Special structures with adjectives: exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. I have …………………………….. you.

a) as good a voice as

b) as good voice as

c) a good voice as

2. ……………………………. is she?

a) how good a writer

b) how a good writer

c) how good writer

3. I can’t afford ………………………………

a) that an expensive car

b) that expensive a car

c) an expensive that car

4. She is …………………………….. to refuse.

a) a too polite person

b) too polite a person

c) a polite person

5. I have never seen …………………………………

a) a so clever boy

b) so clever a boy

c) so clever boy

6. He was ………………………………….. that he could not sit in that chair.

a) so a big man

b) a so big man

c) so big a man

7. It was ……………………………… that I didn’t go out.

a) a so cold day

b) so cold a day

c) so cold day

8. It was ……………………………. that I could hardly work.

a) so warm a day

b) a so warm day

c) so warm day

Answers

1. I have as good a voice as you.

2. How good a writer is she?

3. I can’t afford that expensive a car.

4. She is too polite a person to refuse.

5. I have never seen so clever a boy

6. He was so big a man that he could not sit in that chair.

7. It was so cold a day that I didn’t go out.

8. It was so warm a day that I could hardly work.