Exercice 1

Reduce the following relative clauses.

1

The tourist who is swimming in the lake is Russian.

2

The train which is arriving at platform 3 is the 3.15 to Wellington.

3

The pictures of Akaroa which are displayed on that website are amazing.

Exercice 2

Match the basic adjectives with their more extreme equivalents.

Exercice 3

Complete the sentences with the right words: gently / amazingly / chilly / deadly. In these words, note the adjectives.

1

New Zealand is a country where there are no insects or harmful animals.

2

The hotel we stayed at in Hastings was cheap.

3

We were fascinated by the big sperm whales  moving through the deep blue sea.

4

The weather was fair but rather  when we arrived in Dunedin.

5

In these words, tick the adjectives.

gently

amazingly

×

chilly

×

deadly

Exercice 4

Match the words to find five new extreme sports.

Exercice 5

Find the right collocation.

1

A biggreatlargeheavy number of sea gulls was flying above our boat.

2

We were caught in biggreatlargeheavy rain during the crossing.

3

The news caused biggreatlargeheavy excitement.

4

It came as a biggreatlargeheavy surprise to hear that he wanter to bungee jump.