Verbs made from adjectives

-en

Make verbs ending in -en from the following adjectives, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the sentences below.

tight
flat
broad
less
worse
dark
sweet
sharp
deaf
loose
bright
wide
deep
light
straight
ripe
weak
quiet

(a) Tomorrow will begin dark and cloudy but it will_________ later.

(b) You can _______________the risk of theft by locking your bicycle.

(c) These apples_______________ in June.

(d) You should_________________ this dish by adding sugar.

(e) The hospital phoned to warn that her husband’s condition was beginning to ____________________

(f) This road is very narrow but they’re planning to____________ it.

(g) He managed to_______________ the ropes round his wrists and escape.

(h) They decided to____________ the ship by throwing some machinery into the sea.

(i) I don’t know how that loud techno music doesn’t __________ people.

(j) They are going to _______________that rough area to make a football pitch.

(k) When the evening began to________________ , we turned on the lights.

(l) They are going to ________________ the harbour so that it can take bigger ships.

(m) Have you a knife? I want to _____________my pencil.

(n) Foreign travel will ________________ your experience.

(0) She gave the noisy baby a toy to_______________ it.

(p) Can you ________________that picture on the wall. It’s crooked.

(q) That screw’s loose. ______________ it with a screwdriver

(r) The boxer began the fight strongly but began to______________ in the fifth round.

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