mo 1 4 Hating wprvrrrrwr rw rrr rrr eee appal verb to make someone surprised, upset and angry by being shocking appalling adjective shocking awful adjective very bad complain verb especially to the person who is responsible for it detest verb to dislike something or someone very much disgust noun a feeling of strong dislike disgusting adjective shocking or revolting dislike 4 noun the feeling that you have when you dislike something or someone 2. verb not to like something or someone to say that you dislike something, Wy wCeeCm_—""" 0000p ZY “Wy Wi Vocabulary dread 1 noun the feeling that you have when you dread something 2 verb to feel a mixture of fear and dislike about something that is going to happen in the future dreadful adjective very bad enemy noun a person you hate frown 1 noun the look on your face when you frown 2 verb to move your face in a way that shows you are angry or not pleased 6s Scanned by CamScannergrimace 1 noun the look on your face when you grimace 2 verb to move your face in a way that shows you think something is horrible grumble verb to say that you dislike something, especially to yourself or to the people around you grumpy adjective always grumbling about things hate verb to dislike something or someone very much hatred noun the feeling that you have When you hate something or someone horrible adjective describing something that you dislike loathe verb to dislike something or someone very much loathing noun the feeling that you have when you loathe something or someone pet hate noun the thing you hate most of all revolting adjective (said of food, smells, etc) so horrible that it makes you feel sick scowl 1 noun the look on your face when you scowl 2 verb to move your face in a way that shows you are angry or not pleased shocking adjective (said of behaviour, news, etc) so bad that it makes you surprised, upset and angry terrible adjective very bad unpleasant adjective not nice worse adjective used instead of ‘more bad’ worst adjective used instead of ‘most bad’ Scanned by CamScannerCee] Choose the correct answer for each blank and write its number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the brackets provided. 4, No words are strong enough to express my (1) dislike (2) complaint (3) disgust (4) dread ( ) Kate took one mouthful of the soup and ____. It was far too salty. (1) scowled (2) smiled (3) frowned (4) grimaced () How do you expect me to read such ___ handwriting? (4) dreadful (2) shocking (3) worse (4) revolting () My father ____ to the manager about the poor service he had received, (1) grumbled (2) complained (3) spoke (4) talked ( ) The thought of going to the dentist fills her with (1) dislike (2) disgust (3) hatred (4) dread ( ) Itis _____ dress. | will not wear it! (1) an unpleasant (2) a horrible (3) a disgusting (4) a shocking () Tim does not just _______ ice cream, he detests it. (1) loathe (2) like (3) dislike (4) love ( ) people are hard to please. (1) Angry (2) Frowning (3) Unhappy (4) Grumpy ( ) 67 Scanned by CamScanner10. The children's rudeness ____ the shopkeeper. (1) appalled (2) surprised (3) angered (4) dreaded ( ) | am not sure which is ___: going shopping with my mother or staying at home to tidy my bedroom. (1) worst (2) horrible (3) worse (4) unpleasant ( ) Ey Choose the most suitable answer to replace the underlined word(s) and write its number in the brackets provided. 1. 68 ' do not know how you can eat that food. It smells disgusting. (1) unpleasant (2) revolting (3) hateful (4) rotten ( ) They were united by their loathing of their enemy. (1). dislike (2) hatred (3) disgust (4) hate ( ) The weather was awful yesterday. (1) disgusting (2) unpleasant (3) terrible (4) hateful ( ) We could tell by the scowl on his face that he was angry. (1) grimace (2) expression (3) look (4) frown () Your spelling is appalling! (1) shocking (2) dreadful (3) unpleasant (4) horrible ( ) Scanned by CamScannerey Choose the correct word(s) from the box and write its letter in each blank. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. (A) appalling (B) hates — (C) detested © (D) unpleasant (E) worse (F) enemy (G) likes (H) dreaded ()_ pet hate (J) worst Our dog Buster (1) ______ going to the vet. He does not know exactly what will happen when he gets there, but he is sure (from past experience) that it will be (2) ____. The vet is a very nice woman called Sue. She is a friend of my parents’, and Buster's greatest (3) ______. He always seems to know when we have booked an appointment, even though we are very careful not to mention the word ‘vet' in front of him. Sometimes we say V-E-T instead, spelling it out, but he is a very intelligent dog and knows exactly what we are talking about When the (4) _____. day arrives, Buster usually hides under one of our beds: always a different one, so that we cannot find him straight away. Last time he chose my bedroom to hide in. ‘Come on, Buster,’ | called. ‘I know this is the (5) ___ day of your life, but it will soon be over,’ 69 Scanned by CamScannerLido Fill each blank with the word(s) you think best. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. Tom was not very pleased to hear that Aunt Mary was coming for lunch. He did not hate his aunt, but he (1)____________ the way she behaved when she came to their house. Although his. mother was a good cook, Aunt Mary always found something to (2) about. One time she said the vegetables had been cooked for so long that they had lost their flavour. The next time she said she could not eat them because they were hard and undercooked. ‘And what is this sauce on the meat?’ she asked. ‘It tastes (3) _ = It was not just food that Aunt Mary grumbled about. Her (4) ______ was television. She said that the language and behaviour of the people in some of the programmes was (5) _____. Aunt Mary had never actually owned a television herself, but she had read about it in her newspaper, and that was enough for her. 70 Scanned by CamScanner