Question

Choose the right word to fill in the blanks 1. a) The ... Age is the earliest known period of human history, b) The ground here had always been ... . c) There came... silence, (stone, stony) 2. a) He was born with a ... spoon in his mouth, b) There is a ...birch under my window, c) Meryl was wearing a long ... dress, d) From the hall there came the ...chime of the old clock, (silver, silvery) 3. a) We need some ... candles, b) Old Nancy had a ... complexion, (wax, waxen) 4. a) Let's built a ... man. b) We went to see him one ... day in London, (snow, snowy) 5. a) I worked ... - up to ... - down, b) You have a wonderful ... tan. c) It was a ... day. d) Bob has a ... disposition, (sun, sunny) 6. a) I think I'll bye this ... scarf, b) This girl has ... lashes, c) Her hair was very long and ... . (silk, silky, silken) 7. a) There are ... daisies in the grass, b) He won a ... medal, c) Sue wore a tiny ... cross, d) These are ... rules, e) The princess was a beautiful girl with ... hair, f) They stopped before the ...altar (gold, golden, gilded) 8. a) He was dressed in a good ... suit, b) My Granny knitted a pair of long ... socks for me. c) Betty had a ...cap on. (wool, woolly, woollen) 9. a) They have a ... house, b) He had a ... head, (wood, wooden) 10. a) There was a... jug on the table, b) She is tired of her husband's ... love affairs, (brass, brazen)

Answer 1

1.a) stone b) stony c)stone
2.a)silver b)silvery c)silvery d)silvery
3. a)wax b)waxen
4.a)snow b)snowy
5. a)sunny & sun b)sun
c)sunny d) sun
6. a) silk b)silky c)silken.
7. a)golden b) gold c) gilded d)golden  e)golden f)gilded
8. A)woollen b)woollen c)woollеn
9. A) wooden b) wood
10.a) brass b) brazen

Answer 2

1. a) The Stone Age is the earliest known period of human history, b) The ground here had always been stony. c) There came stony silence.

2. a) He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, b) There is a silvery birch under my window, c) Meryl was wearing a long silvery dress, d) From the hall there came the silvery chime of the old clock.

3. a) We need some wax candles, b) Old Nancy had a waxen complexion.

4. a) Let's build a snow man. b) We went to see him one snowy day in London.

5. a) I worked sun-up to sun-down, b) You have a wonderful sunny tan. c) It was a sunny day. d) Bob has a sunny disposition.

6. a) I think I'll buy this silk scarf, b) This girl has silky lashes, c) Her hair was very long and silken.

7. a) There are golden daisies in the grass, b) He won a gold medal, c) Sue wore a tiny gold cross, d) These are golden rules, e) The princess was a beautiful girl with golden hair, f) They stopped before the gilded altar.

8. a) He was dressed in a good wool suit, b) My Granny knitted a pair of long woollen socks for me, c) Betty had a woolly cap on.

9. a) They have a wooden house, b) He had a wooden head.

10. a) There was a brass jug on the table, b) She is tired of her husband's brazen love affairs.