PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF GHARDAIA جامعة غرداية
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND LANGUAGES كلية اآلداب واللغات
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH قسم اللغة اإلنجليزية
Module: Grammar of the Language Level & Semester: L1 (Gs 1+3)/ (S1)
Teacher: Ms. ALLAOUI Academic Year: 2024/25
Lecture (3/b): Adjectives
Test Yourself:
Activity (01): Underline all the adjectives in this description of a hotel:
Activity (02): Look at the pictures and write a phrase with an adjective and noun: Use these
nouns: building, car, cat, chairs, music, power, skirt:
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Activity (03): Circle the adjective that makes more sense in the sentence:
1. I often go to a green/late movie.
2. Their little/right boy is six years old.
3. The wrong/young teacher is very smart.
4. We took the fast/loose train to New York.
5. The old/funny story made me laugh.
6. Do you know that handsome/early man?
7. She had an early/careless breakfast.
8. I saw the long/terrible accident.
9. The new house has boring/white doors.
10. The green/short boy is my cousin.
Activity (04): Fill in the blank with any adjective of your own:
1. David wrote a _____________________ poem for her.
2. Do you like the ____________________ cake?
3. I cannot find an ____________________ book.
4. Where does the ____________________ lawyer live?
5. Marisa needs a _____________________ job.
6. The _____________________ man found a _____________________ wallet.
7. Kareem is a _____________________ friend of mine.
8. There is a _____________________ test tomorrow.
9. When can you come to our _____________________ farm?
10. That is a _____________________ question.
Activity (05): Look at the notes and write the song titles. Sometimes the adjective comes
before the noun, and sometimes you need to use is or are:
1) the world / asleep 5) the night / alive
2) my desire / chief 6) secrets / inner
3) my heart / content 7) the hope for me / only
4) the thing to remember / main 8) your sister / afraid
Activity (06): Look at the example, then change each sentence so that the adjective follows
the predicate:
EXAMPLE: The white house is on the hill.
The house on the hill is white.
1. The sad song was from Mexico. _________________________________________
2. The funny story is about a clown. _________________________________________
3. The careless waiter is out of work. _________________________________________
4. The ugly snake is from Egypt. _________________________________________
5. The beautiful woman is from Spain. _________________________________________
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Activity (07): Complete each sentence with a verb and an adjective from the box:
Activity (08): Fill in the gaps with these adjectives: depressing, exciting, exhausted,
fascinating, interested:
Activity (09): Choose the right adjective:
Activity (10): Complete the conversation. Write the complete the word in each space:
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Activity (11): Describe these pictures. Use these words: boots, building, car, seat, singer:
Activity (12): Those are things to be sold at an auction. Reorder the adjectives that are used
to describe them:
Activity (13): Put the adjectives in the correct order. If you think there should be a comma,
add it in the right place:
1) enormous/they/old/staying/building/grey/are/an/in
2) and/now/tired/rather/looks/he/old
3) young/met/charming/a/we/student/medical
4) angry/an/man/is/young/he/aggressive
5) a/is/sunny/today/lovely/day
Activity (14): Write sentences with a comparative and than. Use these adjectives: big,
expensive, long, old, popular, strong, tall. Follow the example below:
The film lasts two and a half hours, but the videotape is only two hours long.
The film is longer than the videotape.
1) The church was built in 1878 and the library in 1925.
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2) Daniel can lift 90 kilos, but Matthew can lift 120 kilos.
3) Mike is 1.7 metres tall, but Harriet is 1.8 metres.
4) Andrew hasn't got many friends. Claire has got lots of friends.
5) Mark's car has room for five people, but Sarah's has room for only four.
6) The water-colour is £85, and the oil-painting is £100.
Activity (15): Use the notes provided and add sentences with isn't as ... as. An example is
shown below:
car / a motor bike / expensive
Why don't you buy a motor bike? A motor bike isn't as expensive as a car.
1) metal / plastic / strong
I don’t like these plastic screws. ________________________________
2) the armchair / the stool / comfortable
Oh, don’t sit there. ________________________________
3) surfing / swimming / exciting
I prefer surfing to swimming. ________________________________
4) the post / e-mail / quick
A letter will take two days. ________________________________
Activity (16): Complete the sentences with an appropriate comparative or superlative
adjective. Use an -er/-est or more/most form. Indicate where both forms are possible: alike,
common, complex, confident, forceful, hot, likely, relaxed, simple, wide
1) I feel much more relaxed now that the exams are over.
2) Our new car is a little _______ than our old one, but still fits easily into the garage.
3) Her latest speech was strong and confident, and some people now consider her to be the
_______ figure in British politics.
4) Now that they had both had their hair cut, the twins looked even _______ than usual.
5) Throughout the match, Barcelona looked the _______ winners.
6) Scientists claim that oil pollution is now the _______ cause of death among sea birds.
7) The last exam was quite easy and I began to feel _______ about my results.
8) Another, even _______, computer had to be designed to control the environment of the space
station.
9) It's been the _______ day in London for 35 years.
10) This exercise is too difficult. I think you should make it _______.
Activity (17): Complete the advertisements with the comparative form of the adjective:
Use Get-It-Clean and you'll get your floors cleaner.
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Elegant Wallpapers simply look more elegant.
1) Watch a Happy Video and you'll feel _______.
2) Wear a pair of Fast Shoes and you'll be a _______ runner.
3) Helpful Cookbooks are a _______ guide to cooking.
4) Wash your hair with Lovely Shampoo for _______ hair.
5) Try a Big-Big Burger and you'll have a _______ meal.
6) Restful Beds give you a _______ night.
7) Wear Modern Fashions for a _______ look.
Activity (18): Complete these sentences in any appropriate way following the example below:
1) The later the general election, the better it will be for the government.
2) The higher the temperature, _______________________________.
3) _______________________________, the more expensive it becomes.
4) The bigger the European Union gets, _______________________________.
5) _______________________________, the more difficult it is to get up in the morning.
Activity (19): Provide as much examples as you can using the comparative, superlative and
equality forms of adjectives.
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