Unit 1 Vocabulary practice

Relationships 4 Complete the sentences with antonyms for the

underlined words.
1 Write a relationship word for each definition.
Jack isnt lazy. Hes really hard-working.
A person who lives next door or very near to you.
1 Kirsty isnt very outgoing. Shes quiet and
neighbour
.
1 A person whose job is to give orders to others at work.
2 It isnt true that the English are .
Theyre quite friendly when you get to know them.
2 A mother or father of a person.
3 Fun-loving? Oliver? Hes and never
3 A person who you know but is not a close friend. smiles!
4 He seems like a person at first, but
4 A member of your family. hes really cold and only cares about himself.
5 A person who works at the same place as you. 5 Peter isnt stupid. Hes and always
does the right thing.
6 A person whos in the same class as you at school. 6 Some people think shes insensitive, but its not
true. She always helps other people and is very
2 Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences. .

They said they would get on well after the interview, but I
havent heard from them yet. in touch
Verb + -ing form / to infinitive
1 My classmate never cleans up the kitchen after 5 Complete the text with the correct form of the bold
shes used it. Its the big problem with sharing a flat! verbs. In one case, there is more than one possible answer.
Hi! My names Isabella and I live in Brinklow, a small
2 We were going out together, but now hes my village in the middle of England. To be honest, I cant
acquaintance, I cant stand him! stand living (live) here. I prefer big cities and I cant
3 Mia doesnt get together with her sister. Theyre always wait (1) (go) to university next year.
arguing. Everybody knows what youre doing in a village and I
4 I like getting in touch with my family at the weekends. hate (2) (listen) to the neighbours
We usually have a meal at my mums house. when they gossip. I want (3) (study)
French and Spanish at a university in London. I enjoy
(4) (speak) foreign languages and I
would like (5) (travel) abroad when I
Appearance and personality
finish university. Ive got to escape from Brinklow!
3 Complete the text with the words in the list.
6 Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences.
casual clean-shaven good-looking scruffy
We love play tennis and we usually have a game every
medium height skinny slim spiky tanned
weekend. to play / playing
My best friend James is eighteen years old. Hes always 1 Amy says she cant wait buying her wedding dress.
clean-shaven and hes got short, (1)
hair that stands up on his head. He loves playing basketball,
2 A lot of people hating shopping, but I really enjoy it.
although hes only of (2) . Hes quite
(3) because he plays a lot of sport,
although he isnt (4) because he 3 Would you like seeing the new Angelina Jolie film?
likes eating a lot too! Hes always (5)
in the summer because he spends so long outside in 4 Jason cant stand to get low marks for his homework.
the sun. When hes not in sports clothes, he wears
(6) clothes like jeans and T-shirts, 5 They want to seeing the final, but they cant afford the
although hes never (7) and he always tickets.
looks clean and tidy. All the girls in my class think hes very
(8) !

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