Exercise 31 : Nouns
Functioning as Adjectives
1. Sam’s
new apartment is in a twelve-story building.
2. We
are language teachers.
3. My
parents saw a three-act play last night.
4. The
manager said that it would be a two-day sale.
5. Hal
bought a seventy nine tool set.
6. Margie
has a five-shelve bookcase.
7. I
need two sixties-ounce cans of tomatoes.
8. I’m
looking for a six-quart pressure cooker.
9. He
is a specialist at building brick houses.
10. Mrs. Jansen
just bought her daughter a ten speed bicycle.
Exercise 32 : Enough
1. There
were not enough people to have a meeting.
2. Allen
has learned French enough to study in France next year.
3. Do
you have enough time to talkshow?
4. She
drove fast enough to win the race.
5. Mike
will graduate from law school soon enough to join his
father’s firm.
6. We
arrived early enough to have some coffee before class
began.
7. It
has rained hard enough to flood the low-lying areas.
8. You
should type slowly enough that you will not make an
error.
9. He
has just enough flour to bake that loaf of bread.
10. There
are enough books for each student to have one.
Exercise 33 : Because /
Because Of
1. It
was difficult to deliver the letter because the sender had
written the wrong
address on the envelope.
2. We
decided to leave early because the party was boring.
3. Rescue
attempts were temporarily halted because of the bad weather.
4. They
visited their friends often because they enjoyed their company.
5. Paul
cannot go to the football game because his grade.
6. Marcella
was awarded a scholarship because her superior scholastic
ability.
7. Nobody
ventured outdoors because of the hurricane warnings.
8. We
plan to spend our vacation in the mountains because the air is
purer there.
9. We
have to drive around the bay because the bridge was destroyed
in the storm.
10. The
chickens have died because of the intense heat.
Exercise 34 : So / Such
1. The
sun shone so brightly that Maria had to put on her sunglasses
2. Dean
was such a powerful
swimmer that he always won the race.
3. There
were so few students registered that the class was cancelled.
4. We
had such wonderful memories of that place that we decided to
return.
5. We
had so good a time at the party that we hated to leave.
6. The
benefit was so great a success that the promoters decided to
repeat it.
7. It
was such a nice day that we decided to go to the beach.
8. Jane
looked so sick that the nurse told her to go home.
9. Those
were such difficult assignments that we spent two weeks
finishing them.
10. Ray
called at such an early hour that we weren’t awake yet.
11. The book
looked so interesting that he decided to read it.
12. He
worked so carefully that it took him a long time to complete
the project.
13. We
stayed in the sun for such a long time that we became
sunburned.
14. There
were so many people on the bus that we decided to walk.
15. The
program was so entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it.
1.
B. Ghosts stories
2.
C. His
3.
D. Guest speaker
4.
D. On it on our
5.
A. The
6.
C. Enough hot
7.
A. The Andersons
8.
A. Such enjoyable
9.
C. Supplies enough
10.
A. So interesting
11.
A. Would have studied
12.
A. Depositing
13.
A. Was
14.
D. This past week
15.
B. Having crossed
16.
B. Spending
17.
A. Living
18.
C. Louder
19.
D. Friend Joel
20.
A. to be fishing
21.
A. must have called
22.
A. would occur
23.
D. uncontrollable
24.
D. in the
25.
D. will
26.
C. ought send
27.
A. such difficult
28.
C. because
29.
C. on all
30.
C. having
31.
A. badly
32.
D. permits
33.
B. has
34.
D. another helping
35.
D.twenty-year-old
36.
D. more sadder than
37.
B. Than
38.
D. for a short
39.
A. the same
40.
B. never would meet
41.
C. speak
42.
C. are
43.
B. dense-packed
44.
A. the more
45.
D. their
46.
D. they musr return
47.
C. who
48.
A. than
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B. the more inferior
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B. soon discovered
