Adjectives: word order ( a nice new house) Adjectives after verbs (You look tired)

Unit 98 - I E G -     Adjectives: word order ( a nice new house)

                                     Adjectives after verbs (You look tired)

 98.1

1. a beautiful table (wooden / round)        A beautiful round wooden table.

2. an unusual ring (gold)                             An unusual gold ring.

3. a new pullover (nice)                               A nice new pullover.

4. a new pullover (green)                            A new green pullover.

5. an old house (beautiful)                          A beautiful old house.

6. black gloves (leather)                              Black leather gloves.

7. an American film (old)                           An old American film.

8. a long face (thin)                                     A thin long face.

9. big clouds (black)                                   Big black clouds.

10. a sunny day (lovely)                             A lovely sunny day.

11. a wide avenue (long)                            A long wide avenue.

12. a metal box (black / small)                 A small black metal box.

13. a big cat (fat / black)                           A big black fat cat.

14. a little village (old / lovely)                A lovely little old village.

15. long hair (black / beautiful)                     Beautiful long black hair.

16. an old painting (interesting / French)    An interesting old French painting.

17. an enormous umbrella (red / yellow)    An enormous red and yellow umbrella.

98.2

1. The first day and 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.        The last two days.

4. The first week and the second week of September.

The first two weeks of September.

5. Tomorrow and a few days after that.             The next few days.

6. Questions 1, 2 and 3 of the examination.       

The first three questions of the examination.

7. Next year and the year after.                          The next two years.

8. The last day of our holiday and the two days before that.

The last three days of our holiday.

98.3

1. Ann seemed upset this morning? Do you know what was wrong?

2. I can’t eat this. I’ve just tried it and it tastes awful.

3. I wasn’t very well yesterday but I feel fine today.

4. What beautiful flowers! They  smell nice too.

5. You look wet. Have you been out in the rain?

6. Jim was telling me about his new job. It sounds quite interesting, much better than his old job.

98.4

1. This tea tastes a bit strange.

2. I always feel happy when the sun is shining.

3. The children were playing happily in the garden.

4. The man became violent when the manager of the restaurant asked him to leave.

5. You look terrible! Are you alright?

6. There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it properly.