Give the nouns of the opposite sex.
a baron, a count, a god, a duke, an emperor, an usher, a monitor, a manager, a steward, a waiter, a widow, a poet, a prince, a tiger, a lion, a hero, a tzar. If you are interested in animals, try matching the male, female and their young.
27.1. Choose either the infinitive or the present participle of the verbs: bum, crawl, get, move, play, pull, switch on, tap, try, walk, come. 1. I can feel something________________ up my leg! 2. I saw her ________________ the light and _________________ into the room. 1. For a while she stood and watched the men____________________ trees. 2. He smelt something________________, so he rang the fire brigade. 3. We could definitely hear someone ___________________________ about downstairs. 4. We listened to the school orchestra ______________________ the whole of the Jupiter Symphony with hardly a mistake. 5. I felt someone_______________ on the shoulder, but when I turned round, there was no one there. 6. Look at that poor old lady_________________ to cross the road. 7. I watched the man _____________________ out of his car and ___________ out a gun. II. In the following sentences, use a suitable form of go together with the appropriate activity verb. Verbs: cycling, dancing, fishing, hiking, horse-riding, sailing, skating, skiing, surfing. 1. Where is Harry? - He ___________________ but I doubt if he'll catch anything! 2. ___________ (you) ______________ last night? - No, I don't like the discos in this place. 3. What are you doing at the weekend? - We_______________________ if the boat is ready. 4. If it hadn't been ready, we might _______________________ in the hills above Budapest. 5. You're wet through! What have you been up to? - We 6. Now that she has her own pony, she___________________ every day. 7. If my bicycle were in better condition, I_____________________ in France this holiday. 8. The ice rink is closed so we won't _________________________ tomorrow night. 9. If there were more snow, we__________________. Put the following into the correct order. 1. English / lovely / several / old / tables 2. pretty / French / young / a lot of / girls 3. dining-room / Regency / few / valuable / last / these / chairs 4. first / really important / Impressionist / his / three / paintings 5. dark blue / best / silk / my / all / shirts 6. young / many / German / factory workers 7. marble-popped / old-fashioned / these / oval / all / wash- stands 8. wildlife / Mike's / all / black and white / latest / photographs 9. cotton / a few / plain / hand-woven / carefully-chosen / dresses 10. non-stick / brand-new / a number of / French-made / frying pans 11. really important / the first / national / government-sponsored survey 12. one-month / last / his / exhausting / European / tour
29. Form the comparative and superlative degrees of these adjectives. Pay attention to any spelling changes.
. Put the adjectives in brackets into the form which best suits the meaning of the sentence
1. That is (incredible) story I have ever heard! 2. It is not always (bright) students who do well in tests. 3. Terylene shirts are harder-wearing, but cotton shirts are much (comfortable). 4. Which is (deep), Lake Garda or Lake Iseo? 5. She is much (self-confident) than she used to be. 6. I like both of them, but I think Michael is (easy) to talk to. 7. Most people are (well-off) than their parents were. 8. She has a lot to be thankful for — (sad) thing of all is that she does not realize it. 9. I want to rent a car — (powerful) one you have. 10. You look a lot (well) than you did last time I saw you. 11. There is nothing (irritating) than locking yourself out of your own house. 12. Both roads lead to the city centre, but the left-hand one is probably a bit (short) and (direct). 13. As I get (old), I notice that the policemen seem to be getting (young)! 14. - Is Cambridge (old) university in Britain? - No, Oxford is about 50 years (old). 15. If you were (tidy) and (well-organized) than you are, you would not keep losing things. 16. The boys in our school are much (good-looking) and a lot (good) at football than the boys in other schools in the town.
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