Targeting the NP – Week 10 – Task sheet
Exercise 1 Transform the following sentences by changing the nouns with adjectives into their
corresponding verbs with adjectives, adverbs or adverb phrases, as required. In each sentence the
adjective, adverb or adverb phrase will come last.
1 He gave a bitter smile.
2 There has been a drastic fall in the dollar.
3 The Stock Exchange's reaction was quite calm.
4 To a European, Chinese has a strange sound.
5 These almonds have a bitter taste.
6 Why did she give me a stern look?
7 Try and give an intelligent answer.
8 Your action was a cowardly one.
9 The boy had a slight limp.
10 The little girl had rather a sad look.
11 Her mother had given her a hard slap.
12 Her movements were clumsy.
13 She has an ugly walk.
14 But she's a good tennis player.
15 The sports committee has monthly meetings.
16 What they said had a deep effect upon me.
17 The room had a nice, cosy look.
18 The flowers had a fragrant smell.
19 I gave her a fatherly talk.
20 I said that her behaviour had been extremely silly.
21 She gave me a sly glance.
22 An early start would be advisable. (Begin It )
23 I'm sure her parents will give me a warm welcome.
24 Your argument isn't logical.
Exercise 2 Finish the sentences.
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If you are a heavy smoker, you smoke ................................................
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If you are a hard worker, you work ................................................
3
If you are the last person to hear about some news, you hear it ..................
4
If you are the first person to arrive somewhere, you arrive .....................
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If you do something cowardly, you act .............................................
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If you are early for an appointment, you arrive ....................................
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If you are late, you arrive ............................................................
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If a plane is very high in the sky, it may be flying too ...........................
9
If you have a leisurely lunch, you have lunch ..........................
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If someone is your near neighbour, they live quite .................................
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A just judge is a judge who acts ......................................................
Exercise 3 Indicate by adj if the final word of the sentence is an adjective, or by adv if it is an adverb.
1
The sun burnt the grass quickly.
2
It burnt the grass black.
3
He drove his employers hard.
4
He drove some of them mad.
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I find this very unlikely.
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We found the people friendly.
7
This made everyone late.
8
I have made his acquaintance lately.
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The doctor soon made the patient well.
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We can make breakfast early.
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What made my bed so hard?
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We shall leave the house early.
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We shall leave the room empty.
I can paint your hall pink.
I can paint this wall fast.
Pull the rope hard.
Pull the rope tight.
He turned the corner well.
The heat turned the milk sour.
You must wipe the windscreen clear.
Exercise 4 Adjectives used only before a noun or after a verb: decide about these adjectives, and use
them to complete the definitions grammatically.
afraid
ashamed
content
elder
glad
inner
main
maximum
occasional
only
outdoor
ready
Examples: A traveller who has nobody with them is A LONE TRAVELLER. When people are by
themselves they are ALONE.
1 If a person is embarrassed at having behaved badly, s/he is .....................
2 A child that feels frightened is ......................................................
3 An event that does not happen very often is ..........................................
4 Strength that comes from within a person’s character is .................................
5 A party held in the open air is ......................................................
6 If a child has no brothers or sisters s/he is ..............................
7 A person who is really pleased about something is ..............................
8 If you have several worries about something, but one that worries you more than all the rest, that
is ...............................................................
9 If a person is adequately satisfied, s/he is .........................................
10 If the top speed allowed is 70 mph, then that is ....................................……………...
11 If lunch is all prepared and cooked, it is ..........................................
12 If your brother is older than you, he is ................................................
Exercise 5 Rewrite the following, using these adjectives to replace the words in italics. Make any
other changes necessary. You will need some of the words more than once.
absent
certain
concerned
conscious
elect
involved
late
present
proper
1
Our newly elected chairman takes over immediately,
Our chairman ELECT takes over immediately,
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because our former chairman resigned suddenly last September for health reasons.
3
Most of the people who were there at the meeting are delighted,
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but some people (that I'm not going to name),
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people who were not at the meeting, have telephoned to say that they should have had postal
votes.
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They say the only correct thing to do now is hold another election, which is ridiculous.
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One of our difficulties is we do not always have the up-to-date addresses of all our members.
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The secretary is aware of the problem.
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We once wrote to a member saying his subscription was overdue,
10 and we had a letter from a very distressed lady saying her husband, who had died recently, had
always paid on time.
11 We are now making a deliberate effort to bring our records up to date.
12 The secretary has spoken to all the people who have anything to do with the matter
13 and is confident that we will get it right.
14 But it could be a long and complicated business.