Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using quite + the following:
famous good hungry late noisy often old surprised
1) I'm surprised you haven't heard of her. She's ________
2) I'm ________ . Is there anything to eat?
3) 'How were the pictures you took?' ‘________ . Better than usual.'
4) I go to the cinema ________ – maybe once a month.
5) We live near a very busy road, so it's often ________
6) I didn't expect Laura to contact me. I was ________ when she phoned.
7) I went to bed ________ last night, so I'm a bit tired this morning.
8) I don't know exactly when these houses were built, but they're ________
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1 quite famous
2 quite hungry
3 Quite good
4 quite often
5 quite noisy
6 quite surprised
7 quite late
8 quite old
Exercise 2
Put the words in the right order to complete the sentences.
1) The weather was better than we had expected.
It was ________ (a / nice / quite / day).
2) Tom likes to sing.
He has ________ (voice / quite / good /a).
3) The bus stop wasn't very near the hotel.
We had to walk ________ (quite / way / a / long).
4) It's not so warm today.
There's ________ (a / wind / cold / pretty).
5) The journey took longer than I expected.
There was ________ (lot / traffic / a / of / quite).
6) I'm tired.
I've had ________ (pretty / day / a / busy).
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1 quite a nice day
2 quite a good voice
3 quite a long way
4 a pretty cold wind
5 quite a lot of traffic
6 a pretty busy day
Exercise 3
Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use rather + adjective.
1) The weather isn't so good. It's ________
2) I enjoyed the film, but it was ________
3) The hotel we stayed at wasn't very good. I was ________
4) I think it's ________ that Chris went away without telling anybody.
5) Lucy doesn't like having to wait. Sometimes she's ________
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1 rather cloudy
2 rather long
3 rather disappointed
4 rather strange
5 rather impatient
Exercise 4
What does quite mean in these sentences? Tick the right meaning.
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more than a little, less than very |
completely |
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1) It's quite cold. You'd better wear your coat. |
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2) 'Are you sure?' 'Yes, quite sure.' |
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3) Anna's English is quite good. |
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4) I couldn't believe it. It was quite incredible. |
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5) bedroom is quite big. |
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6) I'm quite tired. I think I'll go to bed. |
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7) I quite agree with you. |
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1 more than a little
2 complete
3 more than a little …
4 completely
5 more than a little …
6 more than a little …
7 completely
Exercise 5
Complete these sentences using quite + the following:
different impossible right safe sure true unnecessary
1) I didn't believe her at first, but in fact what she said was ________
2) You won't fall. The ladder is ________
3) I'm afraid I can't do what you ask. It's ________
4) I couldn't agree with you more. You are ________
5) You can't compare the two things. They are ________
6) You needn't have done that. It was ________
7) I think I saw them go out, but I'm not ________
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1 quite true
2 quite safe
3 quite impossible
4 quite right
5 quite different
6 quite unnecessary
7 quite sure