Key 11.11A-11.13E6.3C Context
1 the rich 2 the poor 3 shocked 4 embarrassed
5 the old 6 The blind 7 the sighted 8 The deaf
9 The unemployed 10 The healthy 11 the sick
12 the young 13 depressed 14 distressed
15 distressing 16 depressing 17 the living
18 the dead6.4 Adjectives after 'be', 'seem'; word order
of adjectives6.4A 'Look good' compared with 'play well'
1 nicely 2 nice 3 badly 4 bad 5 good 6 well
7 smoothly 8 smooth6.4B Word order: two-word and three-word nouns:
'a teak kitchen cupboard'
1 a cotton shirt 2 a cotton summer shirt 3 a wire
rake 4 a kitchen clock 5 a plastic kitchen clock
6.4C Word order: past participle + noun:
'a handmade cupboard'
Possible answers:
1 a worn cotton shirt 2 a handmade cotton
summer shirt 3 a broken wire rake 4 a damaged
kitchen clock 5 an unused plastic kitchen clock
6.4D Word order: adjective + noun: 'a big round
table'
1 a cheap white Taiwanese clock radio for my
bedside table.
2 a second-hand well-maintained sports car with a
low mileage.
or. a well-maintained second-hand sports car.
3 a beautiful antique English polished mahogany
dining-table.
or. a beautiful antique polished English mahogany
dining-table.
4 a pair of grey and red American canvas trainers
which I can use for jogging.
5 a small old stone-built country cottage.
6 a pink and white cotton summer dress for my
holiday.
6.4E Context
1 Expensive Italian handmade leather shoes (or.
Expensive handmade Italian leather shoes)
2 beautiful old pair 3 back doorstep 4 large friendly
dog (exceptionally, size comes before the general
adjective here) 5 badly 6 good 7 good
8 remaining Italian shoe 9 unchewed Italian shoe
10 red fur-lined slippers
6.5 The comparison of adjectives6.5A Common comparative and superlative forms:
'cold - colder - coldest'
1 My room's bigger than yours. It's the biggest in the
house.
2 My room's colder than yours. It's the coldest in the
house.
3 My garden's nicer than yours. It's the nicest in the
street.
4 My desk's tidier than yours. It's the tidiest in the
office.6.5B Adjectives with two or more syllables:
'clever', 'expensive'
1 She's happier/more happy than I am.
She's the happiest/most happy person I have ever
met.
2 His work was more careless than mine.
It was the most careless (work) in the class.
3 This problem is simpler/more simple than that one.
It's the simplest/the most simple (problem) in the
book.
4 This watch is more expensive than that one.
It's the most expensive (watch) in the shop.
5 This engine is quieter/more quiet than mine.
It's the quietest/most quiet (engine) ever built.6.5C Comparative and superlative forms often
confused: 'older/elder'
1 farther/further 2 oldest 3 worse 4 lesser
5 latest 6 further 7 well 8 last 9 oldest
10 smaller 11 less 12 older 13 most/more
14 better 15 best 16 farthest/furthest 17 oldest
18 elder/older 19 least 20 most6.5D Context
1 nearer/nearest (We can sometimes use superlatives
for 'only two' [> LEG 6.28].) 2 biggest 3 strongest
4 further/farther (or. furthest/farthest) 5 smaller, i.e.
'of the two' (or. smallest, i.e. 'I have ever seen')
6 weaker, i.e. 'of the two' (or. weakest, i.e. 'I have
ever seen') 7 the most violent 8 smallest
9 biggest 10 last 11 best 12 oldest