Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
14 young actress a Diana successful well-respected and is.
15 fine am now feeling I.
Construction of adjectives Participles as adjectives • Many present participles and past participles can be used as adjectives:
an exciting trip a crying child a tom shirt
a falling tree a completed manuscript frozen vegetables
• Many compound adjectives are formed with participles. Well + past participle is particularly common:
a well-built house well-cooked meat a time-wasting activity handmade tools a fast-selling product home-grown vegetables
Practice 3b Complete the sentences with participles as adjectives, using the verbs in the box. The verbs with adverbs should be used to form compound adjectives. dry change act TNell keep beautifully break decline fast steal tailor beautifully bring up well continue love brush well feltl* think clearly park write well embarrass build well plan badly boil 1 It was a very restful holiday so I feel much more .. ~y.~~.>:y.t?. now. 2 It was a very .. ~~.'.':.~.q.~y't?. play. 3 I kept calling her by the wrong name; it was very 4 The
. kettle filled the kitchen with
steam. 5 She's a very
child: she always behaves
herself well. 6 I think he may have died of a 7 Her hair is always very 8 The increase in divorce reflects a attitude to marriage and relationships.
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heart. . ..