FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

FOREIGN LANGUAGES PROGRAM

Valentina Rocha Lastre, María Sofía García y

Nely Márquez.
ADJECTIVES EXERCISES
Attributive adjectives
Order the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives
1. He is looking for a stylish black leather__ (leather / stylish / a /black) bag.
2. She dropped the beautiful old (old / beautiful / the) plate and it smashed.
3. I want an amazing green silk (silk / green / an / amazing) dress.
4. She drank a hot black italian (Italian / black / hot) coffee.
5. He saw an old French writing (French / writing / old / an) desk.
6. They stayed in a cute little (little / a / cute) cottage.
7. I visited a spooky ancient German (ancient / a / spooky/ German) castle.
8. He has a beautiful old silver (silver / old / beautiful / a) ring.
9. We ate some round green English (green / English / round / some) apples.
10. I need a comfortable computer (computer / comfortable / a) desk.
11. They went on holiday to a beautiful small wooden (small / wooden / a /
beautiful) cabin.

ADJECTIVES ENDING ED AND ING EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with the correct adjective ending with ED and ING
1 I’m getting _____ (bored/boring) with this book. Nothings ever happens.

2 These instructions are extremely ____ (confused/confusing) Can you help me?

3 It was very _____ (disappointed/disappointing) not to be selected for the

basketball team

4 His behaviour has been very ____ (puzzled/puzzling) in recent weeks.

5 I come home extremely _____ (tired/tiring) at the end of each day

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6 I'm ___ (shocked/shocking) that he could do something so stupid and dangerous

7 Our new science teacher is very _____ (frightened/frightening) We sit there like
mice!

8 I'm feeling _____ (depressed/depressing), so I'm going to go home, eat some

chocolate, and go to bed early with a good book.

9 Don't show my baby photos to people, Mum! It's so ____

(embarrased/embarrasing).

10 John was ______ (fascinated/fascinating) by Mandarin when he first started

learning languages. He decided to study more and now he can speak it fluently.

ADVERBS EXERCISES
The following exercises will help you gain greater understanding about how
adverbs work. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1. The driver stopped the bus _______________.
A. Financially
B. Exactly
C. Abruptly
D. Now
2. During autumn, colorful leaves can be seen falling ______________ from trees.
A. Everywhere
B. Very
C. Gently
D. Loudly
3. My grandmother always smiled _______________.
A. Cheerfully
B. Sadly
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C. Never
D. Yesterday

4. After the party, confetti was strewn _________________.

A. Blandly
B. Everywhere
C. Later
D. Carefully
5. It’s time to go ____________.
A. Before
B. Now
C. Yesterday
D. Lightly

II. Form adverbs from the following adjectives and use them in the sentences
below.

 full - fully
 complete – completely
 reasonable - reasonably
 particular – particularly
 poor – poorly
 heavy - heavily
 thorough - thoroughly
 close - closely
 cyclic - cyclically
 double – doubly
 partial - partially
 immediate – immediately
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1. They investigated the causes of the failure very reasonably 2. I fully. accept
responsibility for this decision. 3. Many changes in the economy happen
immediately 4. Be doubly careful when driving in Italy. 5. I can´t accept your
arguments; they are only partially true. 6. Dr White´s lectures are particularly
popular with the students, because he always gives many examples of practical
applications. 7. His paper was rejected because it was very poorly written. 8. Our
equipment is still in completely good condition. 9. The damage was not closely
apparent. 10. Some of the EU countries are heavily indebted. 11. He is thoroughly
involved in the work of the quality assurance committee. 12. I cyclically forgot
where we were to meet.

III Place the adverbs in the next sentences according to the rules

1. I go to school by bike (never)

I never go to school by bike

2. Mum goes for a walk (after lunch)

Mum goes for a walk after lunch

3. You wake up at eight O’clock (usually)

You usually wake up at eight O'clock

4. You play football (not often)

You don’t often play football

5. I'm going (for a month, to paris, next saturday)

I’m going to Paris for a month next Saturday

6. He is talktative (very, in classes)

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He is very talkative in classes

7. I play computer games (sometimes, on weekends)

I sometimes play computer games on weekends

8. We are very busy (rarely, on mondays)

We are rarely very busy on mondays

9. I have seen your son (not lately)

I haven’t seen your son lately

10. My family eats vegetables, keep healthy (in order to)

My family eat vegetables in order to keep healthy

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AS…AS EXERCISES
Complete the sentences with the correct form of AS…AS

1. She has a lot of work to do and so does her mother. She's   as busy as her mother.

2. We are both winners. I run    as well as you.

3. To learn English fluently, you should try  as hard as you can.

4. I like to eat fish a lot. I eat it  as much as I can.

5. Reply to   as many tests as you can. It is good for improving your English.

6. My daughter cannot swim  as well as her brother.

7. I will come to you as soon as possible.

8. Today, I'm off. I'll buy as long as  I can with the money I got.

9.  As far as I know, my father isn't funny.

10. Your home is not as large as my home.

11. I am happy to see you. please, stay here  as much as you wish.

12. My grandfather can't sing  as well as my mother.

13. Take  as many apples as you like. I have bought them for you.

14. You have 2 hours’ time. You can talk   as fast as you like.

15. I cleaned your room today. Please, keep it as neat as you can.

16. She is not as healthy as she used to be.

17. My father can lend me as much money as I need.

18. I can't understand you. Please speak  as clearly as you can.

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19. She is  not as good a cook as her daughter.

20. He fell in love with my friend as soon as he saw her.

LIKE EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with the correct form of LIKE or AS… AS

1. She looks like her mother

2. He was appointed as a teacher in a high school.
3. She is like an angel.
4. As I told you before, you have to come to work on time.
5. My brother is not like me.
6. Alan qualified as an engineer and worked for a French company.
7. He works like a slave to get the project ready on time.
8. She can swim like a fish.
9. It seems as if it's going to rain.
10. She did the work as she promised.
11. As you can see, this is the most expensive watch that our store sells.
12. She looks like a princess in her beautiful dress.
13. As it was expected, he got the best score.
14. When he saw the police, he ran like lightening to warn his accomplice.
15. Don't behave like a child.
16. I've never heard a story like this one.
17. Can you be as kind as your sister?
18. It seems as if he is very ill.
19. He looks very much like his grandfather.
20. I don't like roles like the one I was assigned in this play.
21. As you can imagine, I couldn't convince him to sell his business.
22. She looks like  a superstar in her fancy clothes.
23. I want to join the company as a manager.
24. I hate mean people as much as you do.
25. Here are some tips on how to write like a professional.
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