101/ Clothes
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[ l abel the clothes with the word s below.
1 Soldiers in the army are norma lly Wort-haind. , 2 That jacket is . 11 must be at least twenty years old. 3 I don't like jeans. I prefer them to be a bit baggy. 4 My brother is rea lly . All the girls in his class fancy him. 5 Don't wear shoes to the nightclub. You can't dance in them. 6 People from Africa are usua lly _ _ _~ 7 There's a spider in the bath! 8 My brother has just spent two weeks lying on t he beach in Spain. He's very _~~ 9 It's quite unusual for people to have black hair. 10 A person with wide shoulders is ..,.-,-_~
beanie combat trousers neeee hoady kagoul leggings miniskirt platforms polo shirt roll-neck sandals
v-neck
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(omplete the sentences with compound adjectives from exercise 1 .
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~ Adjective prefixes
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1 Add the correct prefix: un" dis', in-, im-, it- or if- to the word s below.
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12 _
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I 2 _ 3 _ 4
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Match the pictures (1 - 12) in exercise 1 with the word s
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(a- k) below.
a logo ..1:...
e laces -.....
b drawstring _
f sleeve g turn-ups ---. h colla r
c cuff _ d buckle ~
i strap _ j zip _ k button _
LOOKOUTI A compound adjective is a single adjective made up of two or more words. These words are lin ked together wi t h a
hyphen to show that they are part of the sa me adjective. short-sleeved blue-eyed Match each word in A with a wo rd i n B to ma ke compou nd ad jectives.
6 sun 3 blue
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shouldered
hai red
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7 _ 8
9 _ 10 _ 11 _ 12 _
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heeled
8 old
tanned
9 dark
fashioned
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skinned
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believable credible friendly possible obedient rational
Rewrite th e sentences USing a prefix to give the adj ectives th e opposite meaning. 1 My mum's very patient.
102 / Compound adjectives
2 broad
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responsible mature to lerant lega l _ honest _ literate
5 I eat at regular times.
M~ mum', veri impatient.
6 I th ink I'm quite
2 My bedroom's quite tidy. 3 My writing's always legible. 4 My life Is quIte organised .
sensitive. 7 This chair is very
comfortable. 8 This medical condition is reversible.
~ Noun formation from verbs and adjectives The suffixes 'ment, ·ion and ·ness are noun suffixes . We use -ment and ·ion to form nouns from ve rbs, and we use ·ness to form nouns from adjectives. The spelling sometim es changes.
disappoint Cv) hesitote (v) happy (adD
disappointment Cn) hesitation Cn) happiness Cn)
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