Exercise 32. Complete the sentences with adjectives or adverbs.
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Exercise 30. Rewrite the following sentences using as ... as.
Example: John's father is handsome and so is John. - John is as handsome as his father.
1. Jean's mother is thoughtful and so is Jean. __
2. Mary drives fast and so does Helen. __
3. Our home is comfortable and so is yours. __
4. Jenny works hard and so does Becky. __
5. Mike has got a large family and so has Linda. __
6. My children do well at school and so do hers. ___
Link Verbs + Adjective
The following verbs are always used with adjectives: to look, to smell, to taste, to sound, to feel, to seem, to get.
She looks very happy. The dish smells awful.
The cake tastes delicious.
Your idea sounds appealing.
My fur coat feels nice.
It seems silly not to tell him the truth.
It gets cold in Moscow in winter.
BUT: to feel well - to talk about health:
Are you all right? - I'm afraid, I'm not feeling well.
Exercise 31. Complete each sentence with a verb and an adjective from the box
| look taste seem sound smell feel get sour hungry cheerful strange pretty good very qualified good |
Example: Why don't you like this dress? It looks good on you.
1. If you keep milk for too long, it __.
2. Can I have something to eat? I __.
3. This cake is a bit old, but it still __.
4. She __ but she doesn't look very happy.
5. Let's offer her the job, she __.
6. Are you sure this fish is all right? It certainly __.
7. This idea __.
Example: John looks nice, (nice) You cook well. (good)
1. He almost never behaves __. (good)
2. The music sounds ___. (nice)
3. This play ends __. (tragic)
4. Your cooking is __. (tasty)
5. What beautiful flowers! They smell __. (wonderful)
6. Do you feel __ before examinations? (nervous)
7. Don't look at me so __. (sad)
8. That egg tastes _. (bad)
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