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Vocabulary Exercises

1.Derive nouns from the adjectives.

Sweet, reliable, persistent, modest, generous, tactful, talkative,
decent, firm, strict, serious, witty, thoughtful, diligent, gloomy,
honest, frank, tolerant, clever, aggressive, punctual, proud, decisive.

2.Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following adjectives:

Over- Over-active, over-ambitious, over-bald, over-
confident, over-critical, over-curious, over-delicate,
over-eager, over-emotional, over-enthusiastic, over-
excited, over-fond, over-greedy, over-suspicious;

Self- Self-absorbed, self-assured, self-centred, self-
confident, self-conscious, self-contained, self-
important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-willed,
selfish, selfless, self-restrained, self-complacent,
self-conceited, self-rigorous, self-seeking;

- hearted Soft-hearted, down-hearted, lion-hearted, open-
hearted, stony-hearted, chicken-hearted, cold-
hearted, faint-hearted, double-hearted, slout-
hearted, hard-hearted;

- headed Soft-headed, cool-headed, hot-headed, hard-headed;

- minded Narrow-minded, technically-minded, high-minded,
strong-minded, open-minded, light-minded, absent-
minded, sober-minded, lyrically-minded, evil-
minded, double-minded, low-minded, pure-minded,
small-minded, even-minded;

- humoured Ill-humoured;

- natured Good-natured,

3.Form as many compound adjectives with –eyed, -haired, -shouldered as
possible.

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