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Дата: Среда, 07.11.2012, 23:53 | Сообщение # 142 |
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| Chapter V.
THE ADJECTIVE
Ex. 169. A. Read and translate the sentences. Pay attention to the descriptions given in them.
1. Harry looked nothing like the rest of the family. Uncle Vernon was large and neckless, with an enormous black moustache; Aunt Petunia was horse-faced and bony; Dudley was blond, pink and porky. Harry, on the other hand, was small and skinny, with brilliant green eyes and jet-black hair that was always untidy. He wore round glasses, and on his forehead was a thin scar. 2. Mrs. Reynolds was a tall, striking woman in her late forties, with blond hair and a typical pink English complexion. She had a friendly smile and an assertive yet sympathetic way about her. 3. Tonight Samantha wore well-tailored blue jeans, a white cotton shirt, a black gabardine blazer, and highly polished black Oxfords with white socks. 4.1 shivered. It was a damp November night and quite cold, typical English winter weather. 5. It was a radiant day, the sky was a high blue and clear, and the sun was brilliant. 6. It was a blustery day. There was a high wind that blew the new green leaves off the trees. It was a chilly morning but the sky was a cerulean blue filled with puffy white clouds that raced across the great arc of the sky.
(from "Harry Potter" by J.K. Rowling)
B. Describe:
a) the appearance of any person you like.
b) the weather on the day you are reading this.
Ex. 170. A. Read the following and say how the same qualities in men and women are often described by adjectives, say whose descriptions are generous, and whose are loaded with negative connotations.
He is ambitious; she is pushy.
He is tough-minded; she is ruthless.
He is foresighted; she is calculating.
He is firm; she is stubborn.
He is self-respecting; she is egoistical.
He is persistent; she is nagging.
B. Write a letter of recommendation to your colleague or a friend. Make use of some of the words given below
Efficient, diligent, helpful, creative, open-hearted, well-read, cultured, naive, thoughtful, slow, forgetful, choosy, demanding, bossy, cooperative, nosy, provocative, sophisticated, practical, businesslike, professional, well organized, decisive, flexible, resilient, reliable, broad-minded
Ex. 171. State whether the following adjectives are qualitative or relative. Make up sentences of your own with them
1. stone, stony
2. silver, silvery
3. wax, waxen
4. snow, snowy
5. sun, sunny
6. silk, silken
7. gold, golden, gilded
8. wool, woolly, woollen
9. wood, wooden 10. brass, brazen
Ex. 172. Choose the right word to fill in the blanks
1. a) The ... Age is the earliest known period of human history, b) The ground here had always been ... . c) There came... silence, (stone, stony) 2. a) He was born with a ... spoon in his mouth, b) There is a ...birch under my window, c) Meryl was wearing a long ... dress, d) From the hall there came the ...chime of the old clock, (silver, silvery) 3. a) We need some ... candles, b) Old Nancy had a ... complexion, (wax, waxen) 4. a) Let's built a ... man. b) We went to see him one ... day in London, (snow, snowy) 5. a) I worked ... - up to ... - down, b) You have a wonderful ... tan. c) It was a ... day. d) Bob has a ... disposition, (sun, sunny) 6. a) I think I'll bye this ... scarf, b) This girl has ... lashes, c) Her hair was very long and ... . (silk, silky, silken) 7. a) There are ... daisies in the grass, b) He won a ... medal, c) Sue wore a tiny ... cross, d) These are ... rules, e) The princess was a beautiful girl with ... hair, f) They stopped before the ...altar (gold, golden, gilded) 8. a) He was dressed in a good ... suit, b) My Granny knitted a pair of long ... socks for me. c) Betty had a ...cap on. (wool, woolly, woollen) 9. a) They have a ... house, b) He had a ... head, (wood, wooden) 10. a) There was a... jug on the table, b) She is tired of her husband's ... love affairs, (brass, brazen)
Ex. 173. Give degrees of comparison of the following words if possible,
I. angry, brave, bad, convenient, dry, dead, final, good, heavy, narrow, perfect, Persian, right (left), square, important, white, yellow, unique, little
II. absent-minded, easy-going, fine-looking, good-natured, high-flown, high-heeled, kind-hearted, much-spoken, narrow-minded, old-fashioned, strong-willed, well-bred
Ex. 174. Put the adjectives in the correct order.
1. Cycling is a(n)_________activity, (useful, outdoor, popular) 2. Now I'm reading a________novel, (depressing, long, boring) 3. He had a________alarm clock, (digital, new, useful) 4. Have you heard of this________invention? (Japanese, fantastic, new) 5. This family rents a________house, (furnished, large, old) 6. I've just bought a(n)________table, (beautiful, coffee, glass, oval) 7. Robert's is the_________car. (red, Italian, big) 8. Our students are using _________ dictionaries.(English, reliable, new, complete) 9. There was a _________ carpet on the floor, (soft, wonderful, woollen, Persian) 10. Andy gave Rosie a_________box. (jewellery, velvet, small, square) 11. Stratford is a_________town, (nice, small, quiet)
12. There are a lot of________pans in the shops, (frying, Tefal, non-stick, brand-new, French-made)
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