English Banana.com Test Your Reading Skills He Never Stopped Moaning! (adjectives gap-fill) Complete the gaps using an appropriate adjective from below: bright late argumentative noisy loud expensive long small interested hot slow hard far busy dry KATRINA: “Brad was ‘kind of’ my new boyfriend I met him last week at a friend’s party He took me out for a meal last night, but it didn’t go very well First of all, when he picked me up at my house, he said that it had been too (1.) _ to find Then, he didn’t want to park in the free car park in Cathedral Street because the queue was too (2.) _ We tried Market Street, but it was too (3.) _ In the end we parked in Jury Lane, which was cheaper, but Brad was still moaning because he said it was too (4.) from the restaurant “When we got to the restaurant I thought it was OK, but Brad said that it was too (5.) _ and that he didn’t feel comfortable around so many people, so we had to try somewhere else We went to a little Italian place around the corner, but I thought it was too (6.) _ There were only eight tables! It took us ages to get served, and when we eventually did Brad told the waitress that she was too (7.) _ I think she went even slower after that – on purpose “When we got our food, Brad’s pizza was too (8.) _ so he burnt his mouth My pasta was too (9.) _, but I didn’t want to complain because Brad was already doing enough of that for both of us! Then Brad told the waitress that the music was too (10.) _ and the lights were too (11.) _ Nothing was right for him He even accused the very quiet and nice couple next to us of being too (12.) _ “When we left the restaurant, Brad wanted to go to a club, but I said I thought it was too (13.) _, because I was tired and it was nearly quarter to midnight He asked me if I wanted to go out with him again and I said I’d think about it, because I wasn’t too (14.) _ in seeing him again I think he’s fantastic-looking and he’s got a nice car, but he’s a bit too (15.) _ for my taste Give me someone more laid-back any day !” For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! 59