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1.4 Write the nouns related to these adjectives.

1 angry anger 5 confrontational 9 optimistic

2 anxious 6 contented 10 patient

3 apprehensive 7 furious 11 positive

4 calm 8 miserable 12 relaxed

la Complete these sentences with verbs related to the

adjectives in 1.4 above.
V Vocabulary note

1 Relax !It'll be okay. Nothing's going to go wrong, I promise. Angry is a gradable adjective. We can
Just try to down. make it stronger or weaker using
adverbs, e.g. very; quite; extraordinarily;
2 The way to deal with bullies like that is simply to them
a bit; rather; mildly.
and say you're not going to put up with it any longer.
Furious is an example of an extreme
3 The arrogance of the minister's remarks the opposition adjective as it includes the idea 'very'.
leader, who angrily demanded an apology. This means we cannot use very with
furious (not tret)-furieres).To make
extreme adjectives stronger we use
1.6 Match an extreme adjective from the box with a gradable
adverbs meaning 100%, e.g. absolutely;
adjective which is similar in meaning.
completely; thoroughly; utterly; totally:
I was totally furious when my brother
astonishing excruciating devastating hideous crashed my car.
petrifying superb ravenous ludicrous Really can be used to make both
gradable and extreme adjectives
1 good superb 5 scary stronger.
There are many exceptions to these
2 hungry 6 silly rules and it is useful to make a note of
3 painful 7 surprising adverb + adjective collocations you see:
faintly ludicrous, thoroughly miserable,
4 sad 8 ugly bitterly disappointing, endlessly fascinating
(See Unit 7, 2.4 for more on gradable
EN COLLOCATION Choose the words which collocate with adjectives.)
the words in bold to complete the sentences.

1 You're such an exaggerator! The injection wasn't absolutely

devastating / excruciating. It was mildly / completely painful at worst.
2 I had a particularly / totally good meal at the sushi place in town. The only problem is I'm still
completely ravenous / hungry.
3 It was utterly ludicrous /funny when the girl fled just because the man was a bit / absolutely ugly.
4 I'm completely / rather petrified of spiders. They're totally hideous / ravenous.
5 What totally devastating / petrifying news. You must both be bitterly / absolutely disappointed.

1.8 The words mood and attitude are used in many expressions. Match the sentences (1-5) with the
expressions (a-e).

1 He's very up and down. a He's got a real attitude problem.

2 I wouldn't go near him just now. b He's not in the mood.

3 He hates anyone with authority. c He's in one of his moods.

4 He's never put off by a challenge. d He has terrible mood swings.

5 He doesn't feel like going clubbing tonight. e He's got a real can-do attitude.
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