Exercise 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.
Exercise 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) I've just written down my initial/immediatereactions.
b)When they realised what was happening their reactions were _________
2. a) We didn't stop to rest once during the _________ trip home.
b)The trip was _________ but enjoyable.
3. a)The small changes in temperature are _________
b)The difference between them was a(n) _________ 2 millimetres.
4. a)The war was _________ but thankfully short.
b)The whole world fears a _________ war.
5. a)The performance was an _________ failure.
b)The failure was _________ given the lack of resources.
Exercise 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).
Exercise 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 _________
