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Unit
Exercises 99

99.1 Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.
1 a beautiful table (wooden / round) a beautiful round wooden table
2 an unusual ring (gold)
3 an old house (beautiful)
4 red gloves (leather)
5 an American film (old)
6 pink flowers (tiny)
7 a long face (thin)
8 big clouds (black)
9 a sunny day (lovely)
10 an ugly dress (yellow)
11 a wide avenue (long)
12 important ideas (new)
13 a new sweater (green / nice)
14 a metal box (black / small)
15 long hair (black / beautiful)
16 an old painting (interesting / French)
17 a large umbrella (red / yellow)
18 a big cat (black / white / fat)

99.2 Complete each sentence with a verb (in the correct form) and an adjective from the boxes.
feel look seem awful nervous interesting
smell sound taste nice upset wet

1 Helen seemed upset this morning. Do you know what was wrong?
2 I can’t eat this. I’ve just tried it and it .
3 It’s normal to before an exam or an interview.
4 What beautiful flowers! They too.
5 You . Have you been out in the rain?
6 James told me about his new job. It – much better than his old job.

99.3 Put in the correct word.
1 This tea tastes a bit strange . (strange / strangely)
2 I usually feel when the sun is shining. (happy / happily)
3 The children were playing in the garden. (happy / happily)
4 You look ! Are you all right? (terrible / terribly)
5 There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it . (proper / properly)
6 The soup tastes . Can you give me the recipe? (good / well)
7 Please hurry up! You’re always so . (slow / slowly)
8 A customer in the restaurant was behaving . (bad / badly)
9 The customer became when the manager asked him to leave. (violent / violently)

99.4 Write the following in another way using the first … / the next … / the last … .
1 the first day and the second day of the course the first two days of the course
2 next week and the week after the next two weeks
3 yesterday and the day before yesterday
4 the first week and the second week of May
5 tomorrow and a few days after that
6 questions 1, 2 and 3 in the exam
7 next year and the year after
8 the last day of our holiday and the two days
before that

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