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Exercises

41.1 Answer these questions relating to the adjectives in A opposite.

1 Whichisartificial-silkorlycra? lycra
2 Whichismoredelicatewhenitcomestowashing-silkorcotton?
3 Wouldyousayawatchthatlookslikeasnakehasaconventionalorabizarredesign?
4 Howcouldyoudescribecarbrakesthatarenotworkingproperly?
5 Whichwouldcostmore-agenuineMonetpaintingorafakeone?
6 Whichofthesematerialsismorefragile-chinaorwood?
7 Whichismoreflexible-metalorrubber?

41.2 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

1 Jana’sclothesareneverfrivolous-they’realwaysrather B .
A delicate B severe C precise D bizarre

2 Thispaintingis oftheworksofRembrandt.
A characteristic B solid C entire D plain
3 I’dliketobuythe salami,please,notjustasmallpieceofit.
A precise B trivial C entire D solid

4 Dohavethe toputonanewshirt,notthatonewiththehole.
A decency B severity C vividness D characteristic

5 Writingagoodjobapplicationisnota matter.
A solid B conventional C trivial D transparent
6 Makingbeautifuljewelleryrequiresahighdegreeof .
A entirety B precision C character D triviality

41.3 Choose words from the box to complete the dialogue.

reasonably nowhere half great unusually pretty

NINA: Ilovethisroom,Mark.Those 1 great bigwindowsarewonderful,andtheviews
fromthemare 2 amazingtoo.
MARK: Thanks.AndI’msureitisn’t 3 asexpensiveasyoumightimagine.
Ionlypay1,000eurosamonth.
NINA: Wow!That’s 4 nearasmuchasIpay.Andmyflat’sverynoisytoo.Itseems
5 quiethere-youdon’tseemtoheartoomuchnoisefromthestreet.
MARK: No,it’snottoobad.AndI’vecertainlygot 6 quietneighbours.Ineverhear
asoundfromtheirflat.
NINA: Luckyyou!IwishIcouldsaythesameaboutmine.

41.4 Some words in this unit can be used to talk about abstract ideas as well as objects.

Use your knowledge of these words to answer the questions.

1 Ifsomeonegivesyouagenuinesmile,dotheyfeelfriendlyornotparticularlyfriendly
towardsyou? They feel friendly

2 Doyouthinkatransparentargumentisonethatiseasyordifficulttofollow?
3 Ifawriterdescribessomethingvividly,istheirwritingeffective?
4 Ifapersonbehavesinastiffway,aretheymorelikelytoberelaxedortense?
5 Iftheteachersaysyourworkis‘solid’,areyoulikelytobepleasedornot?

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