Adjectives vs adverbs

Circle the correct answer.

1 Diana was much taller _______ Charles.
A as B like C than
2 This one is better _______ that one.
A as B like C than
3 This hamburger is bad, but that one is _______ .
A badder B worst C worse
4 Moscow is a long way away but Ulan Batur is even _______ .
A further B more far C father
5 She's beautiful I agree, but her mother is _______.
A beautifuller B most beautiful C more beautiful
6 Texas is big but Alaska is _______ .
A more big B biger C bigger
7 American Beauty was the _______ film that year.
A worse B best C better
8 Of all the sofas I've seen so far, this one is _______ .
A nicer B the nicest C most nice
9 I'm not short. I'm just _______ tall as Hans.
A as B like C than
10 Samantha is just as rich _______ David.
A as B like C than
Use the adjectives in the box once only to fill the gaps. ("X2" means you use it twice.)
bad clean far
big X2 dangerous good
cheap expensive luxurious

1 The distance from Sydney to Madrid is ________________ than the distance

from New York to London.
2 David's kitchen is very dirty. Mine is much ________________ .
3 That film was terrible. In fact, it's ________________ film I've ever seen.
4 Generally speaking, the coffee in Spain and Italy is ________________ than
the coffee you get in Britain.
5 Riding a motorbike is ________________ than driving a car.
6 Clare's apartment is just as ________________ as Michael's.
7 One night at The Ritz is ________________ than a week in The Holiday Inn.
8 Rolls Royce make some of ________________ cars in the world.
9 If you buy ________________, you won't get the best.
10 The aquarium in Valencia is ________________ in Europe.

Adjectives -ED or -ING Exercise

-ING the cause
-ED the effect
Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.
1 He's such a monotonous speaker. I was _____ stiff. (bored / boring)
2 Most sequels are __________. (disappointed / disappointing)
3 I had such a ______ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)
4 Everyone's very __________ about the news. (excited / exciting)
5 That lamp produces a very __________ effect. (pleased / pleasing)
6 The whole school was ________by the tragic event. (saddened / saddening)
7 I don't like watching ________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)
8 I was __________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing)
9 He's such a ______ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)
10 I'm very _______ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)
11 No one knew what would happen next. We were all ____. (intrigued / intriguing)
12 It was a very ________________ situation. (interested / interesting)
 13 There's been some very ___________ news. (surprised / surprising)
14 His mother was _____ by what she found under his bed. (disgusted / disgusting)
15 Their hamburgers are _________. (disgusted / disgusting)
16 Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly __ . (exhausted / exhausting)
17 He's always showing off. It's really ______ . (annoyed / annoying)
18 I think Alex is one of the most __________ people I've ever met. He can't keep
still for a second. (annoyed / annoying)
19 I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He
seemed really ___________ (embarrassed / embarrassing)
20 She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather
_______(embarrassed / embarrassing)
Below you can see a diagram explaining the position of adjectives before a noun. Use it to answer
the questions which follow.
OPINION- CONDITION- SIZE -AGE -COLOUR -ORIGIN -MATERIAL -NOUN
Order the words in the boxes.
1. my teacher old maths smelly
2. new a perfect system
3. black small box Turkish a old
4. 18th century a Scottish fantastic castle
5. man a fat friendly young
6. a businessman horrible greedy
7. tall our headmaster boring
8. a big old brown bear
9. wooden dark a table long
10. student self-righteous a middle-class
11. city a Spanish beautiful old
12. spoilt boy nasty a little
13. arts nice teacher French our
14. green-eyed gorgeous black-haired a girl
Adverbs of Degree
A Fill the gaps using the words in brackets.
1 She finished the day ______________ exhausted. ( a bit / totally )
2 Tammy Payne isn't a good singer. She's _________ fantastic. ( absolutely / very )
3 The Serrano Towers in Valencia are _________ high. ( absolutely / pretty )
4 Jerez de la Frontera is a ___________ interesting place. ( quite / rather )
5 That boy of yours is ___________lazy. ( absolutely / extremely )
6 It was ____________ freezing this morning. ( a bit / absolutely )
7 Victoria, in my opinion, is _________ mad. ( completely / highly )
8 Scarlett Johansson looked _____gorgeous at the Golden Globe Awards
ceremony. ( absolutely / totally )
9 María is ____________ nice. ( absolutely / really )
10 Godella is a ____________ pretty town. ( quite / rather )
11 Ecuador is a ___________ great country. ( really / very )
12 It was a ______________ simple invention. ( quite / remarkably )
13 Samantha is a _________ skilled computer technician. ( completely / highly )
14 Sean lives a _________ stressful life. ( quite / very )
15 Gerard cooks ________ well. ( absolutely / fairly )
16 The concert was ___________ wonderful. ( absolutely / extremely )
17 Rodin's sculptures are ________ well-known. ( absolutely / very )
 OPINION CONDITION SIZE AGE COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN

1 My smelly old maths teacher 8 a perfect new system

my teacher old maths smelly new a perfect system

2 a small old black Turkish box 9 a fantastic 18th century Scottish castle

black small box Turkish a old 18th century a Scottish fantastic castle

3 a friendly fat young man 10 a horrible greedy businessman

man a fat friendly young a business horrible greedy

4 our boring tall headmaster 11 a big old brown bear

tall our headmaster boring a big old brown bear

5 a long dark wooden table 12 a self-righteous middle-class student

wooden dark a table long student self-righteous a middle-class

6 a beautiful old Spanish city 13 a nasty spoilt little boy

city a Spanish beautiful old spoilt boy nasty a little

7 our nice French arts teacher 14 a gorgeous black-haired green-eyed girl

Frenc green-
arts nice teacher our gorgeous black-haired a girl
h eyed