UNIT

1 Vocabulary

Describing people 5 Olivia was really excited about entering

the soccer competition.
1 Match personality adjectives 1–6 with their 
opposites a–f.
1 pleasant a kind 6 When Theo saw the fire, he didn’t go
into the building.
2 funny b unfriendly

3 unkind c careless
4 noisy d unpleasant 7 Liam didn’t get angry or upset when he
5 careful e quiet lost his phone.
6 friendly f boring 

8 Ellie always arrives on time and does what

Personal qualities she says she will do.
2 Find 11 personal qualities in the 
word square.

E B T A L E N T E D R R Helping others
T N C R H X S K T P H E 4 Choose the correct option.
D E T N S E C M I U O L
1 make a campaign/a difference
Q C Z H M I O Q O L T I
2 achieve a goal/an award
E K B A U W N A E N A A
A U E R E S F R S R E B 3 gain the world/knowledge
K P I D A H I C E G S L 4 change a difference/society
M N L W E V D A N J C E 5 start an online petition/a goal
V A F O D T E L S I U L 6 support other people/the world
W Y C R J S N M I T R E 7 win knowledge/an award
O M G K P Z T C B P I T 8 encourage an online petition/a friend
P A T I E N T X L T O C
5 Complete the sentences with phrases
S T V N R H U B E N U L
from exercise 4.
Y F M G E N E R O U S B
1 Maddy wants to _____________________
start an online petition
3 Choose words from exercise 2 to describe and ask people to sign it.
the people. 2 One way everyone can _________ and
1 Josh never feels worried or scared and he help reduce pollution is to stop using so
believes in his own abilities. much plastic.
conf ident 3 Do you think the school will _________
from the government for its
2 Izzy is very interested in everything and environmental work?
always asks lots of questions. 4 The internet is a great place to _________
about what is happening in the world.
3 My aunt always sends me amazing and 5 You can ask your friends and family to help
expensive presents for my birthday. you _________ that’s important to you.
6 The objective of the campaign is to
_________ for the better.
4 Prakash is great at singing and dancing.

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