BASIC-GRAMMAR-TEST-18

GRAMMAR

1   Complete the adjectives.

1 You look very bored. What’s the matter?
2 Your holiday sounds gre~.
3 It’s really annoy~ when people telephone and try to sell you something.
4 My father flies round the world for his job. It’s very tir~.
5 I don’t think the children should watch that horror film. It’s too frighten~.
6 Are you worr~ about your exam?
7 Did you watch the final? It was so excit~ !
8 Your perfume smells beauti~ !
9 Roy is marr~ to Rita.
10 Your Spanish is quite flu~ , isn’t it?
11 That want to close the factory because the air is pollut~.
12 The programme is aw~ Turn it off.
13 She’s really interest~ .Have you ever spoken to her?
14 This cake is delici~. How did you make it?
15 I’m not surpris~ that he’s leaving his job.

 

2 Complete the conversation with the verbs in the box. There is one extra verb.

looks sounds tastes feel smells

    

A: So, I’m happy to tell you we have a new product for Christmas.
B: That 1 sounds good! What is it?
A: It’s a perfume for young professional women. Here it is. What do you think of the bottle?
B: It 2 ~ wonderful – very stylish. There’s only one problem.
A: What’s that?
B: It 3 ~ disgusting! I 4 ~ sick!

 

 

3    Correct the sentences. Five are correct.

1 He’s interested in football.
correct
2 I have a white-new fridge for sale.
I have a new white fridge for sale.
3 They’re keen at golf.
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4 There’s an elegant, diamond necklace in the window.
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5 Emily is really excited at her birthday.
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6 Who does that frightening brown big dog belong to?
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7 I’m really bad with Maths. Can you help me?
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8 I feel ill. Can I go home?
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9 He looks intelligently.
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10 That smells nice. What is it?
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11 They look very happy together!
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12 I was surprised on his new haircut.
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13 This is a really romantic annoying film.
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14 Those flowers smell delicious.
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15 Why are you worried for your results?
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Pronunciation: syllables and word stress

4    Listen. How many syllables are there in each word?

1 interesting …3… 9 tiring ~
2 interested ~ 10 tired ~
3 boring ~ 11 annoying ~
4 bored ~ 12 annoyed ~
5 exciting ~ 13 frightening ~
6 excited ~ 14 frightened ~
7 worrying ~ 15 surprising ~
8 worried ~ 16 surprised ~

Listen again and underline the stress in words with more than one syllable.

 

Vocabulary

5    Write the adjectives in the columns.

ancient beautiful boring brown cool
cotton elegant large metal modern
old orange plastic red round small
square wooden yellow young

 

size/shape age colour
ancient

 

material opinion

 

 

6    Reorder the letters to make furniture words. Then match them to the pictures.

a
b
c
d
e
f

 

1 cokero c cooker
2 hiarmcar ~ ~
3 bleta ~ ~
4 save ~ ~
5 sked ~ ~
6 palm ~ ~

 

Listen again

7    Listen and complete the notes about Lisa, Prescott and Pam.

 

Lisa Prescott Pam
Age:
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Interests:
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Dislikes:
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Age:
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Marital status:
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Likes:
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Dislikes:
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Age:
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Concerns:
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