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1) Read the texts and match people’s characteristics to people.
beautiful talented handsome smart rich intelligent
well-known attractive funny famous clever successful

A) Emma is a very famous artist. Her paintings are welcome in every gallery in the world. Emma is
a very hard-working person. Of course, she could draw quite good when she was small, but she had
studied hard in an art school for 7 years and painted every day to become so
_____________________.
B) Richard is very __________________. He works hard every day. He is a banker in the largest
bank of New York. He has got a big flat in Brooklyn, a house in suburbs and a yacht.
C) Marry is an amazing gymnast. She has already won many silver and gold medals. She was
working hard to achieve all of it, but she was really ________________. She has had a good stretch
since birth.
D) Thomas and Anna are very popular models. They are so successful because Anna is very
_______________ and Thomas is really __________________.
E) Andrew is an American comedian. Many people go to his stand-ups every year. He is very
famous! I think it’s because he is actually _________________.
F) Sam is a marine biologist. He has two degrees and works in a laboratory in Oxford. He is really
_____________ and _____________, and has already written an essay about whales. His boss and
also his best friend is Molly. She is also very _________________. She has been studying marine
life since she was 12 years old.
G) Lidia is very ___________________. She is so talkative that she has many friends. Everyone
thinks that she is very nice and kind.
H) Archie is a very ____________ writer. He writes a new book every year. He is very popular with
teenagers. I think we can say that he is ___________________.

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3) Open the brackets. Ask and answer the questions.

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6) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple 7) Ask and answer questions.
or the Present Perfect.

8) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple 9) Ask and answer questions.
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10) Use either as... as or not as... as in the sentences below.
a. This book is ____________________________ that book. (not / exciting)
b. Apples are _____________________________ pears. (delicious)
c. She is _______________________________ her mother. (not / famous)
d. Kelly is _______________________________ her sister. (not / generous)
e. Richard is _____________________________ Daniel. (tall)
f. This task is ____________________________ the one before. (not / difficult)
g. I am ___________________________ you are. (hungry)
h. Last year June was ______________________ August. (hot)
i. Camila is ____________________________ Sofia. (not / friendly)
j. Henry is ____________________________ his dad. (lazy)
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1) Match the films to their types. What are your favourite types of films?
comedy romance fantasy animation science fiction thriller adventure

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