Vocabulary

Module 4
I. Cross out the odd word:
1. bring up children, retire, get a job, get promoted;
2. get a degree, fail your exams, get engaged, start school;
3. rent a house, break up, leave house, move house;
4. be dismissed, get a job, be fired, be sacked;
5. get engaged, get married, remarry, get divorced.
II. Match the word on the left with the definition on the right:
1. Fail a) to start to love each other;
2. Break up b) an effect of one person or thing on another;
3. Fall in love c) be unsuccessful in (an examination, test, or interview);
4. Attitude d) to end up a relationship with someone;
5. Influence e) the way that you think and feel about something,
especially when this shows in the way you behave;
III. Insert the missing word from the box (mind the right tense form of the verbs):
facial expressions personality looks opinions identical
similarities influence get promoted get engaged
move house fall out of love have children leave home
1. It’s not very often easy to explain why families often break up. Some people just
explain that they can no longer live together as they have just
__________________________________.
2. - These two boys have the same __________________________________.
- What do you mean?
- Well, for example they both smile the same way… They have other
_____________________: the colour of the eyes and the shape of their chins.
- No wonder! They are twins. But they are not ____________________. That’s why
their ______________ are a bit different.
3. – Who has _____________________ your character?
- It was my granddad who made the biggest impression on me. He always taught me
how to act in difficult and stressful situations. He always had respect for other
people’s ________________ but could always defend his own views. So I can say, he
brought up my _________________________.
4. – When are you planning to ____________________________, Lucy?
- Oh, Pam, it’s too early to talk about that. Me and Paul
__________________________ only a week ago!
5. – As soon as Ben ____________________________ we’ll have enough money to
______________________.
- And I haven’t changed my flat since I _____________________________________
when I was 16.
 Vocabulary
Module 4
I. Cross out the odd word:
1. bring up children, retire, get a job, get promoted;
2. get a degree, fail your exams, get engaged, start school;
3. rent a house, break up, leave house, move house;
4. be dismissed, get a job, be fired, be sacked;
5. get engaged, get married, remarry, get divorced.
II. Match the word on the left with the definition on the right:
1. Fail a) to start to love each other;
2. Break up b) an effect of one person or thing on another;
3. Fall in love c) be unsuccessful in (an examination, test, or interview);
4. Attitude d) to end up a relationship with someone;
5. Influence e) the way that you think and feel about something,
especially when this shows in the way you behave;
III. Insert the missing word from the box (mind the right tense form of the verbs):
facial expressions personality looks opinions identical
similarities influence get promoted get engaged
move house fall out of love have children leave home
1. It’s not very often easy to explain why families often break up. Some people just
explain that they can no longer live together as they have just
__________________________________.
2. - These two boys have the same __________________________________.
- What do you mean?
- Well, for example they both smile the same way… They have other
_____________________: the colour of the eyes and the shape of their chins.
- No wonder! They are twins. But they are not ____________________. That’s why
their ______________ are a bit different.
3. – Who has _____________________ your character?
- It was my granddad who made the biggest impression on me. He always taught me
how to act in difficult and stressful situations. He always had respect for other
people’s ________________ but could always defend his own views. So I can say, he
brought up my _________________________.
4. – When are you planning to ____________________________, Lucy?
- Oh, Pam, it’s too early to talk about that. Me and Paul
__________________________ only a week ago!
5. – As soon as Ben ____________________________ we’ll have enough money to
______________________.
- And I haven’t changed my flat since I _____________________________________
when I was 16.