Describing things; adding information about manner, place, time, frequency and intensity

1 Read the test task and the students' responses. Some of the adjectives they used are underlined. If they are used correctly, put a tick (/). If they are wrong, write the correct answer.

Describe a favourite place.

You should say: where it is

what kind of place it is

what makes it special

and explain why you like it so much.

My favourite place is a 1 quiet little wood near my home town in Indonesia. I like it because it is a 2 green peaceful place. It is full of 3 old tall trees and there are lots of 4 wild interesting animals.	1 ________ ✓ _____ 2 __peaceful green__ 3 ________________ 4 ________________ 5 ________________ 6 ________________ 7 ________________ 8 ________________ 9 ________________ 10 ________________ 11 ________________ 12 ________________
I'm going to tell you about my bedroom. I love it because it is full of my things. The walls are painted with 5 blue yellow stripes, and there is a 6 wooden dark floor. There is a 7 lovely old photo of my family by my bed, and all my precious books are on the shelves.
My favourite place is the town I grew up in. It has 8 an ancient beautiful ruined castle and lots of 9 historical old buildings. The streets are 10 narrow winding, and there are lots of good shops. It is 11 busy noisy, but I like that I feel good there because I have so many 12 childhood happy memories.

2 Write the missing adjectives and adverbs.

dramatic --- dramatically impressive -- ___________ slight -- ___________

steady --- ___________ sharp --- _____________ steeply --- ___________

Now use the words to fill in the gaps. Use one pair of words for each question

1 a Sales of coffee showed a.slight increase between 2004 and 2006.

b Sales of coffee increased slightly between 2004 and 2006.

2 a The domestic car market showed an __________ growth of 50% for three consecutive years from 2001 to 2003.

b The domestic car market grew __________ by 50% for three consecutive years from 2001 to 2003

3 a The world population grew _________ between 1950 and 2005.

b The world population experienced a _________ growth between 1950 and 2005

4 a The number of British households using their own shopping bags when shopping fell ______ between 1965 and 2005.

b There was a _________ fall in the number of British households using their own shopping bags when shopping between 1965 and 2005.

5 a House prices climbed _______ during the first half of the year before falling _______ in August.

b There was a climb in house prices during the first half of the year before a ________ fall in August.

Match the beginnings (1-8) and the endings (a-h) of the sentences. Join them by adding a suitable -ed or -ing adjective formed from one of the verbs in the box. Use each verb once.

Excite frighten interest please relax surprise tire satisfy

1 I was really pleased (c)

2 Martin's excellent exam results were very ________

3 The jungle was full of strange noises and I felt ___

4 After so much hard work, it was a very _________

5 Paula wasn't _________

6 Having a warm bath can be very _________

7 My trip through the jungle was _________

8 After walking so far I felt very _________

a adventure I’ve ever had. I can’t wait to go back!

b b as he had hardly had time to study.

c when I opened my present because it was just what I wanted.

d after exercise.

e moment when I finally finished the project.

f so I had a warm bath.

g during the whole trip

h in the lecture so she fell asleep.