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Nouns mad e from Adjectives
1 Put in each space belowa noun made trom the adjective in brackets
after the sentence.
(a) South Africa has great mineral o (wealthy)
(b) is one of the world's great problems. (poor)
(c) Tell the o (true)
(d) I must drink something. I'm dying of o (thirsty)
(e) I must eat something. I'm dying of o (hungry)
(f) He was very bright. He passed the exam with o (easy)
(g) In his he travelled a lot. Now he is too old. (young)
(h) I don't know how to express my for your help. (grateful)
(i) l1'svery late. There's not much of his coming now. (Iikely)
(j) To be a soldier you need to be strong and in good o (health)
(k) There was no doubt about his o He was sent to prison for five years.
(guilty)
(I) He eseaped to by c1imbing over the prison wall. (free)
2 Instructions as above.
(a) The of the president was announeed on the radio. (dead)
(b) In past wars soldiers were sometimes shot for o (eowardly)
(c) He died to save the lives of others. It was an aet of o (heroie)
(d) He was a very thoughtful, philosophieal person. A man of great o (wise)
(e) She felt great at being treated so badly. (angry)
(f) He left his town to find in the big city. (famous)
(g) The tourists were impressed by the of the jewellery in the museum.
(splendid)
(h) It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of o (boring)
(i) He was filled wit h at the terrible things he saw in the war. (horrible)
(j) The iee quiekly melted in the of Hie sun. (hot)
(k) His was hurt when a younger man was given the job above him.
(proud)
(I) I think it shows of character to admit you are wrong. (strong)
3 Instructions as above.
(a) To be sueeessful you need ability and you need o (Iueky)
(b) He was delighted by the of the welcome he reeeived. (warm)
(c) The idea of going through the forest alone at night filled her with _
(terrible)
(d) The of the bridge is about two kilometres. (long)
(e) The of the road is not great enough to take large trueks. (wide)
(f) Wha1's the of that mountain? (high)
(g) The of the water here is over three metres. (deep)

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