climb

..... mountain because 1 have .....

horror of .....

heights.

 

Exercise 11

lпsert а or an if necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. I have

.....

headache and

..... sore throat. I think I've got .....

cold. I think

you're getting the flu. 2

......

Mr Jones called while you were out. Не wants to

make .....

complaint about

..... article in the paper. Не was in

..... very bad

temper. 3. If you go Ьу .....

 

train you сап have quite .....

comfortaЬie journey,

but make sure you get .....

express, not .....

train that stops at all the stations.

4. l'm having

..... few friends in to .....

coffee tomorrow eveлing. Would you like

to соте?- l'd love to, but I'm afraid I'm goiпg to

.....

concert. 5. It's time you

had .....

 

holiday. You haven't had .....

day offfor .....

montl1. 6. Не broke .....

leg

in .....

skiiпg accident. It's still in .....

p\aster. 7. 1 want .....

assistant with

.....

knowledge of French. 8. 1 see that your house is built of .....

wood. Are you

insured against .....

fire? 9. I had .....

amaziлg experience last night. I saw ....

.

dinosaur eating .....

meat pie in Loпdon Park. -

You mean you had .... .

 

nightmare. Anyway, diлosaurs didn't eat .....

meat. 10. I'll рау you .....

hundred

..... week. It's not .....

large salary but after all you are

..... completely unskilled

man.

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...... little is known about the effect of this medicine; yet .....

chemist

will sell it to you without

..... prescription. 12. I have

..... little money Ieft; let's

have diпner in .....

restaurant. 13. Would it Ье .....

trouЬ!e to you to buy me .....

newspaper on your way home? 14......

man is .....

clever animal.

 

Exercise 111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lnsert the if пecessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1......

youngest Ьоу has just started goiпg to .....

school......

eldest Ьоу is at .....

college. 2. Sl1e lives оп .....

top floor of an old house. When

..... wind Ьlows, all

..... windows rattle. 3......

darkпess doesп't worry .....

cats;

..... cats сап see in

..... dark. 4. Му little boys say that they want to Ье .....

spacemen, but most of

them will рrоЬаЬ!у have .....

less dangerousjobs. 5. Do you know .....

time?-

Yes, ..... clock in .....

hall has just struck пine. Then it isn't

..... time to go yet.

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6. Не was sent to

.....

prison for .....

six months. When .....

six months are over

he'll Ье released......

 

difficulty then will Ье to fi11d .....

work. 7. l we11t to

.... .

school to talk to

.....

headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann give up ....

.

gymnastics a11d take .....

ballet lessons instead. 8......

ballet isn't much use for

..... girls; it is much better to Ье аЬ!е to play

..... piano. 9. I am on

..... night duty.

When you go to .....

bed, l go to .....

work. 1О. Peter's at .....

office but you could

get him on .....

phone. There's а telephone boxjust round .....

corner. 11. Не got

..... bronchitis and was taken to .....

hospital. I expect tl1ey'll send him home at

..... end of .....

week. Have you ru11g

..... hospital to ask how he is? 12. Ann's

habit of ridi11g а motorcycle up and down .....

road early in .....

morning trouЬ!ed

..... 11eighbours and in

..... end theytook her to court. 13. Не first went to .....

sea

in а Swedish ship, so as well as learning .....

navigation he l1ad to learn .....

 

Swedish. 14......

 

family hotels are

.....

hotels which welcome .....

parents and

..... children.

15. On

..... Sundays my father stays in

.....

bed till ten o'clock,

reading

..... Sunday papers. 16. Then he gets up, puts on .....

old clothes, has .....

breakfast a11d starts

..... work in .....

garden. 17. Му pare11ts have .....

cold meat

and .....

salad for .....

supper i11 .....

winter and .....

summer.

 

Exercise IV

I11sert the if necessary.

1. We have а very good train service from here to .....

city centre and most people

go to .....

work Ьу train. You сап go Ьу .....

bus too, of course, but you сап get а

seaso11 ticket on

..... bus. 2. I'd like to see

.....

Mr Smith, please. Do you mean

..... Mr Smith who works i11 .....

Ьох office or

.....

other Mr Smith? 3. Did you

соте Ьу .....

air?- No, I came Ьу

..... sea. I had а lovely voyage 011

.....

Queen

Elizabeth 1/. 4......

most of .....

stories that

.....

people tell about

..... Irish aren't

true. 5

......

married couples with .....

children often re11t .....

cottages Ьу .... .

seaside for .....

summer holidays. The me11 hire boats a11d go for .....

trips along

..... coast; .....

cl1ildren spend .....

day 011 .....

beach and .....

poor mothers spe11d

..... most ofthe time doing .....

cooking and cleaning. 6. It's usually safe to walk

011 .....

sa11d, but here, when .....

tide is coming in, ..... sand becomes da11gerously

soft .....

people have been swallowed up Ьу it. 7. Whe11 .....

Тitanic was crossing

..... Atlantic she struck an iceberg which tore а huge hole i11 her bow..... .

captain ordered .....

crew to help .....

passe11gers into .....

boats. 8. Everywhere

..... ma11 has cut down

..... forests order to cultivate .....

grouпd or to use .....

wood as .....

fuel or as .....

building material. 9

......

people think that

.....

lead is

..... heaviest metal, but .....

gold is heavier. 1О. Our air hostess said, " .....

rack is

опlу for .....

light articles, ..... heavy things sucl1 as .....

bottles must Ье put 011

..... floor". 11 ......

windows are supposed to let in .....

light; but

..... windows on

this house are so small that we have to have electric light on all

.....

time.

12. They'll always Ье а coвflict betweeп .....

 

old апd

..... youпg......

 

young

people waпt .....

change but .....

old people wa11t

..... tl1iпgs to stay

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реор1е all

..... time, and all .....

реор1е some of .....

time; but you cannot fool all .....

реор1е all

..... time.

 

 

Exercise V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1пsert а, an or the if necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l knew .....

man who had travelled very much in his Jife. Не had visited many

countries iп .....

East and in .....

West. Не loved

.....

cl1ildren and often told

them .....

interesting stories. 1 remember some of

.....

stories wl1ich he told me.

One ofthem was about .....

adventure he had iп .....

 

London. Не was

..... young

man at that time and was interested in .....

history of architecture. One day he

visited one of .....

towers of .....

Houses of .....

Parliament. Не came out оп to .....

balcony of .....

tower and began to look at .....

ornaments оп

..... walls. Then he

climbed up оп

.....

roof. Suddenly .....

man came ruппing to him and seized

him Ьу .....

arm. Не began shoutiпg something in .....

Eпglish, but my friend

knew only .....

few words of .....

Eпglish and did not understand hiш..... .

Eпglishman called

..... роliсешав......

 

fact was that he thought that .....

Russian

tourist wanted to kill hiшselfbyjuшping froш .....

top of .....

tower. Later, when

everything became clear, they laughed а Jot over it.

 

 

 

Exercise Vl

Insert а, an or the ifnecessary.

1......

thunder and.. .

lightning are caused by. ..

electricity. 2......

last time 1 saw

you was in

.....

2002. 3. We met .....

last year. 4. Have you ever seen such .....

terriЬ!e weather? 5. Is there .....

bus to

..... town where .....

Browпs \ive? 6. Wlыt

..... terriЬ!e noise tl1ey are making .....

next door. 7. What .....

pity you didв't see

..... filш. It was

..... шost interesting. 8. Please do shut .....

wiпdow;

..... flies соше

in froш .....

garden in .....

eveniпg. 9. There is .....

o\d tree in .....

front of.....

house,

with .....

very pretty flowers in .....

spring. 1О. Do you go to .....

school? Do you go

to .....

school on .....

hill? 11. They usually se\1 .....

eggs Ьу .....

dozen. 12. They

made him

.....

secretary of .....

club; they 11ad already chosen

..... ci1airman.

13. l went for .....

walk after .....

dinner. 14......

people iп

.....

pi1oto, from

..... left

to .....

rigi1t, are Тош, Dick апd Harry. Harry is staпding on .....

left of Dick.

15. She always liked .....

good coпversation авd .....

сотраnу of .....

iпteresting

people. 16. There is

..... very pleasant couпtry rouпd ош town.

17. I have воt

forgotteп .....

promise you made me .....

last week. 18 ......

water is very 11ard iп our

part of .....

couпtry. 19. Не does воt like to take

.....

advice, еvеп .....

advice of .....

clever people. 20. Tom's faшily could not aflord to give hiш

..... educatioп.

Exercise Vll

Iпsert а, an or the if пecessary.

1. Mrs Ivaпova is ..... director of ..... sci1ool ..... NQ 12. 2. Peter's father is .... .

experieпced engiпeer. 3. Му friend has pronouпcing dictionary Ьу .... .

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Dr Jones, ..... professor of .....

phonetics at

..... London University. 4. It is too

important

..... matter to Ье discussed Ьу .....

children alone. 5. I simply could

not reject so invitiпg

..... offer. 6......

Popovs started on their trip on .....

following

day. 7......

 

two geпtlemen in the carriage were greatly frightened. 8

...... 31st

of... December is

.....

1ast day of .....

year. 9. This is...on1y road to .....

village.

10. It is

...very book I need.

11 ......

1ast winter I visited

..... Tretyakov Gallery.

12......

rubber is...

juice ot' .....

rubber plant. 13. lt is .....

great pleasure to listen

how you р1ау .....

рiапо.

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise Vlll

Insert а, an or the if necessary.

1......

fog was so thick that we couldn't see

.....

side of .....

road. We followed

..... car in front

of us and hoped that

we were going ..... right

way.

2......

postman's little Ьоу says that he'd rather Ье

..... dentist than .....

doctor,

because

..... dentists don't get called онt at .....

 

night. 3......

day after .....

day

passed without .....

news, and we Ьеgап to lose .....

 

hope. 4. We're going to .....

tea with

.....

Smiths today, aren't we? Shall we take .....

car? - We сап go Ьу

..... car ifyou wash

..... car first. We can't go to

.....

Mrs Smitl1's iп .....

car all

covered with

..... mud. 5. Не got .....

job in .....

 

south and spent .....

next two

years doing .....

work he really eпjoyed. 6. lt was .....

windy morning but they

hired

.....

boat and went for .....

sail along .....

coast. In .....

afternoon .....

 

wiпd

increased and they soon found theшselves in .....

difficнlties. 7. Doп't give the

same task to ..... strongest and .....

weakest students. 8. Both .....

juпior

aпd...seпior members ofthe family were present at the diпner-party. 9. It was

..... wonderfнl concert: ..... conductor апd .....

violiпist both were а great

success with the puЬlic. 10. lt was

..... Ьlue night with

..... full moon hanging

over

..... city. 11. Don't give me .....

milk. You know I 11ate it at this time of .....

day.

12. They had two children, опе of them still at .....

sc}юol, ..... other in

her first year at .....

university. 13. Не looked clean and brushed; he was goiпg

to .....

town for .....

day.

 

 

 

Exercise IX

Traпslate into English.

1. Я познакомился с ним в одном маленьком южном городе. 2. Какой-то человек ждет вас около дома. 3. Кто принес это письмо? - Какой-то мальчик. 4. Где словарь?- Он в книжном шкафу. 5. Кто эта женшина?­ Она жена одного инженера, который работает на нашем заводе. 6. Ка­ кой-то человек звонил вам по телефону сегодня утром. 7. Я знал их, ког­ да они были студентами. 8. Он родился в одном маленьком городе неда­ леко от Москвы. 9. Дверь открылась, и в комнату вошел молодой человек с чемоданом в руке. 10. Когда профессор вошел в аудиторию, студенты встали. 11. Ребенку легко изучать иностранный язык. 12. Какой пре-

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Exercise Х

Translate into English.

l. Прошлым летом мы жили в деревне, расположенной на берегу Волги, в

маленьком домике, окруженном большим садом. 2. Перед домом росли ог­ ромные старые липы. 3. Вчера я разговаривал с человеком, который провел

несколько лет в Китае. 4. Я не помню цифр, которые он упомянул в своем докладе. 5. Человек, который хочет овладеть иностранным языком, должен

работать очень усердно и систематически. 6. Я только что прочел рассказ,

который мне очень понравился. 7. Рассказ, который я только что прочел,

очень интересный. 8. Мы встретимся после школы?- Где?- У входа в шко­ лу. 9. Была уже ночь; но, к счастью, это была летняя ночь, и погода стояла сухая. 10. День только что начался, и воздух был чист и прохладен. 11. Я зайду после обеда. 12. Он просил меня передать вам, что они пойдут на экскурсию в Эрмитаж на следующей неделе. 13. Нам его рекомендовали

как человека с хорошим знанием языка. 14. Некоторые люди едят мороже­

ное на улице даже зимой. 15. Такие сведения всегда нужны.

Exercise Xl

Traпslate iпto Eпglish.

1. В маленькой комнате книжная полка удобнее, чем шкаф. 2. Он любит пить не из чашки, а только из стакана. 3. Проблема такого рода должна вас интересовать. 4. Они вошли в вагон, в котором не было свободных

мест. 5. Я еще никогда не видел дружбы крепче, чем дружба этих двух

людей. 6. Она посмотрела на часы на углу и поняла, что опоздает на поезд. 7. Сегодня группа журналистов, которая состоит в основном из студентов, начнет подниматься на Эльбрус. 8. Вашего сына будет опе­ рировать хирург, который сейчас работает над диссертацией на эту тему. 9. Рано утром, до завтрака, спортсмены ходили на речку купаться. 1О. Что у нас будет на ужин? 11. В этой столовой вы всегда можете получить

горячий завтрак. 12. По субботам у них обычно бывают гости к ужину.

13. Экскурсанты приезжают сюда днем и ночью сушей и морем. 14. Мы провели лето на Днепре. 15. Будьте внимательны, вы сделали ошибку.

Exercise Xll

Translate into Eпg1ish.

1. Мне нужен совет в этом трудном деле. 2. Жалко сидеть дома в такую

прекрасную погоду. 3. Не сидите так долго на солнце, у вас заболит голо­

ва. 4. Черное море очень бурно зимой. 5. Она очень любит музыку.

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6. Небо бьuю ясное, а звезды ярко светили. 7. Какие приятные новости

вы нам принесли! 8. Волга самый важный водный путь в нашей стране. 9. Было раннее утро, и трава была покрыта росой. 10. Молоко, которое я

купила сегодня утром, скисло. 11. Было теплое утро; легкий ветер дул с

моря. 12. В Крыму растут очень хорошие сорта винограда. 13. Был вечер

исемья сидела за столом. 14. Чай очень крепкий, долейте немного воды.

15.Я надеюсь, что вы не будете проводить свои каникулы в городе.

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The Adjective

Adjectives describe nouns. They have the same form in both the singular and the plural. They normally go before nouns. They also go alone (without nouns) after the verbsappear, Ье, become, feel, seem, sme/J, taste, look, getetc.

The egg sme/Js awfu/. П1е soup tastes delicious.

Adjectives сап Ье common, derived and compound.

Some common adjectives ( good, red, sad) do not have endings blJt many derived adjectives formed from nouns and verbs have а particular ending (or suffix). These are:

-аЬ\е

comfortaЫe

-ent

dependent

-al

accidental

-esque

picturesque

-ant

reluctant

-ful

useful

-ar

popular

-ian

ltalian

-ary

imaginary

-iЬie

horriЫe

-ate

passionate

-ic

historic

-ical

historical

-like

businesslike

-ious

victorious

-ly

friendly

-ish

childish

-ory

compulsory

-ist

racist

-ous

humorous

-ive

attractive

-some

wholesome

-less

useless

sunny

Adjectives are also formed with prefixes which generally t1ave а negative meaning:

possiЬ/e- impossiЬ/e.

Theseare:

un-

untrue, unwise

im-

immoral, impractical

in-

incorrect, insincere

dis-

dishonest, disagreeaЫe

il-

illegal, illegiЫe

ir-

irregular, irresponsiЫe

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cardinal numerals + nouns: а three-week ho/iday,

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an adjective + an adjective: а dark-Ь/ue dress,

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we\1, badly, ill, poorly + past participle: а we/1-paidjob,

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а nounjpronoun verbal: а heart-breaking decision,

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~7. an adjectivejadverb noun + the suffix -ed: а fair-haired girl.

Certain adjectives can Ье used as plural nouns referring to а group of people in general.

These are: the poor, the rich, the Ыind, the young, the old, the disaЬ/ed, the hungry, the strong, the deaf, the living, the dead, the sick, the elderly etc.

The rich should he/p the poor.

MEXERCISES

Exercise 1

Study the list of adjectives formed from nouns. Say lюw adjectives can Ье formed, \Vhat suffixes can Ье used for that.

Noun

Adjective

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adventure

adventurous

faith

faithful

athlete

athletic

fool

foolish

beauty

beautiful

friend

friendly

Ьоу

boyish

gold

golden

continent

continental

hero

heroic

courage

courageous

metal

metallic

coward

cowardly

music

musical

noise

пoisy

mistery

mysterious

poet

poetic

natioп

national

star

starry

пature

natural

terror

terriЬie

person

personal

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skill

skilful

value

valuaЬ!e

sun

suпny

 

 

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Exercise 11

Complete these phrases using the adjectives formed from the nouns:

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sea (storm)

а .........................................................

sound (metal)

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behaviour (child)

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forests (value)

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wonder (nature)

а .........................................................

place (mystery)

а .........................................................

phrase (poet)

а .........................................................

armclшir (comfort)

а .........................................................

class (friend)

а .........................................................

deed (courage)

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streets (centre)

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trip (adventure)

Exercise 111

Form adjectives from the given words with the help ofthe suffixes:

Wonder, friend, trouЬle, Ыооd, harm, саге, green, wool, tire, truth, comfort, faith, shame, sun, wood, attract, fool, humour, occasion, rain, nature.

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Exercise IV

Complete each sentence Ьу inserting the adjective formed from the noun in brackets:

1.This has been а very ....... decision (fool).

2.The shop was situated in а ....... square (centre).

3.Gold is а very ....... metal (value).

4.The runner was а man of ....... build (athlete).

5.We studied the ....... sky througl1 а telescope (star).

6.Не feels quite ....... in this warm, light room (comfort).

7.Mark Twain wrote many ....... stories (humour).

8.А ....... person soon puts you at your ease (friend).

Exercise V

а) Study this list ofproper adjectives. Say how they are formed.

Proper Noun

Proper Adjective

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Italy

 

Britain

British

Italian

Canada

Canadian

Japan

Japanese

China

Chinese

Scotland

Scottish

Europe

European

Spain

Spanish

France

French

Wales

Welsh

Germany

German

Greece

Greek

Ireland

Irish

Mexico

Mexican

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music (ltaly)

Exercise Vl

In eacl1 space iпsert the adjective formed from the proper noun.

The humour oflrelaпd ...... .. ....................

humour

The lakes of Canada .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

lakes

The people of China .. .. ... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ...

people

The mountains of Scotland .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

mountains

А village of Mexico .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

village

The population of France .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

population

The plants of Germany .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

plants

Computers of Japan ... .. ........ ...............

computers

The tourists ofltaly ............................

tourists

The Armada of Spain .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

Armada

The coast of Greece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

coast

Exercise Vll

Suffixes -аЬ!е, -ous, -а!, -ful, -у, -less, -ic are often used to form adjectives. Make adjectives from each ofthe following words.

geography

person

uпderstand

experiment

hero

patriot

luck

health

enjoy

truth

classic

remark

mystery

glory

nerve

fun

noise

woпder

colour

harm

greed

grass

care

fantasy

eat

delight

artist

fear

Exercise Vlll

Form adjectives from the given ones \Vith the help ofthe prefixes.

Certain, pleasant, attentive, сараЬlе, legal, successful, definite, moral, visiЬle, important, convenient, logical, polite, l1appy, patient, grateful, educated.

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Exercise IX

Use adjectives with the negative prefix in р1асе ofthe adjectives with the preceding not.

1. lt was not probaЬle that more than one child would win the scholarship а year. 2. The scholarship examination was not fair. 3. 1 do not fee1 well in this climate. The c1imate here is not agreeaЬle. 4. His handwriting was so bad that the notes he usually took were not legiЬle to anybody but himse1f. 5. Нis knowledge in the subject does not seem to Ье satisfactory.

Exercise Х

Translate into Eпglish using the пegative prefixes.

Неспособный, неудобный, несоединенный, неофициальный, неудовлет­ ворительный, несправедливый, неподвижный, нерешенный, незначи­ тельный, нетерпеливый, неграмотный, неблагодарный, неестественный,

нерелигиозный, независимый.

Exercise Xl

Trans1ate iпto Russian the following compound adjectives.

1. А broad-brimmed hat. 2. А tile-floored kitchen. 3. А fat merry-lookiпg little old mап. 4. The kind old man never comes to the children empty-handed. 5. Red-hot steel. 6. А dark-complexioпed young girl. 7. It was а weatherbeaten old ship. 8. А marЬle-topped taЬle. 9. А ten-thousand-dollar car. 10. А twenty-year-old building.

Exercise Xll

Make compound adjectives to describe the following.

1. А book which is written badly. 2. А city that has no pollution. 3. An announcement which has been awaited for а long time. 4. А course that lasts three years. 5. А worker who works hard. 6. А busjourney that takes two hours. 7. А hotel with five stars. 8. А room that has good ventilation.

Word Order of Adjectives

Adjectives normally go before nouns. Sometimes there are two or more adjectives in the sentence.

Му friend has а nice new f/at.

There was а beautifullarge round wooden tаЬ/е in the dining room.

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