Unit 14 Vocabulary practice

Level 1

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1 Make eight personality adjectives from the letters in the box. Write them in the correct spaces in
the list. Remember: you can repeat letters.

a d e g i k l n r s t u w z

heerfu
1 c....................l 2 d....................d 3 f....................y 4 h....................g
5 h....................t 6 k....................d 7 l....................y 8 r....................e

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2 Read the de®nitions and complete the crossword with personality adjectives.
N E R V O U S Across
1 the opposite of 4
3 someone who makes you laugh is ................
4 someone who doesn't worry about things is ................
6 another word for `boring'
Down
2 the opposite of `kind'
3 someone who is easy to talk to and makes friends easily
is ................
5 the opposite of `honest'

LEVEL 1 UNIT 14
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3 Complete the dialogues. Use the adjectives of opinion in the box.
attractive awful brilliant boring dreadful interesting ugly

attractive
1 Sue: I think those jeans with the stars on them are really ..................... .
Jenny: What, those ones in the window? Oh no, I think they're really .................... !
2 Lee: Wake up! Don't go to sleep!
Mark: Oh, I'm sorry, but I think this ®lm is really ..................... . The acting is .................... .
3 Mike: What .................... weather!
VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Paul: Oh no! We can't go cycling now!

4 Julia: What's that adventure story you're reading? It looks ..................... .
Kate: It's so exciting. I can't stop reading it ± it's .................... !

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4 Read the sentences and write true or false. Then correct the sentences.
1 True
When you bow, you move your head and sometimes your body forwards. ....................
2 You kiss someone to show them that you don't like them. ....................
3 When someone says Thank you, a good reply is You're welcome. ....................
4 You shouldn't say Sorry? or Pardon? when people say things that you don't understand. ....................
5 When you touch something, you put your ®ngers on it. ....................
6 A queue is a line of people who are waiting for something. ....................
7 When you give a waiter a tip, you tell them what you want to drink. ....................
8 A custom is something that people started doing many years ago and still do today. ....................

PHOTOCOPIABLE # Cambridge University Press 2005 Level 1 Unit 14