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I can use adjectives correctly.
1 Read the message board. Who thinks highly of the HR manager?
2 Read the Learn this! box. Find all the adjectives in exercise 1. Do they come before a noun or after a linking verb?
| 3 Look again at the adjectives that come before a noun in exercise 1. Match them with the categories (size, age, colour, etc.) in the Learn this! box.young - age self-centred - opinion 4 Complete the sentences with the adjectives in brackets in the correct order.1 My company's forum is talking about a ...................... ....................... ......................... musician. (young /Portuguese/vain) 2 The interviewer was wearing a ...................... ....................... ........................ ........................ dress. (Japanese/white/long/silk) 3 At the company's fancy party, the director always appears on stage in a ....................... ........................ ........................ wig (massive/red/ridiculous) 4 My idol supervisor goes to work on a(n) ....................... ........................ ........................ motorbike. (Italian/black/1960s) 5 Match the adjectives with similar meanings to make some pairs.afraid - frightened afraid alive alone angry annoyed asleep frightened glad happy live lonely sleeping
6 Read the Look out! box. Which adjective in each pair from exercise 5 can go a) before a noun and b) only after a linking verb? Use a dictionary to help you.
7 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. Sometimes both are possible.1 Ten glad / happy winners have shared this week's lottery prize. 2 The woman was disappointed/upset because the noise woke her asleep / sleeping baby. 3 A ninety-year-old brilliant / French actor has won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. 4 There are some huge grey/nasty clouds in the distance. 5 Some well-known people have quite alone / lonely lives. 8 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Using adjectives and linking verbs, tell your partner about a famous person you would like to meet.• Give some information about them and what they do. • Say why you'd like to meet them and how it would make you feel. |
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