EXTREME ADJECTIVES

I.- Match each adjective (1- 20) with its extreme (a – t).

1 Angry A Exhausted
2 Bad B Tiny
3 Beautiful C Filthy
4 Big D Furious
5 Clever E Enormous
6 Cold F Foul
7 Crowded G Boiling
8 Dirty H Terrible
9 Expensive I Freezing
10 Good J Gorgeous
11 Hot K Astonished
12 Hungry L Starving
13 Important M Exorbitant
14 Interesting N Endless
15 Long O Brilliant
16 Scary P Fascinating
17 Small Q Packed
18 Surprised R Fantastic
19 Tired S Terrifying
20 Wet T Essential

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II.- Complete the sentences with a suitable adjective from the box.

starving boiling hot enormous fascinating tiny

brilliant exhausted furious essential terrible
gorgeous astonished packed filthy freezing

1.- When will lunch be ready? We ‘re ______________.

2.- Can you close the window? I’m ____________.
3.- My cousins live in an ____________ house. It has
got eight bedrooms, three bathrooms, two living rooms …
4.- Susan looks _____________ in her new dress
5.- We went to the cinema yesterday evening and we watched a
____________ film.
6.- My parents will be ___________ if we are late again.
7.- The floor was covered in _________ bits of paper.
8.- Wash your hands before dinner. They are _________.
9.- Paul’s been working all day. He looks __________.
10.- The food in the hotel was ___________. We didn’t have any meal
while we stayed there.
11.- Einstein was a ____________ scientist.
12.- Open the windows, please. I’m ____________.
13.- Computer are nowadays an ___________ part of our lives.
14.- We were _____________ at the extraordinary beauty of the
pictures.
ANSWER KEY

I.-

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D H J E O I Q C M R G L T P N S B K A F

II.-

1.- starving
2.- freezing
3.- enormous
4.- gorgeous
5.- fascinating
6.- furious
7.- tiny
8.- filthy
9.- exhausted
10.- terrible
11.- brilliant
12.- boiling hot
13.- essential
14.- astonished