A. Find at least ten pairs of adjectives and nouns that go together and write them in your notebook. (Some adjectives may go with more than one noun.)
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ancient careless city cold day empty face glass great information man terrible time weather worker ugly useful young |
Example: young man
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ancient city
careless man / worker
cold weather / city / day
empty glass / city
great city / day / time / weather / worker
terrible day / time / weather / worker
ugly face / man / city
useful information / glass
young face / worker
B. Put a noun from box A with a noun from box B to make words which match the definitions.
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A bed book CD credit post taxi tooth train |
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B brush card driver man player room shop station |
1 You buy books here. ……a book shop……
2 You can use this if you don’t have any money. ………………………………
3 You can use this to listen to music. ………………………………
4 You clean your teeth with this. ………………………………
5 You sleep here. ………………………………
6 You go here to travel to a different place. ………………………………
7 This person brings your letters. ………………………………
8 This person takes people to other places. ………………………………
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2 a credit card 3 a CD player
4 a toothbrush 5 a bedroom
6 a train station 7 a postman
8 a taxi driver
C. Make sentences by putting the words in order, then suggest who or what each sentence is about.
1 stories / writes / wonderful / he / think / I
I think he writes wonderful stories. (Paolo Coelho)
2 from / far / it / not / is / here
…………………………………………….
3 was / busy / very / it / place / a
…………………………………………….
4 well / very / doesn’t / she / look
…………………………………………….
5 these / lovely / smell / flowers
…………………………………………….
6 friendly / very / not / she / does / seem
…………………………………………….
7 it / idea / not / is / good / a
…………………………………………….
8 actor / my / he / favourite / is
…………………………………………….
9 do / nice / taste / they / not
…………………………………………….
10 always / is / he / asleep!
…………………………………………….
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Possible answers
2 It is (It’s) not far from here. (the cinema)
3 It was a very busy place. (the airport)
4 She doesn’t look very well. (my friend)
5 These flowers smell lovely. (roses)
6 She does not (doesn’t) seem very friendly. (my neighbour)
7 It is not (It’s not / It isn’t) a good idea. (smoking)
8 He is (He’s) my favourite actor. (Johnny Depp)
9 They do not (don’t) taste nice. (olives)
10 He is fs) always asleep! (my brother)
D. Complete the sentences using a bit, a little, quite or very where possible.
1 ……My dad is quite…… tall.
2 ……………………………… impossible.
3 ……………………………… nice.
4 ……………………………… enormous
5 ……………………………… tired
6 ……………………………… short.
7 ……………………………… small.
8 ……………………………… perfect.
9 ……………………………… happy.
10 ……………………………… cold.
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Possible answers
2 The homework was
3 My lunch was quite
4 A tyrannosaurus rex was
5 I feel a bit
6 I am quite
7 My bedroom is a little
8 I am
9 I am very
10 The house is very
E. Answer the questions about your favourite city in your notebook. Use an adjective in each answer.
1 Do you have a favourite city?
2 When you first arrived in this city, how did you feel?
3 Think of one place every visitor must see. What is it? Tell us something interesting about it.
4 Imagine you are flying over the city in an aeroplane. What does the city look like?
5 What are the people like there?
6 What is the city like at night?
7 What do you miss about this city?
1 My favourite city is Prague. It’s a beautiful city.
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Possible answers
2 I felt nervous, but also excited.
3 Every visitor must go to the Charles Bridge. It’s a famous bridge across the Vltava river. It is very busy in the day but at night it is quiet.
4 From an aeroplane the city looks very big. All the houses have red roofs.
5 The people are very friendly.
6 The city seems safe at night.
7 I miss the culture. In Prague there are a lot of interesting galleries and festivals.
F. Circle the correct option.
1 Istanbul and Barcelona are both ………. .
a beautifuls cities
b beautiful cities
c cities beautifuls
2 He has met many ………. people.
a afraid b awake c interesting
3 l a m ………. . I often lose things.
a quite careless man
b quite careless
c quite careful
4 The king’s palace is very ………. .
a old b enormous c perfect
5 I spend a lot of time in ………. .
a airport’s restaurants
b airport restaurants
c restaurant airports
Answers
1 b 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 b
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