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8.
Complete the sentences below with the adjectives tall, wide, old, deep, thick, long, high
1. The cathedral is 600 year .... 2. The mine is half a mile ....3. This cloth is a metre .... 4. That
river is 80 miles .... 5. His son is 6 feet .... 6. The building is 60 feet .... 7. I need a piece of
wood half an inch ....
Put the words in brackets into the comparative forms:
1. The (near) the bone, the (sweet) the meat. 2. The (much), the (merry). 3. The (high) the
temperature, the (great) the pressure. 4. The (much) I learn, the (little) I know. 5. The (great)
the opportunity, the (great) the responsibility.
HANDOUT
1.
Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
a) Jim completely fell for my
joke/story.
b) The
conversation/meeting
didn't break up until late.
c) It seems that we've come up against rather a tricky
idea/problem.
d) It must be getting on for
six o'clock/extremely well.
e) The witness's evidence bore out
what Peter had said/as Peter said.
f) I really should get down to
my homework/the weather.
g) Unfortunately my
plan/suggestion
didn't quite come off.
h) Mary's new novel doesn't come up to her usual
expectation/standard.
i) Last night I dropped off
at 11.30/from 11.30
until 7.00 this morning,
j) When David started speaking everyone fell about
in laughter/laughing.
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