English Grammar Exercises for B1 B2 – Adjectives

A. Underline all the adjectives or words used as adjectives in the statements below. Write S next to all the sentences which are about skateboarding (in your opinion).

1   You stand on a wooden board.     ……S……

2   It’s quite difficult to learn.     ………….

3   I’m keen to try it.     ………….

4   The boots have four small plastic wheels in a line.   ………….

5   It’s absolutely brilliant!   ………….

6   Old people usually do this sport.   ………….

7   You need to wear knee pads and a helmet.   ………….

8   Increasing numbers of teenagers are taking up this sport.     ………….

9   It’s a bit frightening.      ………….

B. Match words 1-8 to words a-h to make noun + noun combinations. Check in a dictionary to see if the nouns are written as one or two words, then write them below.

a   keeper

b   player

c   board

d   surfing

e   pool

f   tennis

g   driver

h   climbing

5   ………   ……………………….

6   ………   ……………………….

7   ………   ……………………….

8   ………   ……………………….

C. Underline the correct option.

1   The teacher was disappointed / disappointing with the behaviour of her class.

2   The old woman had fallen over and seemed quite confused / confusing.

3   The weather is rainy and grey – how depressed / depressing!

4   Did you hear the news? It’s shocked / shocking!

5   The dog was frightened / frightening by the noise.

6   I’m having a bored / boring day.

7   I was absolutely amazed / amazing by the special effects in the film.

8   He swims every day – it’s not surprised / surprising he’s so good at it!

9   I was very pleased / pleasing to see them.

D. Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

1   voice / She / in / spoke / a / high / strange

      She spoke in a strange high voice.

2    alone / the / in / The / was / woman / building

      ………………………………………………

3    lovely / They / children / have / happy / three

      ………………………………………………

4    thing / blue / It’s / square / small / a / plastic

      ………………………………………………

5    tiring / It / quite / was / meeting / a

      ………………………………………………

6    I / like / black / football / leather / new / boots / some / would

      ………………………………………………

7    Italian / a / He’s / car / red / bought

      ………………………………………………

8    time / a / quite / They’re / worrying / having

      ………………………………………………

E. Rewrite each sentence so that it has a similar meaning, using the adjective in brackets + infinitive.

1    She’ll definitely succeed. (certain)

      She’s certain to succeed.

2    You shouldn’t have said that. (wrong)

      ………………………………………………

3    There were no buses – we couldn’t get home. (not possible)

      ………………………………………………

4    Children are usually fast learners. (quick)

      ………………………………………………

5    He thinks going out alone at night is frightening. (afraid)

      ………………………………………………

6    Excuse me for interrupting – but have you seen Mr Lee? (sorry)

      ………………………………………………

7    I was worried about getting home in time. (anxious)

      ………………………………………………

8    You did the right thing. (right)

      ………………………………………………

F. Write a sentence to follow each statement below, using an adjective from the box with very or absolutely.

1    The baby was born at only 25 weeks.

      She was absolutely tiny!

2    It was snowing and we didn’t have our coats with us.

      ………………………………………………

3    We were out all day in the sun.

      ………………………………………………

4    She hadn’t slept all night.

      ………………………………………………

5    The train was very crowded and we couldn’t get a seat.

      ………………………………………………

6    The new house has got four bedrooms.

      ………………………………………………

7    This is a good place to eat burgers.

      ………………………………………………

8    I didn’t have any instructions, so I couldn’t make the model.

      ………………………………………………

G. Write one or two sentences (each containing an adjective) about the activities below. You can describe each activity, say whether you would like to try it, how it makes you feel or talk about how difficult or easy it is to do.

1    Tennis

      ………………………………………………

2    Mountain biking

      ………………………………………………

3    Scuba diving

      ………………………………………………

4    Cooking a meal

      ………………………………………………

5    Running a marathon

      ………………………………………………

6    Playing computer games

      ………………………………………………

7    Playing the guitar

      ………………………………………………

8    Painting

      ………………………………………………

Example: Tennis is an exciting sport. It is difficult to learn but I am keen to try.

H. Circle the correct option.

1   My new iPod is very easy ………… .

      a for use     b using     c to use

2    They’re not ………… kind people.

      a completely     b very     c a bit

3    This ice cream is ………… delicious.

      a absolutely     b a bit     c very

4    Eddie felt a bit ………… with her.

      a annoying     b annoy     c annoyed

5    I’m going to wear my ………… coat.

      a old red nice

      b nice old red

      c nice red old