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