Exercise 7 Descriptions
Complete the conversations with words from the box.
worst latest more as (x2) funniest funnier than friendlier tastier like was what the most nice
1 A I started a new job today, working in an office.
B What are the other people (1) like ?
A They’re very (2) . They seem
(3) than the people in my old job, and the job is much (4) interesting.
B You worked in a shop before, didn’t you?
A Yes. Working in an office is better (5) working in a shop, I’ll tell you! That was the (6) job I’ve ever had. I hated it.
2 C We went out for a meal to Luigi’s last night – you know, that new Italian restaurant.
D Mm, I know. What (7) it like?
C It was (8) best Italian meal I’ve ever had, and it wasn’t as expensive (9) Giovanni’s.
D Yes. Giovanni’s used to be the (10) popular restaurant around here, but then it started getting very expensive.
C And the service isn’t (11) good as it was.
D What did you have?
C Paul and I both had veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was (12) than Paul’s. But his was nice, too.
3 E Have you read John Harrison’s (13) book, Going Round the World?
F No. (14) ’s it like?
E I think it’s the (15) book he’s written. I laughed out loud all the way through.
F I didn’t like The Truth and the Light, the one that came out last year.
E Neither did I. This one’s much (16) .
2.Her mother said that she is working at the library. 3.My friend said that he hasn't seen me for ages.
4.All said that he shall solve the clues tomorrow.
5.He said that there's nobody here to stop them.
6.The soldier said that they will find a place to lie up. He's afraid they will kill them.
7.My friend said that they have been waiting for me for ten minutes.
8.Jane said that she's all right and nothing worries her.
9.Tom said that he's busy now. He is doing his lessons.
10.The secretary said that she isn't here. She has just left the office.
11.He said that this man is the doctor for the hospital.
12.They answered that there's no one by that name here.
13.He said that he is ill and has a high temperature.
14.They said that they have tried to telephone him.
15.She said that she doesn't think she will have done this work by the time.
1. Has he got a car? 2. Have they got a house? 3. Has she got children? 4. Have you got brothers? 5. Has he got a new job? 6. Has she got a lot of friends? 7. Have they got a camera? 8. Have you got fish soup for dinner today?
1. I haven’t got a family. 2. She hasn′t got children. 3. He hasn′t got a car. 4. They haven′t got a house. 5. You haven′t got French books. 6. I haven’t got a brother. 7. My friend hasn′t got relatives in Moscow. 8. She hasn′t got friends.