1. ADJECTIVES UNIT 6 4th ESO SAD
A. Change the underlined adjectives with a suitable synonym. COMFORTABLE
1. The news was quite terrible. ............................ SHORT
2. That was an unexciting trip, we got bored. ........................... LAZY
3. Coca-cola's Christmas campaign was quite attractive. ................... SUCCESSFUL
4. Their opinions about death penalty were really disputable. FAR
...........................
5. He had a persuasive speech, at the end everybody agreed with him. C. Complete the sentences using the comparative of the adjectives
.............................. in brackets.
6. John's behaviour seemed quite unsuitable, everybody got shocked. 1. A kangaroo can jump ............................................. (far) a rabbit.
............................. 2. My brother is .................................(good) me at maths.
7. I find Benetton's advertisement very rude. ....................... 3. I think Martin is .............................. (nice) Colin.
8. He's got a strong position in the company. ....................... 4. Do I look ..................... (thin) I did last week?
9. The manager did an optimistic presentation of the economic results. 5. The weather is ....................................... (bad) it was last winter.
................................... 6. Australia is ................................ (dry) New Zealand.
B. Complete chart.
D. Fill in the gaps using the superlative of the adjectives in brackets.
MEANING ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
As head teacher of this school, it gives me a great pleasure to present this
CHEAP
year's prizes for Year 10. First of all, the prize for ...................................
TASTY
(hard-working) student goes to Julie Maxwell, and the prize for
POWERFUL
.................................... (good) exam results goes to Kevin Wilson. I think
HEAVY
this is ..................................... (successful) academic year in our history.
DANGEROUS
This year's Drama Award goes to Mrs Smith's class for Animal Farm,
BIG
................................. (exciting) and ................................... (interesting)
CLEVER
play of the year.
HOT
Finally, the prize for .............................. (high) achievement in sport goes to
RICH
Adrian Palmer for being .............................. (athletic) student of the year.
LATE
As you know, I plan to retire next autumn. I want to thank you all for
THIN
................................... (challenging) and ................................ (happy) 15
PRETTY
years of my life.
UNINSPIRING

2. E. Complete the sentences using the comparative or superlative of H. Write sentences using comparatives, superlatives, too ...,
the adjectives in brackets. enough, as ... as about your opinion of the ideas below.
1. Football is ........................................... (popular) sport in Europe. GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM, INTERESTING BOOK, BORING SUBJECT, EXCITING
2. Avocados are .................................. (fattening) carrots. FILM, FASHIONABLE MUSIC.
3. The summer in Florida is .................................... (hot) the ...............................................................................................
summer in England. ...............................................................................................
4. Brown bread is ....................................... (healthy) white bread. ...............................................................................................
5. Antarctica is ........................................ (windy) place in the ...............................................................................................
world. ...............................................................................................
...............................................................................................
F. Complete the sentences with as...as or not as ... as and the ...............................................................................................
adjectives in brackets. ...............................................................................................
1. Is Sam ....................................... (clever) his brother? I. Replace the words in bold with the more descriptive words below.
2. Lisa is tall, but she is .................................. (tall) her sister. TRENDY, FRIGHTENING, ATHLETIC, COMPLICATED, FANTASTIC, GENUINE,
3. This story is good, but is ............................................. (exciting) BEAUTIFUL, DULL, CHEERFUL.
the last one you wrote.
4. I slept well in this bed. It's comfortable my bed at home. I got some good (..............................) presents for my birthday. One
5. The police didn't believe Joe's story. It was ................................... friend bought me a special book about real (..............................)crimes.
(convincing) Mike's story. The reader has to solve the crimes and some of them are very hard
(..............................). Another friend got me a modern
G. Complete the sentences with too..., enough or not ... enough. Use (..............................) poster for my room. It is very pretty
the adjectives from the list. (..............................) so my room doesn't look boring
CLEVER, YOUNG, GOOD, COLD, CONVINCING (..............................) any more. It gives me a happy
1. I'm only fifteen years old. I'm ................................... to drive a (..............................) feeling. My parents bought me new sports shoes
car. because I'm very sporty (..............................). Finally, my best friend
2. This book is easy for you. You are .......................... for this book. got me a scary (..............................) computer game. I love it!
3. I don't believe this article. It ..........................................
4. It's ..................................... to swim in the sea today.
5. Lisa can sing well, but she can't sing ............................ to win a
competition.