2.8 Word order: adjectives

Choose the correct variant.

1. I'm sick and tired of your watching those _____ westerns.

A post-war boring American

В American post-war boring

С boring post-war American

2. Could you hand me the upper ________ shelf, please?

A small oval white sugar

В small white sugar oval

С white sugar small oval

3. Frankly speaking, I didn't quite like the look of his ___eyes.

A inquisitive narrow steely

В steely inquisitive narrow

С narrow steely inquisitive

4. This problem has caused ___concern.

A public widespread unprecedented

В uncut precedent widespread public

С widespread public unprecedented

5. Just look at her ___dress!

A velvet new low-cut

В velvet low-cut new

С new low-cut velvet

6. Did you happen to see where I'd put my___ gloves?

A woollen favourite black-and-white

В black-and-white woollen favourite

С favourite black-and-white woollen

7. I'm looking for ___appliances.

A domestic plastic German

В German plastic domestic

С plastic German domestic

8. Her linen always smells of ____ perfume.

A flowery cheap French

В cheap French flowery

С French flowery cheap

9. Have you read his ___novels?

A unforgettable medieval historical

В historical medieval unforgettable

С medieval unforgettable historical

10. My elder son finds ___music devoid of melody. .

A modern guitar rhythmical

В guitar rhythmical modern

С rhythmical modern guitar

11. He now lives in ___house.

A a huge old-fashioned brick

В a brick huge old-fashioned

С an old-fashioned brick huge

12. Your ___table doesn't quite fit in here.

A square wooden kitchen

В wooden kitchen square

С kitchen square wooden

13. This ___programme should be rejected.

A hospital building time-consuming

В time-consuming hospital building

С building time-consuming hospital

14. Could you fetch me a ____ drink, please?

A refreshing long cool

В cool refreshing long

С long cool refreshing

15. Let me see your ___teddy bear, will you?

A little brown lovely

В lovely little brown

С brown lovely little

2.9 Word order: adverbs

Choose the correct variant.

1. A I agree with the previous speaker wholly.

В I wholly agree with the previous speaker.

С I agree wholly with the previous speaker.

2. A Almost unanimously the audience supported his proposal.

В The audience supported his proposal almost unanimously.

С The audience supported almost unanimously his proposal.

3 A He left for his office earlier.

В Не left earlier for his office.

С Earlier he left for his office.

4. A Don't put the ice-cream on the cake right now.

В Don't put the ice-cream right now on the cake.

С Right now don't put the ice-cream on the cake.

4. A Your guests ate heartily at the reception tonight.

В Your guests heartily ate tonight at the reception.

С At the reception tonight your guests ate heartily.

5. A They performed this evening beautifully

В They beautifully performed this evening.

С They performed beautifully this evening.

2.10 Choose the correct variant.

1. It seems ___that he spoke____

A strange, rude

В strangely, rudely

С strange, rudely

D strangely, rude

2. You've ___ started, it isn't ___to bother you.

A hardly, fairly

В hardly, fair

С hard, fairly

D hard, fair

3. It was ___for John to watch the ___ fail.

A disappointing, scheme suggested

В disappointed, suggested scheme

С disappointed, scheme suggested

D disappointing, suggested scheme

4. Life is becoming ____

A most, automated

В the most, automating

С more, automated

D less, automating

5. The ___wasn't in favour of the____

A evidence obtained, party ruling

В obtained evidence, party ruling

С obtained evidence, ruling party

D evidence obtained, ruling party

6.___ it was by far the ___explanation.

A sure, less likely

В clearly, more like

С surely, most likely

D clear, best like

7. What do you think of his ___ novel? I like it much better than his ___ one.

A last, latest

В latest, present

С latest, earliest

D latest, last

8. Kate has got two ___brothers who are very

A older, similar

В elder, alike

С older, like she

D elder, likely

9. A pumpkin is a ___fruit that grows on the ground.

A very large dark yellow roundish

В very dark yellow roundish large

С large very dark yellow roundish

D dark yellow large very roundish

10. The sea near the southern coast is famous for its _______water.

A unusual, salt

В unusually, salty

С salty, unusually

D salt, unusual

11. Yesterday I felt____ My tooth ached ___

A awfully, terribly

В badly, terrible

С well, bad

D awful, terrible

12. I don't think Jane will___, the cuts on her arms___.

A soonly recover, daily bleed

В soon recover, bleed daily

С recover soon, daily bleed

D recover soon, bleed daily

13. It is___, that he acted____

A impossible, so silly

В unlikely, in such a silly way

С natural, so wise

D unexpectedly, silly

14. I'm sure our ___thinks ___of you.

A ever smiling boss, high

В never smiled boss, in a high way

С forever smiling boss, high fully

D never smiling boss, highly

15 I ____fell ___during the lecture.

A nearly, asleep

В near, asleep

С hardly, sleep

D nearly, sleepy

16. John thrust his hands ___into the pockets of his ___ jacket.

A deeply, black leather

В quick, leather black

С deep, leather black

D closely, black leather

17. He ___fell of the edge of the ___ platform.

A hardly, narrow wooden

В nearly, narrow wooden

С rather, wooden narrow

D fairly, wood narrow

18. The secretary with ___informed me that my paper has been ___ unsatisfactory.

A eyes running, quite

В running eyes, fairly

С eyes running, very

D running eyes, more

19.___discussion would be____

A farther, pointing

В later, pointed

С further, pointless

D farthest, pointedly

20. If your explanation is ___your audience can't get ___in the subject.

A confused, interested

В confusing, interesting

С confused, interesting

D confusing

Unit 3. Tense forms