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Suggest suitable adjectives to describe these nouns when they are at their best.

Suggest suitable words of praise (not so general as ‘nice’) for each of the items below. Some suggestions are given underneath.

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Compose your own sentences to bring out the meaning of these adjectives.

For each word below, compose sentences to show that it may be used as an adjective. Adjectives provide extra information about a noun, e.g. a black cat, a round table, the early bird etc..

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These rather strong adjectives need some careful handling; see if you are up to the task.

Choose an adjective from the list below, and use it in a sentence that makes its meaning clear. Some topics have been suggested underneath.

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Join each group of sentences together to make single sentence, in as many ways as you can.

Combine each group of two or more sentences into a single sentence. Change any words you like so long as the basic ideas remain the same; try introducing speech, personal names or any descriptive details you like. Do not be satisfied with the first sentence you think of; think of several, and choose the best. Some sentences are from NL Clay’s textbooks, others are drawn from English literature.

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Suggest words that seem opposite in meaning to the words in this list.

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

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Show that each of these words can be used as a noun and also as a verb.

Many words can serve as noun or verb depending on context: see if you can prove this with the examples below. Nouns go well with words such as the/a, or his/her; verbs go well after I/you/he etc..

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