The infinitive after adjectives Exercises

UNIT 96 The infinitive after adjectives Exercises

96.1   Write these sentences in another way, beginning as shown

Example: It is difficult to understand him. He is ditficult to understand.

1.   It's easy to find our house. Our house is___________________________________________.

2.   It was very hard to open the window. The window____________________________________________.

3.   It's impossible to translate some words. Some words________________________________________.

4.   It's not very difficult to make bread. Bread_________________________________________________.

5.   It's not safe to stand on that chair. That chair____________________________________________.

6.   It's difficult to explain some grammatical rules.
Some grammatical rules__________________________________________________.

7.   It's hard to find a good restaurant in this town.
A good restaurant_________________________________________________________.

96.2   Use the following words to complete each sentence:

first man/walk      first/complain       last/arrive         last person/see     next train/arrive

1.   The next train to arrive at platform 2 will be the 7:45 to Chicago

2.   When anything goes wrong, Mary is always_____________________________________.

3.   Nobody has seen Keith for days. Who was _________________________________ him?

4.   Neil Armstrong was ______________________________ on the moon.

5.   We always have to wait for her. She's always_______________________________________.                       
96.3   Use the following words to complete these sentences.

delighted/get        astonished/find        sorry/hear        happy/see     glad/hear

1.   I was really delighted to get your letter last week

2.   Thank you for your letter. I'm_________________________that you're doing well

3.   When I walked into my bedroom, I was______________________________a complete stranger sleeping in my bed.

4.   Hello! I'm so glad you could come. I'm really_____________________________you again.

5.   I'm _________________________________________________________________________________that your mother is ill. I hope she gets better soon.

96.4   Make sentences using the words in parentheses ( . . . )

Example: Jack left the door unlocked when he went out. (careless)
It was careless of Jack to leave the door unlocked when he went out.

1.   Sue offered to help me. (kind)
It was_____________________________________________________________me.

2.   You make the same mistake over andover (careless) It's____________________________________________________________________.

3.   She went out in the rain without a raincoat. (stupid)
It was_________________________________________________________________.

4.   Don and Jenny invited me to stay with them for a few days. (nice)
It______________________________________________________________________.

5.   He left without saying thank you (not polite)
It wasn't_______________________________________________________________.