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Adjectives: old, interesting, expensive, etc. - A1 Grammar

Exercises:

Choose the correct position or form of the adjective to complete each sentence. (e.g., She has ___ eyes. (blue) → blue)

Example

EXAMPLE: This is a comfortable sofa. I could sleep on it!

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Your idea sounds . Let's do it!

2.

I don't like this coffee. It tastes .

3.

She has hair.

4.

These are very shoes. I love them!

5.

He looks today. Did he sleep well?

6.

It's a watch. It costs €5,000!

7.

The flowers in this garden smell .

8.

Is this film ? I'm not sure if I want to watch it.

9.

She has a apartment, but it's very cosy.

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I feel about the exam tomorrow.

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All A1 questions for “Adjectives: old, interesting, expensive, etc. - A1 Grammar”, each with the correct answer and a short explanation. Try the interactive exercises above, then check your answers here.

Exercise 1: Choose the Correct Option

1. This is a _____ sofa. I could sleep on it!
- A. comfortable ✓
- B. sofa comfortable
- C. comfortables
Answer: comfortable
Adjectives go BEFORE the noun. Never after: 'a sofa comfortable' is wrong.
2. Your idea sounds _____. Let's do it!
- A. great ✓
- B. greatly
- C. greats
Answer: great
After sense verbs (sounds), use an adjective — not an adverb. 'Greatly' is an adverb.
I don't like this coffee. It tastes _____.

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3.

A. bitter ✓
B. bitterly
C. bitters

Answer: bitter

After sense verbs (tastes), use an adjective. 'Bitterly' is an adverb, not used here.

4. She has _____ hair.

A. long dark ✓
B. dark long
C. longs dark

Answer: long dark

When two adjectives describe a noun, opinion/size comes before colour: long dark, not dark long.

5. These are very _____ shoes. I love them!

A. comfortable ✓
B. comfortables
C. a comfortable

Answer: comfortable

Adjectives have NO plural form — never add -s. 'Comfortables' is wrong.

6. He looks _____ today. Did he sleep well?

A. tired ✓
B. tiredly
C. tiring

Answer: tired

After sense verbs (looks), use an adjective. 'Tired' describes the subject (he).

7. It's a _____ watch. It costs €5,000!

A. very expensive ✓
B. expensive very
C. very expensives

Answer: very expensive

'Very' comes BEFORE the adjective, and adjectives go before the noun: a very expensive watch.

8. The flowers in this garden smell _____.

A. beautiful ✓
B. beautifully
C. beautifuls

Answer: beautiful

After sense verbs (smell), use an adjective. 'Beautifully' is an adverb, used after action verbs, not sense verbs.

9. Is this film _____? I'm not sure if I want to watch it.

A. interesting ✓
B. interestings
C. interest

Answer: interesting

Adjectives after 'be' have no plural and no extra endings — just the base form.

10. She has a _____ apartment, but it's very cosy.

A. quite small ✓
B. small quite
C. quite smalls

Answer: quite small

'Quite' comes before the adjective, and the adjective comes before the noun: a quite small apartment.

11. I feel _____ about the exam tomorrow.

A. nervous ✓
B. nervously
C. nervouss

Answer: nervous

After sense verbs (feel), use an adjective. 'Nervously' is an adverb used after action verbs.

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice

1. This is a ___ city. There's always something to do.
- A. lively ✓
- B. livelys
- C. lively city very
- D. very city lively
Answer: lively
Adjective before noun: a lively city. No plural form for adjectives.
2. The music at that restaurant sounds ___.
- A. relaxing ✓
- B. relaxingly
- C. a relaxing
- D. relaxings
Answer: relaxing
After the sense verb 'sounds', use an adjective in its base form.
3. These are ___ boots. Where did you buy them?
- A. beautiful ✓
- B. beautifuls
- C. a beautiful
- D. very beautifuls
Answer: beautiful
Adjectives have no plural form — never 'beautifuls'.
4. It's ___ outside. You need a coat.
- A. very cold ✓
- B. cold very
- C. very colds
- D. a very cold
Answer: very cold
'Very' comes before the adjective after 'be': It's very cold.
5. He's a ___ man — always laughing.
- A. funny ✓
- B. funnily
- C. funnys
- D. funnies
Answer: funny
Adjective before noun: a funny man. No -s ending on adjectives.
6. This cheese smells ___. Are you sure it's fresh?
- A. strange ✓
- B. strangely
- C. stranges
- D. a strange
Answer: strange
After the sense verb 'smells', use an adjective: smells strange.
7. She has ___ eyes.
- A. beautiful green ✓
- B. green beautiful
- C. beautifuls green
- D. greens beautiful
Answer: beautiful green
When two adjectives are used, opinion (beautiful) comes before colour (green).
8. Is the new teacher ___?
- A. nice ✓
- B. nicely
- C. nices
- D. a nice
Answer: nice
Adjective after 'be': Is the teacher nice? No extra endings needed.
9. This exercise is ___ difficult for me.
- A. quite ✓
- B. quiet
- C. very much
- D. a quite
Answer: quite
Use 'quite' (or 'very') before an adjective to add degree: quite difficult.
10. I feel ___ today — I think I have a cold.
- A. terrible ✓
- B. terribly
- C. terribles
- D. a terrible
Answer: terrible
After the sense verb 'feel', use an adjective: feel terrible.

Exercise 3: Reading — Fill in the Story

1. Last weekend, I went to a _____ market in the old part of the city. The streets were _____ and _____, but I loved the atmosphere. I found a _____ old lamp at one of the stalls — it looked _____ for my living room. The seller was a _____ old man. He told me the lamp was _____ — over 100 years! It smelled _____ but I didn't mind. The price was _____, so I bought it. When I got home, I felt _____ with my new purchase!
- A. small
- B. smalls
- C. very small a
- D. busy
- E. busily
- F. busys
- G. noisy
- H. noisily
- I. noisys
- J. beautiful
- K. beautifully
- L. beautifuls
- M. perfect
- N. perfectly
- O. perfects
- P. friendly
- Q. friend
- R. friendlys
- S. very old
- T. old very
- U. very olds
- V. dusty
- W. dustily
- X. dustys
- Y. quite reasonable
- Z. reasonable quite
- [. quite reasonables
- \. happy
- ]. happily
- ^. happys
Answer: small, busy, noisy, beautiful, perfect, friendly, very old, dusty, quite reasonable, happy
Adjectives go before nouns or after be/sense verbs. They never change for plural. Use very/quite before adjectives to add degree.

Exercise 4: Put the Words in Order

1. is / very / the / expensive / hotel
Answer: The hotel is very expensive.
Subject + is + very + adjective. Adjective after 'be'.
2. interesting / it's / book / a / very
Answer: It's a very interesting book.
It's + article + very + adjective + noun. Adjective before noun.
3. taste / these / delicious / cookies
Answer: These cookies taste delicious.
Subject + sense verb (taste) + adjective. No plural on the adjective.
4. cold / feel / I / quite / today
Answer: I feel quite cold today.
Subject + sense verb (feel) + quite + adjective + time.
5. she / beautiful / has / blue / eyes
Answer: She has beautiful blue eyes.
Opinion adjective (beautiful) before colour adjective (blue) before noun.
6. looks / your / new / great / sister
Answer: Your new sister looks great.
Possessive + adjective + noun + sense verb (looks) + adjective.
7. is / film / sad / this / quite
Answer: This film is quite sad.
Subject + is + quite + adjective. 'Quite' comes directly before the adjective.
8. an / he / lives / old / in / house / interesting
Answer: He lives in an interesting old house.
Opinion (interesting) before age (old) before noun. Article 'an' before vowel sound.
9. smells / the / horrible / soup
Answer: The soup smells horrible.
Subject + sense verb (smells) + adjective. Never use an adverb after a sense verb.
10. are / comfortable / very / shoes / these
Answer: These shoes are very comfortable.
Subject + are + very + adjective. No plural on the adjective (not 'comfortables').

Exercise 5: Speaking Practice

1. You are an English conversation tutor doing a structured speaking drill with an A1 student. The grammar focus is: (1) adjective position — before a noun or after be/sense verbs, (2) no plural form on adjectives, (3) using very/quite before adjectives. STRUCTURE: Ask exactly 6 questions, one at a time. Wait for the student's full answer before continuing. QUESTIONS TO ASK (in this order): 1. 'Can you describe your bedroom using three adjectives? For example: It is small and bright.' (target: adjective after 'be') 2. 'Tell me about a film or TV show you like. What is it like?' (target: adjective after 'be', e.g. 'It is very exciting.') 3. 'Describe a person in your family — what do they look like and what is their personality?' (target: adjective before noun + after 'be', e.g. 'She has long hair. She is very kind.') 4. 'Think of your favourite food. How does it taste and smell?' (target: adjective after sense verbs taste/smell) 5. 'Can you describe your city or town using two or three adjectives?' (target: It is quite busy. It is a beautiful city.) 6. 'How do you feel today, and why?' (target: adjective after sense verb 'feel', e.g. 'I feel a bit tired.') FEEDBACK RULES: - If the student puts an adjective after the noun (e.g. 'a city beautiful'), recast it naturally: 'Oh, a beautiful city! Tell me more.' - If the student adds -s to an adjective (e.g. 'she has blues eyes'), recast: 'Blue eyes — lovely!' - If the student uses an adverb after a sense verb (e.g. 'it tastes deliciously'), recast: 'It tastes delicious — yum!' - Do NOT explain the grammar rule explicitly — only model the correct form in your reply. - After all 6 questions, give one warm sentence of feedback and say goodbye.

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