VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Books

1) Match the genres below to the definitions.

Romance play thriller adventure fantasy science fiction detective legend

1. Performed on a stage:
2. Set in space:
3. Exciting and often involves danger:
4. Involves wizards and dragons:
5. Solving a crime:
6. An exciting suspense story:
7. Fictional and about people from the past:
8. A love story:

Phrasal verbs

2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs.

1. I borrowed a book from the library and have to…………………………….it……………….. in two

weeks.
2. Laura Gallego´s new novel………..last month. It´s great!
3. Can you………………………the address of the bookshop for me in my notebook, please?
4. If you don`t know the meaning,…………………………the word…………………..in a dictionary.
5. This is addictive. I can`t ……………….it……………………….

Adjective suffixes

3) Complete the descriptions with the adjectives below. Use the synonyms in brackets
to help you.

Anger – comic – courage – coward – resource – respect – sentiment – spite

1. In this children´s fantasy, there is a………………………………..(not brave) lion, a

………………………(emotional) tin man, who wants a heart, and a scarecrow without a
brain.
2. These famous legends tell the story of a king and his ……………………………………….(brave)
knights.
3. The …………………………….(funny) characters of this romantic comedy find that love turns
to hate and hate into love when they get lost in a forest.
4. This classical novel is set in 18th century England, when a ………………….(good) name was
more important than money.
5. The hero of this book is a ……………………………(practical) policeman who saves humanity
from machines. He is an………………………………………..(furious) man who hates robots!