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Unit 85 · Adjectives and adverbs

old/nice/interesting etc. (adjectives)

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A

adjective + noun (nice day / blue eyes etc.)

adjective noun
It's a **nice** day today.
Laura has **brown** eyes.
There's a very **old** bridge in this village.
Do you like **Italian** food?
I don't speak any **foreign** languages.
There are some **beautiful yellow** flowers in the garden.

The adjective is before the noun:

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They live in a modern house. (not a house modern)

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Have you met any famous people? (not people famous)

The ending of an adjective is always the same:

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a different place

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different places (not differents)

B

be (am/is/was etc.) + adjective

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The weather is nice today.

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These flowers are very beautiful.

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Are you cold? Shall I close the window?

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I'm hungry. Can I have something to eat?

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The film wasn't very good. It was boring.

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Please be quiet. I'm reading.

C

look/feel/smell/taste/sound + adjective

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A: You look tired. B: Yes, I feel tired.

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Joe told me about his new job. It sounds very interesting.

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I'm not going to eat this fish. It doesn't smell good.

Compare:

is are is
He feels tired. They look happy. It smells good.
looks sound tastes

Exercises (4)

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85.1

Put the words in the right order.

  1. 1
    (new / live in / house / they / a) They live in a new house. example
  2. 2
    (like / jacket / I / that / green) I
  3. 3
    (music / like / do / classical / you?) Do
  4. 4
    (had / wonderful / a / I / holiday) I
  5. 5
    (went to / restaurant / a / Japanese / we) We
85.2

The words in the box are adjectives (black/foreign etc.) or nouns (air/job etc.). Use an adjective and a noun to complete each sentence.

airblackcloudsdangerousforeignfreshholidayhotjobknifelanguageslongsharpwater
  1. 1
    Do you speak any foreign languages? example
  2. 2
    Look at those . It's going to rain.
  3. 3
    Sue works very hard, and she's very tired. She needs a .
  4. 4
    I would like to have a shower, but there's no .
  5. 5
    Can you open the window? We need some .
  6. 6
    I need a to cut these onions.
  7. 7
    Fire-fighting is a .
85.3

Write sentences for the pictures. Choose from the boxes.

feel(s)look(s)sound(s)look(s)smell(s)taste(s)happyhorribleillnicesurprisednew
  1. 1A happy person on the phone
    You sound happy. example
  2. 2An object that looks new
    It .
  3. 3A person who feels ill
    I .
  4. 4A person who looks surprised
    You .
  5. 5Flowers that smell nice
    They .
  6. 6Food that tastes horrible
    It .
85.4

A and B don't agree. Complete B's sentences. Use feel/look etc.

  1. 1
    A: You look tired.
    B: Do I? I don't feel tired. example
  2. 2
    A: This is a new coat.
    B: Is it? It doesn't .
  3. 3
    A: I'm American.
    B: Are you? You .
  4. 4
    A: You look cold.
    B: Do I? I .
  5. 5
    A: These bags are heavy.
    B: Are they? They .
  6. 6
    A: That soup looks good.
    B: Maybe, but it .