1 EXERCISES ON ADJECTIVES I. Complete these sentences with adjectives provided: joyful full interested useful worthy annoyed bored anxious pleased sorry surprised successful sick tired 1. Our country is a land ____________________ in rubber. 2. I hope you will be ____________________ in business. 3. He is ___________________ of life. 4. I am ___________________ with much walking. 5. This book is ___________________ to me for learning English. 6. His behaviour is __________________ of all men’s praise. 7. People were _________________ at not being able to see properly. 8. I’m _________________ with waiting here doing nothing. 9. I’m _________________ up with living in this awful place. 10. Bran was _________________ about speaking to a large audience. 11. I’m __________________ of getting such a low score. 12. I was __________________ of getting stuck in a traffic jam. 13. Ted is __________________ about getting into university. 14. I’m __________________ about making all that noise last night. 15. My sister is ___________________ in photography. 16. I’m ___________________ at the amount of traffic today. 17. Thanks for lending me the guide book. It was __________________ of useful information. 18. I am ___________________ to you for help. 19. I feel ____________________ of your success. 20. He is very ___________________ to me. II. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives from the list. careless endless pointless homeless sleepless hopeless colourless motherless helpless speechless useless friendless countless needless spotless 1. This machine doesn’t work any more. It’s a ______________ machine. 2. John isn’t friendly with everybody. He is ______________ with everybody. 3. The floor is very clean. It’s ________________ to sweep a clean floor. 4. I like to see the sky at night. There are ________________ stars. 5. We’ll go abroad with my parents tomorrow morning. This night we are not able to sleep we have a _______________ night. 6. He is so angry that he can’t speak. He is _______________ with angry. 7. His notebook is very clean. It’s a ________________ book. 8. _________________ drivers can cause accidents. 1. The birthday party was happy. It seemed _________________. 2. It is _______________ to hang out washing when it is raining. 3. In the old days, orphans and other _________________ people lived and worked in work houses run at public expense. 4. Oliver Twist was so __________________ that he ran away to London. 5. Water has no colour. It is a _________________ liquid. 6. This girl has no mother. She is a __________________ girl. 7. He is very lazy. He doesn’t help his father with farming. He is ________________ to his father. 2 III. Complete the following sentences with one proper adjective given below. harmful delightful successful hopeful helpful peaceful industrial hourly daily godlike life-like dusty snowy rainy sandy dirty selfish healthy foolish magical 1. We are going to have a ___________________ holiday. 2. He’s afraid of looking ___________________ in front of all his friends. 3. A __________________ statue stands in the middle of the pagoda. 4. The machines are inspected __________________. 5. A ___________________ view over the calm water of the bay appears before my eyes. 6. We were under _____________________ roofs for several days last winter by blizzards. 7. Smoking is ____________________ to your health. 8. His _____________________ beauty makes everyone admire. 9. He’s too __________________ to think of lending me his bicycle. 10. The floor of the beach hut was _____________________. 11. She has the __________________ grace of a born dancer. 12. It’s so ____________________ out here in the country. 13. I’m afraid this room’s rather ______________________. 14. ____________________ alcohol wasn’t used for drinking. 15. They have very _____________________ children. 16. He’s always very _____________________ to his mother. 17. I’m glad I don’t have to go out on such a _____________________ night. 18. She’s absolutely determined to become a _____________________ business woman. 19. We’re expecting news _____________________. 20. I feel ______________________ that we shall succeed. 3 I. Complete these sentences with adjectives provided: kind joyful grateful full interested useful worthy annoyed bored fed anxious ashamed afraid pleased sorry surprised rich successful sick tired 1. Our country is a land ____________________ in rubber. 2. I hope you will be ____________________ in business. 3. Because he is hopeless, he is ___________________ of life. 4. I am ___________________ with much walking. 5. This book is ___________________ to me for learning English. 6. His behaviour is __________________ of all men’s praise. 7. People were _________________ at not being able to see properly. 8. I’m _________________ with waiting here doing nothing. 9. I’m _________________ up with living in this awful place. 10. Bran was _________________ about speaking to a large audience. 11. I’m __________________ of getting such a low score. 12. I was __________________ of getting stuck in a traffic jam. 13. Ted is __________________ about getting into university. 14. I’m __________________ about making all that noise last night. 15. My sister is ___________________ in photography. 16. I’m ___________________ at the amount of traffic today. 17. Thanks for lending me the guide book. It was __________________ of useful information. 18. I am ___________________ to you for help. 19. I feel ____________________ of your success. 20. He is very ___________________ to me. 1. rich 2. successful 3. sick 4. tired 5. useful 6. worthy 7. annoyed 8. bored 9. fed 10. anxious 11. ashamed 12. afraid 13. pleased 14. sorry 15. interested 16. surprised 17. full 18. grateful 19. joyful 20. kind II. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives from the list. careless endless pointless homeless sleepless hopeless colourless motherless helpless speechless useless friendless countless needless spotless 1. This machine doesn’t work any more. It’s a ______________ machine. 2. John isn’t friendly with everybody. He is ______________ with everybody. 3. The floor is very clean. It’s ________________ to sweep a clean floor. 4. I like to see the sky at night. There are ________________ stars. 5. We’ll go abroad with my parents tomorrow morning. This night we are not able to sleep we have a _______________ night. 6. He is so angry that he can’t speak. He is _______________ with angry. 7. His notebook is very clean. It’s a ________________ book. 8. _________________ drivers can cause accidents. 9. The birthday party was happy. It seemed _________________. 10. It is _______________ to hang out washing when it is raining. 11. In the old days, orphans and other _________________ people lived and worked in work houses run at public expense. 1. useless 2. friendless 3. needless 4. countless 5. sleepless 6. speechless 7. spotless 8. careless 9. endless 10. pointless 11. homeless 4 12. Oliver Twist was so __________________ that he ran away to London. 13. Water has no colour. It is a _________________ liquid. 14. This girl has no mother. She is a __________________ girl. 15. He is very lazy. He doesn’t help his father with farming. He is ________________ to his father. 12. hopeless 13. colourless 14. motherless 15. helpless III. Complete the following sentences with one proper adjective given below. harmful delightful successful hopeful helpful peaceful industrial hourly daily godlike life-like dusty snowy rainy sandy dirty selfish healthy foolish magical 1. We are going to have a ___________________ holiday. 2. He’s afraid of looking ___________________ in front of all his friends. 3. A __________________ statue stands in the middle of the pagoda. 4. The machines are inspected __________________. 5. A ___________________ view over the calm water of the bay appears before my eyes. 6. We were under _____________________ roofs for several days last winter by blizzards. 7. Smoking is ____________________ to your health. 8. His _____________________ beauty makes everyone admire. 9. He’s too __________________ to think of lending me his bicycle. 10. The floor of the beach hut was _____________________. 11. She has the __________________ grace of a born dancer. 12. It’s so ____________________ out here in the country. 13. I’m afraid this room’s rather ______________________. 14. ____________________ alcohol wasn’t used for drinking. 15. They have very _____________________ children. 16. He’s always very _____________________ to his mother. 17. I’m glad I don’t have to go out on such a _____________________ night. 18. She’s absolutely determined to become a _____________________ business woman. 19. We’re expecting news _____________________. 20. I feel ______________________ that we shall succeed. 1. delightful 2. foolish 3. life-like 4. daily 5. magical 6. snowy 7. harmful 8. godlike 9. selfish 10. sandy 11. natural 12. peaceful 13. dusty 14. industrial 15. healthy 16. helpful 17. rainy 18. successful 19. hourly 20. hopeful . 1 EXERCISES ON ADJECTIVES I. Complete these sentences with adjectives provided: joyful full interested useful worthy annoyed. information. 18. I am ___________________ to you for help. 19. I feel ____________________ of your success. 20. He is very ___________________ to me. II. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives. houses run at public expense. 4. Oliver Twist was so __________________ that he ran away to London. 5. Water has no colour. It is a _________________ liquid. 6. This girl has no mother. She