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1. __________ congratulations on your success!
2. The boy was so __________ that the coacher’s decision was made at once.
3. That sounds like a rather __________ cough you've got.
4. The shops are quite __________ - only two minutes' walk.
5. No, you can't borrow my girlfriend for the evening! Don't be so __________!
6. It's nothing to do with you what we're doing tonight! Don't be so __________!
7. She's so __________ that when she turns sideways, she's almost invisible!
8. Did you know he's got a __________ chest? Like a doormat, it is!
9. I reckon you'd have to be a __________ fool to want to learn this stupid language!
10. I feel quite __________ after getting all those right. Or perhaps it's the champagne.
TASK 18. Some common adjectives are formed from parts of the body. For example, heart gives us warm-hearted, kind-hearted, hard-hearted etc. Look at the list of similar compound adjectives below and guess what they mean. Then decide which of them can be used to complete sentences below.
1. left-handed
2. double-breasted
3. narrow-waisted
4. cold-blooded
5. big-headed
6. pot-bellied
7. red-faced
8. round-shouldered
9. sour-faced
10. cross-eyed
11. knock-kneed
12. slim-hipped
13. light-fingered
14. strong-willed
15. bow-legged
16. empty-handed
17. dark-skinned
18. fair-haired
19. broad-minded
20. right-footed
1. My boss is terribly ______________ walking around as if he were holding his salary cheque between his knees. His wife's quite the opposite – she is as ______________ as if she had just got off a horse.
2. I used to wear ______________ suits until I decided that one button was far more suitable for ______________ people such as myself.
3. My sister is so ______________ and ______________ that she reminds me of one of those long thin wine bottles.
4. Olaf is Scandinavian, so he's ______________ and______________, and looks far better in jeans than I do.
5. It looked as if Manchester United were going to return home ______________ until Bradfield scored with an incredibly powerful ______________ shot from outside the penalty area.
6. Off we go on holiday with visions of returning ______________ and beautiful, forgetting that we always come back ______________ and with peeling backs.
7. Hoskins, if you go on staring at that magazine any longer, you'll go ___________. Now either be ______________, dear boy, and put it away or give it to me until the end of the lesson.
8. My boss is so ______________ always looking as if he knew tomorrow was going to be the end of the world. And his wife is so ______________ that I have to keep a careful eye on my things when they come round to the house, or they just disappear.
9. Most ______________ tennis players seem to win more easily against right-handers. Talking of tennis players, aren't those professionals a ______________ bunch, shouting all the time about how great they are?
10. A lot of liberal ______________ people find it difficult to accept that there is such a thing as ______________ murder.
TASK 19. Revision: adjectives and adverbs. There are many clichés among adverb-adjective combinations. Find cliché Russian/ Ukrainian equivalents for the ones given below.
1. painfully slow
2. miserably paid
3. wildly excited
4. nicely done (dressed, decorated, etc.)
5. happily married
6. bitterly disappointed
7. heavily indebted
8. desperately unhappy
9. highly thought of
10. hugely successful
11. perfectly matched
12. ideally suited
13. discreetly placed
14. clumsily expressed
15. strategically timed
16. fully automated
17. perfectly balanced
18. adequately prepared
19. seriously compromised
20. blissfully unaware
21. mortally offended
22. impeccably dressed
23. generously proportioned
24. exceptionally gifted
25. physically handicapped
26. formally educated
27. officially approved
28. diametrically opposed
29. terminally ill
30. mortally wounded
31. chronically sick
32. indefinitely postponed
33. speedily dealt with
34. improperly dressed
35. highly satisfactory
36. hopelessly lost
37. deeply moved
38. painfully obvious
39. utterly exhausted
40. criminally negligent
TASK 20. There are a few adjectives in English that can go either before or after nouns but with a change of meaning according to their position. Choose the meaning that explains the underlined adjectives. Follow the example.
Example. This elect body meets once a year. (before the noun = 'specially chosen')
The president elect takes over in May. (after the noun = 'who has been elected')
| Sentence | Meaning |
| 1. The concerned doctor phoned for an ambulance. 2. The doctor concerned is on holiday at the moment. 3. It was a very involved question 4. The person involved has left the company. 5. Present employees number 3,000. 6. The employees present should vote on this. 7. It was a proper question. 8. The question proper has not been answered. 9. Janet is a responsible girl. 10. The girl responsible has been expelled. | a) correct b) worried c) who was blamed d) complicated e) with a sense of duty f) now employed g) here now h) connected with this (twice) i) itself |
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