University of Guayaquil

Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social and Political Sciences

Name: Kathya Solórzano Rosado

Date: 14/12/2021

Teacher: Dennis Calderon Rodriguez

Course: 7-3

1. Put the words in the box in the correct categories. Listen and check

Far – reaching forward-thinking highly respected life-changing middle-aged

Open-minded record-breaking slow-moving time-consuming well-educated

Adjective / adverb + Adjective / adverb / noun Noun + adjective/ present

present participle + past/participle participle
Good - looking Old – fashioned World - famous
Self-centered

2. Complete the sentences with the correct options.

1) That dress is very old-fashioned / middle – aged. It´s totally out of style

compared to your other clothes!

2) It´s really slow-moving / time-consuming to do my homework. I´m not good

at math

3) When I meet new people, I always try to be open-minded / well educated,

even when I don´t think I like them

 4) My manager is very forward-thinking / record-breaking – he has some very

innovative ideas

5) People who are highly respected / self-centered only consider what is

important for them

6) A world-famous / far-reaching novelist spoke at our school yesterday. But I

´d never heard of him

7) When Emily was over 50, she made a life-changing / middle-ages decision

and moved to China

8) His decision to leave his job had far-reaching / forward-thinking

consequences for his family.

3. What do sentences 1-10 mean? Choose the correct option, a or b. Listen and

check

1) I can´t wait to meet her. I won´t get a second chance.

a. I´m really looking forward to meeting her

b. I might meet her one day. but not now

2) I was hoping for something better

a. I was pleased

b. I wasn´t pleased

3) His performance really impressed me

a. I thought it was very good

b. I didn´t think it was very good

4) She made a good first impression on me

a. Before I got to know her well, I liked her

b. After I got to know her well, I liked her

 5) My brother says he can´t live without his cell phone

a. He doesn´t mind not having it with him

b. He hates not having it with him

6) The experiment was a failure because we failed to follow instructions

a. It worked

b. It didn´t work

7) I expected the food to be better, but had to lower my expectations

a. It was as good as I´d hoped

b. It wasn´t as good as I´d hoped

8) The service met my expectations.

a. It was what I expected

4. Notice the forms of the nouns and verbs. Complete the chart with words from
exercise 1. Listen and check

Verb Noun
Disappoint
Failure
Succeed
Expectation
impress

5. Complete the review with the correct form of the words in the box.

Impress expect wait succeed hope disappoint fail

Commercially speaking, the band´s last album was a big ________, as it sold

millions of copies. But, to me, it was a huge ______ and_______ to meet my

______. This time, though, I´m ______ for something much better, and I think the
new album will be great. I just heard the first single from the album on the radio,

and it made a good first _______ on me. I can´t ______ to hear the whole album,

which comes out next month.