Compound Adjectives
The bank robbers drove away at ______________ speed. I’ve never seen anyone drive so fast!
breakneck
Complete both gaps with THE SAME word
I’m sure the police will _______ the people responsible for the crime.
I didn’t _________ what you said. Would you mind repeating it?
catch
When Janine heard she’d won the competition, she was over the _________ with happiness.
moon
___________ (swim) in the water, I noticed a shoal of brightly coloured fish near me.
swimming
Add a word or short phrase to improve the structure
England is __________ smaller than Russia.
considerably / significantly / a great deal / far / way
John’s job was totally _______________ so he decided to leave and start his own business
soul-destroying
Complete both gaps with THE SAME word
If you’re tired, you should have a __________ and then continue later.
Be careful or you’ll __________your leg! It’s easy to fall over on this rough ground.
break
Things haven’t been great, but I can see the light at the end of the _________ now!
tunnel
__________ (throw) the package in the bin, I couldn’t return the item to the shop.
Having thrown
This is __________ the most interesting book I’ve ever read
by far / easily
She gave a/an ______________ scream when she saw the enormous spider. What a noise!
ear-splitting
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I’ve lived here ______ I was ten years old.
______ you can’t come to my party, let’s celebrate another day.
since
Getting a puncture cast a bit of a cloud/shadow over our bike ride but didn’t spoil it
shadow
_________ (finish) the test, I checked my answers before handing it to the teacher.
having finished
rephrase the sentence using the word given
I’m good at art, but Karen is amazing.
(far) Karen is ______________ me.
far better at art than
What an exciting tennis match! It was really _________! Both players were so good that I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.
nail-biting
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I haven’t tidied my room for ages, it’s a bit of a ____ at the moment.
Let’s take all this rubbish to the ________ and get rid of it.
tip
I think Max is feeling a little down in the dumps/blues. Let’s go and cheer him up.
dumps
_______________ (watch) by people all over the world, the Harry Potter films were a big hit.
watched
rephrase the sentence using the word given
Crocodiles are more dangerous for humans than sharks.
(so) For humans, sharks are ___________ crocodiles.
not so dangerous as
By the end of the film, they were close friends despite having started as enemies. It was so _____________.
heart-warming
Complete both gaps with THE SAME word
I agree to a ___________, but not totally. You’re right that fighting climate change is important, but I don’t agree we can wait. We need to act now.
I had my phone in my hand and was on the _________ of phoning Sarah when she arrived home.
point
I’d wanted to get a dog for ages, so I was in seventh ________ when we finally got one.
heaven
I was exhausted but ________________ a short break, I was able to finish the race.
having taken
rephrase the sentence with the word given
Sam is getting increasingly rich.
(and) Sam is getting ____________.
richer and richer