Vocabulary What’s up? Ican describe feelings and emotions. 11 Match the adjectives below with sentences 1-6. amused ashamed content envious furious stunned 1 ‘Yd prefer not to talk aboutit.'m stillin a state of shock: 2. ‘That was really funny! couldn't stop laughing!” 3 ‘Tvenever been treated like this before! shall be speaking to the manager!’ __ 4 ‘Anybody could have done it. She was just lucky! 5 ‘We were very pleased with our presentation. 6 ‘How could | have forgotten her name? I feel so embarrassed aboutit!’ 2 Replace the underlined adjectives in the text with the adjectives below. disappointed indecisive miserable thrilled upbeat WILDERNESS PevS PC ET FORUM! We were ‘really exited when the storm started, | bot we became anxious when the storm went on for along time. We felt very unsure ___ and did't know what todo. ‘Should we stay under the tres or head back to camp? Jack was quite posite —__ about the ‘ews that we were going to have a new leader, but the rest of us were ‘really sad But when ‘we were told thatthe new leader was inexperienced, even Jack felt et dowr 3. Choose the correct adjectives to complete the sentences. 1. We felt upbeat / humiliated after losing the match against our biggest rivals 10-0! 2 My mum says she feels frustrated / anxious inherjob because she can't achieve what she wants. 3 | was ritated / thrilled by Sara's constant questions about my private ie ‘4 The students were furious / eager to volunteer for the project, after the head teacher's motivational speech. 5 Amy is envious / disillusioned of my new coat and she wishes that she had boughtit first! 6 Harry has bad memories of his childhood and heis very enthusiastic /bitter about it Match the adjectives below with definitions 1-6. bitter disillusioned exasperated grateful hysterical stressed, 1 Feelingirritated and angry about a situation that you can't do anythingabout.__ 2. Feelingglad and relieved about something in your life. 3. Feelingextremely worried and nervous about something, especialy something you are expected todo. 4 Unable to control your feelings because of extreme fear or exciternent, 5 Feeling unhappy because you discover the truth about someone or something. 6 Feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or treatment. Match 1-10 with a-j to make idioms. 1 lose a your top 2 blow bb two minds about something, 3 beon ¢ onyournerves 4 begreen d your hairout 5 bedown e face 6 bein f edge 7 beover g with envy 8 betearing fh in the dumps 9 something gets 1. soulinto something, 10 putyourheart and J themoon IB Listen to four conversations. Complete the sentences with idioms from exercise 5. 1 Jacksayshe______ about goingto Sams party. 2 Annsayss about her exam results 3 Theboy says that Meg's complaining. 4 twan_ “about not getting the summerjob, ne MBH Listen again and choose the correct answers (a-c). 1 If Jack doesn't goto Sam's party, Sam will _ a blowhistop b tearhis hair out € loseface 2 When Kate hears about Ann's results, she will _ a beonedge b beoverthe moon ¢ begreen with envy 3 The girl thinks that Meg_ fa tearsher hair out ¢ blowshertop 4 The boy says that Ewan was_about the interview he was goingto. a losingface ¢ tearing his hairout ‘over unimportant things. b isoverthe moon b onedgead . Grammar Comparison can make comparisons. 1 Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adverbs in brackets. 1 Whoworks__ (hard) out ofall the students in the clase? 2. Thereisn’t much traffic today, so we shoul arrive oon) than we expected. 3 Ifyouate 4, The Swiss tennis player performed (well) than his opponent and won the tournament. 5 Erikdid 6 The world’s population is growing, ast) t than at any point in history. 7 My grandparents’ house isn’t far, but my aunt lives. (near) of all my family. 2 Match 1-7 with a-g to make comparative sentences. 1 He'sfarmorehandsomein real a thecolderitwillbe. life b than fd wanted to, 2 The harder 3 I spent more this week ticket 4 The later you leave tonight, d than onT¥. 5 The sooner we book, € than it looks. f the bigger he gets! g thebetteryou'l do, work, the cheaper the i +3 Write the words in the correct order to make compara sentences. 1 that /one / than /is/ This / expensi 2- will /than / much / /taxi/bus / longer /tal 3 do/far /than / My /scarier/|/finds / brother / spiders 4 lot /cycling / energetic / Walking /is/ than /less /a § little planned / Her /than /a/she'd / shopping / took longer 6 today /even /be / tomorrow / hotter / Apparently / will than 7 news /you /surprised /\/the /less than / was / no /at 4 Choose the correct answers (a-c) to complete the sentences. 1 Aquarteris__ much as 25%, a nowhere nearas b almostas ¢ justas 2 Asecondis__longasa minute, a notquitezs —b nothinglikeas_¢ nearlyas 3 Eleven forty-five p.m. is_ late as midnight. a nearlyas b nowherenearas ¢ justas badly) than | did inthis month’stest day __{slowiy), you'd enjoy yourfood more! e 4 Ninety-eight cents is__much as a euro, a justas b notquiteas ——_€-nothinglike as 5 Spainis__cold as eeland, a nearly as b almostas © nowhere near as 6 TheUKis__bigas Russia, a almostas b nothinglikeas ¢ 5 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. t was the worst holiday 'd ever had dnever had a holiday as. 2 ifwewalkfast The 3 Fast food used to bele Fastfoodis__ used to be. 4 My jacket isnothing lke as comfortable as Your jacket i far. _ mine 55 Your brother's the same age as me. Your brothers ust am. 6 Indian fo English food is nothing, indian food, isfar spicier than English fo 6 Complete the text with the words below. ‘as far fewer like more nowhere than the filled, However, recent reports show that theyre near as dangerous as some people believe. Statistics for violent aime are nothing 2 as bad as they were twenty of thirty years ago. The chance of being robbed or murdered is much fower® itwas in the 1990s, when those crimes were far * common than they are today There are also sghty prope cies than ony yen 200, wth pf 28% geared yore soues Nannie «ity areas once considered ‘no-go zones are : more pleasant than they used tobe and cities generally are r ‘assafe?_______anywhere else in the world. The pro ofcourse thatthe more the media focuses onthe few Serious crimes, © more people become afraid 1a