m1 2 Exercises Wek pte cola sel(ish trea, nie Aa the missing worth oth and others’ characters. ¥ e letters to a: T tknow that howe a tendency to eA a grudge, but | just can't forget something bad! a friend did to me recently. She has a selfish s and doesn't care sometimes how much she WKS. my feelings. | am finding it increasingly hard to ‘my temper with her. But perhaps it might be better to 4 my temper and let her know how I really feel? silvia M. have always tried to pl others first and not to think of myself. believe you should not lose your ONE... with ‘your friends, but if someone seems to enjoy 2 fool out of you in front, of other people, do those rules of friendship still apply? Stefan? 3 {ma little shy, though not pcxfull impression that I'm unfriendly= How cn | Convince people that Fm good conpiean} and worth getting to know? Tom W. the are sometimes given the ns in A describe negatives aspects of character? Nopceasun, ke SPs Koeer ers are discussing theit rst letter. 4 Should talk about personal matters 0 ™y Closest colleague at work? She isnot very good at FRUPING secrets and she has a very vivid... imagination. She always proms not to tel oer people but Fin not sure she always P- her word. Jan. 5. My boyfriend has a really. Stench ‘oud oping)... personality and 9 gr SetBr? ofnumour Hes Wats. intelligent and has a .CA2Ct._-sharp mind. ‘The perfect man. We've been together now for a year, and I like him a lot, but don’t love him any more. Should I be = honest with him and tell him? lydia T. 6 | think a friend is destroying himself swith drugs. feel a SENSE of responsibilty towards him, He ha alvays been rail cya to me in good and bad tines Sha wonder ep of hit personality | ee! ought to contact the police o soca series, but dont want to make 8 s00p decsion which Il regret late! Gary. 17.3 Complete B's remarks in these conversations so that they mean more or less the same as A, 11.4 using collocations from the opposite page. 1 A: Bob’s found it hard to agcept psycholoy Yes, he's found it hard 40_CONB. kD No, it's true, He just can’t ...~ : Well, Sara Yes, it certainly Wengale She always has very, highsexy : Yes, she always S@\.._ Sam started screaming and sfamping hi B; Well, two-year-olds often .. 1... where word has the meaning of promise? 2... where temper relates to behaviour? Kevin's problem is he can’t laugh when people play jokes on him. behaviour las pia EERIE ic ok shou bx Tar tne choselt or agit Bagi salt il. eed derch ion cally the fact that he’s now divorced. é _. with his new situation, can he? when I tried ro put,him to bed. S.a.dastinat. whan. J 9cielngt. ped Qi Look in your dictionary. Can you find any other collocations ... to bid 3... where sense of ... relates to an aspect of character? English Colocations in Use 39 Scanned with CamScanner18.2 | | | | Exercises Pac the wor th feel ‘Aor Cum py | Stender chad, Seo 1 Which words could be used to describe someot > 2 Which word is likely to be used of a rather physically awkward young person? ¥ Which word meany “fat but in a pleasant way"? dual 4 Which word is more likely to be used to describe a mari rather than a woman? § Which word is more likely to he used to describe a woman rather than a man? poctLy in the first box below with the nouns in the second box. Look at B, Then match the adje Son aia, GES gens tae dt eRhs AY RA BAR, YOM liBtle RR “M tots © inSae~ sad EL op aE Fill the gaps with appropriate collocations, You are sometimes given the first letcer(s). hadn't seen Will since he was just a (1) tint)... COt.._...--». , $0 | was surprised to see that he was now a tall young man, He'was (2) immaculately. grove: smart and elegant, He was with a pretty young woman with (3) j. black; (4) shoulder-. hair and a (5) Ieval4..... vamp, + She could have. been a model, ghd had such a (6) str Ai apl He had his arm round her (7) sl watch... Wit them was a (8) poril eG _ who looked a5 though hé enjoyed good food, and who was pr J introduced myself to Will, he smiled. ‘Of course, | remember you,’ he said. "You used to work with my father. But you haven't aged at all! You have a much more (9) youd a ‘than my father now does. Dad has (10) .. Wess... very rey" fettyerypldssed where said tha: he obviously didnt notice | was beginning 10 (11) 90... bald. Everyone likes to think they look young when they get older. Use the words from the box to fill the gaps to give contrasting meanings. round coarse upturned fair pointed straight. «dark sleek 1 Her hair's not afte it's quite LAaOK, in fact it’s almost black, 2 She has an. ae tok bu er brother as a hrorgt.. pose, 3 Her mother ata. PAK face but her father hapa FON — face 4 My hair isso. corS2.__ and ugly; Sally’s is so ....SL@2k..... and lovely. Fg Find a description of the hero or heroine in an English novel or shi Ne Le n aes mart an jort story. Note down ar ‘teresting colocations that you find there, my a Cea aa English Collocatons in Use 41 Scanned with CamScanneree A Compete the ‘Planks with the verbs ko, come, oly cn, ~ 82 sen | \ \ | — OPK onswsnerves Hidot Jer tet et ottsbsback COME totems with Xe reety 1 Neepth snr Mga teeetce QE invotroatie F thesack QR tot —-DerraBs over netop get — am QeX — nnaney “ed tnejoe Comma. event B comptet ‘the sentences with the collocations / expressions in th 10x below. 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You can imagine how exctting my ited) gS become. B pattne verbsin brackets into the Past Simple, Past Progressive, Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive and complete the boxes with the time words below. Use each time word only once. tay alpha snyder si etch (cook) her favourite dish because | ‘want to surprise her. 3 she _\igets Conn (come)into the kitchen, she couldn't believe her eyest tooki sw Sa vm eae oe Hormy black bet “GAG {GY mepast hour and oxen ——Rourd —*trortnoe, “Bo Dil you Re (see) it anywhere? Mother: No, but think you aren Scanned with CamScannerB complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given unchanged. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. 1 We last went abroad a tong time ago. we. Nove. viet ggn2choord for___along time. not 2. When did they start living in the suburbs? have How Fraysse. Nea boos eng inthe suburbs? 3 It's the first time she has ever had problems with the authorities. trouble she Nias Meyer hac\ withthe authorities before. 4 When Carl was young, he went toa holiday camp every summer. used — When Carl was young, he _ Used 40. p. 4. a holiday camp every summer. 5 After the earthquake, the government supplied food and medicine to the homeless. MI food and medicine. Provided After the earthquake, the government 6 Lucy hasn't visited me since Februar Was Thelast 508, in February. 7 How long has he had this car? $ dete sence. Ya _longht __this cara bought Howlong _ 8 haven't caught a cold for ages. down Last _ Come. down vail th cold_cikmtases ago. Scanned with CamScanner