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Gap fills | Adjectives

August 14, 2015 pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate adjectives. Choose your answers from the options given below.

(different, favorite, hard-earned, holy, helpless, puzzled, risky, science, unique, whole, six)

1. The sick woman lay ………………… . in her bed.

2. The old farmer had …………………… children of ………………….. ages.

3. He said that he would not leave until he gets his ………………… .. money back.

4. We visited many …………………. places on our pilgrimage.

5. It was a ………………… . project.

6. The brave boy undertook a ………………… task by jumping into the river to save his drowning brother.

7. She spent the ………………….. day talking about her pet projects and bored us all.

8. I was ………………….. by his strange behavior.

9. You can make changes if you think it is …………………… .

10. The time machine is a ………………… .. topic with writers of ………………….. fiction.

Answers

1. The sick woman lay helpless in her bed.

2. The old farmer had six children of different ages.

3. He said that he would not leave until he gets his hard-earned money back.

4. We visited many holy places on our pilgrimage.

5. It was a unique project.

6. The brave boy undertook a risky task by jumping into the river to save his drowning brother.

7. She spent the whole day talking about her pet projects and bored us all.

8. I was puzzled by his strange behavior.

9. You can make changes if you think it is necessary.

10. The time machine is a favorite topic with writers of science fiction.

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