Exercise 2. Put in each space below a noun made from the adjective in brackets after the sentence.

1. South Africa has great mineral ….wealth….. (wealthy)
2. is one of the world’s great problems. (poor)
3. Tell the . (true)
4. I must drink something. I’m dying of . (thirsty)
5. I must eat something. I’m dying of . (hungry)
6. He was very bright. He passed the exam with . (easy)
7. In his he travelled a lot. Now he is too old. (young)
8. I don’t know how to express my for your help. (grateful)
9. It’s very late. There’s not much of his coming now. (likely)
10. To be a soldier you need to be strong and in good . (healthy)
11. There was no doubt about his . He was sent to prison for five years. (guilty)
12. He escaped to by climbing over the prison wall. (free)

Exercise 3. Put in each space below a noun made from the adjective in brackets after the sentence.

1. The …death…. of the president was announced on the radio. (dead)
2. In past wars soldiers were sometimes shot for . (cowardly)
3. He died to save the lives of others. It was an act of . (heroic)
4. He was a very thoughtful, philosophical person. A man of great . (wise)
5. She felt great at being treated so badly. (angry)
6. He left his town to find in the big city. (famous)
7. It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of . (boring)
8. He was filled with at the terrible things he saw in the war. (horrible)