OEGCI test15

• Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 15 • adjectives and adverbs Name ● The basics Circle the correct word That soup tastes wonderful / wonderfully What’s in it? I feel sad / sadly that you are leaving I’m terrible / terribly sorry that I’m late I saw a very interested / interesting programme on TV last night I ind airports very confused / confusing – I never know where to go ● Adjectives without nouns All the sentences contain mistakes Write the corrections below (Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.) ▲ The government are building more housing for homeless, but it isn’t enough ‘… for the homeless’ OR ‘… for homeless people’ If possible, we want to give the job to an unemployed In Britain we drive on the left, which is often diicult for the foreign A rich cannot understand the problems of the poor He is a French, so I’m sure that he will like this cheese The Italian are the world’s biggest consumers of pasta The Spanishes usually eat very late The disabled often has problems in inding a job This music is meant for young – I’m too old to enjoy it ● Order of adjectives: Correct (✓) or not (✗)? I see that Joe has bought a black new leather jacket A lovely new Chinese restaurant had opened near the station He was wearing the lovely green and silk tie I bought him for his birthday She was wearing a blue and white dress that really suited her After the walk we were feeling hot, tired and thirsty ● Adverbs with the verb: Correct (✓) or not (✗)? He feels often tired when he gets home from work This coat has never been cleaned I can tell usually if somebody is telling the truth She is not often late for an appointment ➔ Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 15 • adjectives and adverbs © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE ● even and only; end-position adverbs: ▲ I A only had Circle A, B or C two potatoes for lunch B had only Apart from me, A only my husband He always wears his glasses A Even he C Both A and B are possible is allowed to drive my car B my husband only C Both A and B are possible wears them in the bath! B He even C Both A and B are possible You can go to Kathryn’s party but don’t come A home late B late home I really enjoy it I have A a piano lesson every Friday B every Friday a piano lesson I love running I A go running even when I’m feeling tired B even go running C Both A and B are possible C Both A and B are possible C Both A and B are possible When he saw that she was asleep, he A quietly left the room B left the room quietly C Both A and B are possible I Nobody likes listening to me A very badly play the guitar B play the guitar very badly C Both A and B are possible ! It’s giving me a headache Stop playing A that loud music at once B at once that loud music C Both A and B are possible ● Confusing adjectives and adverbs All the words in italics are wrong Correct them ▲ I have to stay lately at work tonight, so I won’t be home for supper late She has been working very hardly on her project ‘How is the ish? ‘It tastes really well.’ I pay my gas and electrcity bills four times a year, but I pay my rent by month He replied angry to the questions I asked him The children were all behaving sillily, so I told them to stop ● Mixed structures Correct the mistakes or write ‘Correct’ ▲ ▲ 10 I don’t make often mistakes often make She is never late for work Correct We’re collecting money to train guide dogs for the blind The famous writer Oscar Wilde was an Irish He was wearing an old silk blue tie We were all feeling cold, tired and hungry You have probably forgotten my name Uncle Jack always remembered my birthday I’m not certainly going to drive you to school when you can easily walk there You need to go soon to bed, children This book is very old, so please open it carefully He is an actor, which means that he speaks lovely / 45 Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 15 • adjectives and adverbs © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE