√ Перед существительным;
√ После глаголов;
√ до и после существительного в разных значениях и многое другое;
EXERCISES
1. Suggest corrections to these sentences, or put a √ if they are already correct. (B)
1 Barkley has a back injury and Peters faces an alike problem.
2 Everyone I know is afraid of Harry's dogs.
3 The ill man was put in a ward full of critically injured children.
4 No two people are alike.
5 No-one really believes there are alive creatures on Mars.
6 I think Paul's fairly happy at work, and seems a content man.
7 When he was alive he was poor and unknown.
8 Within a few minutes she was asleep.
9 The police forced their way through the afraid crowd.
10 The asleep children lay peacefully in their beds.
2. In one of the sentences, you can put either adjective in the pair, in which case write them both; in the other you can put only one of them. (C)
entire - long, utter - understandable, nuclear - terrible, mere - insignificant, initial—immediate
| 1 a b 2 a b 3 a b 4 a b 5 a b |
I've just written down my initial/immediatereactions. When they realised what was happening their reactions were...................... We didn't stop to rest once during the...................trip home. The tri p was....................but enjoyable. The small changes in temperature are..................... The difference between them was a(n).....................2 millimetres. The war was....................but thankfully short. The whole world fears a...................war. The performance was an....................failure. The failure was....................given the lack of resources. |
3. Write the word given in brackets in one of the spaces in each sentence, either before or after the noun, as appropriate. (D)
1 Kevin always seemed such a..............boy...............(responsible)
2 Most of the..............people..............in the battle are now dead. (involved)
3 New regulations have come into force on the storage of dangerous chemicals.
All the..............companies..............have been notified of these. (concerned)
4 There were over three hundred..............people..............at the meeting. (present)
5 This..............process..............takes three days. It's very complex. (involved)
6 The..............situation..............cannot be allowed to continue. (present)
7 Clara and Adam were the..............children..............for the damage (responsible)
4. Rewrite these sentences as in 1. End the sentence with an adjective ending in -ible or -able from those in D opposite and use a different adjective in each. (D)
1 This solution was the best. It was the best solution possible.
2 This response was the only one. It was the...
3 This decision was the hardest. It was the...
4 This method was the most economical. It was the...