12. Match each base adjective with a strong one. Sometimes more than one variant is possible.

Base adjectives: excited (scared, frightened), good, big, clean, hot, crowded, angry, tired, good, happy, tasty, surprising, dirty, old, pretty, fat.

Strong adjectives: spotless, enormous, small, fantastic, huge, delicious, terrified, obese, gorgeous, tiny, brilliant, exhausted, mammoth, ancient, furious, boiling, thrilled, superb, astounding, great, awful, packed, filthy, wonderful.

13. Underline the correct adjective.

1. Their profits last year were extremely large/enormous.

2. The sales figures last month were very bad/terrible.

3. Warsaw is absolutely cold/freezing at this time of year.

4. She was very tired/exhausted after the busy day and absolutely hungry/starving.

5. For some reason, she finds his jokes very funny/hilarious.

6. The wave which came from the sea was not just very big/ gigantic, but it was really big/ gigantic.

14

Reported Speech

1. Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct form.

2. Kathy ………. her friends the truth about what had happened that day.

3. “I’ll call you later,” he ……….. to her.

4. Ken ………… us that he was having a barbecue at the weekend.

5. “Please turn the volume down,” Cindy …………. .

6. “Open your books at page 29,” …………… the teacher to her students.

7. “Could you ………… me the time, please?” he asked me.

8. Jane ran down the stairs, …………. good morning and left for work.

9. My grandmother used to ………….. us exciting stories by the fire every night.

10. “Why did you ………….. everybody my secret?” he asked?

11. “I’m sorry. I can’t …………. you the way to the station because I’m lost too,” he said.

2. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1. “There is no one at home”, he said.

2. “Mr and Mrs Wilson have gone on holiday,” Mr Bradley said.

3. “Jamie has never seen a dolphin before,” John said.

4. “I’ll order a pizza,” he said.

5. “The sun rises in the east”, the teacher said.

6. “I’m going to the dentist now,” said Lynn.

7. “There was a good documentary on TV Yesterday,” Gregory said.

8. “It’s always hot at this time of the year,” she said.

2. Turn the following questions from direct into reported speech.

1. “Who broke the window?” the teacher asked the students.

2. “Where are you going on holiday this year?” Josh asked me.

3. “What time is the wedding?” Helen asked.

4. “Did John do to the party last night?” Jill asked.

5. “Why are you laughing?” Philip asked.

6. “How long does it take you to walk home from here?” Peter asked/

7. “Will you lend me some money?” Lesley asked Sara.

8. “Who is this man?” the old lady asked her husband.

2. Turn the questions from direct speech into reported speech. (At the shop)

1. Do you have this in a smaller size?

2. Does it come in blue?

3. Can you order one for me?

4. Is it expensive?

5. Can I try it on?

6. Are there any shoes to match?

7. Can I pay by credit card?

8. Will your new stock come in soon?