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GENERAL ENGLISH · VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2-C1)

PATIENCE
AND WAITING

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1 Warm-up

Do you think you are a patient person? Why or why not?

2 Things that test your patience

Rank the things that might test your patience from 1 to 10, with 1 being the thing that annoys you
the most. Then compare your answers with a partner.

People who walk slowly

A slow internet connection

Taxi drivers who don’t know the best route

When your take-away delivery takes much

longer than they said
Backseat drivers

Being stuck in traffic

When people take the lift to the second floor

Having to re-explain yourself if someone doesn’t

understand
Internet pop-ups

When you have to wait for someone to answer

a message

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3 Patience and impatience

Put the adjectives below into the correct categories.

even-tempered forgiving grouchy irritable placid

restless testy tolerant touchy understanding

1. Characteristics of patient people:

2. Characteristics of impatient people:

Choose three adjectives from the activity. Tell a partner about someone you know that has each
characteristic.

4 Waiting and time verbs

Match the verbs to their definitions. Then complete the sentences below with the best verb in the
correct tense.

1. stall a. to make someone or something late

2. prolong b. to make someone wait somewhere to gain more time

3. remain c. to make something last longer

4. linger d. to put off something until a later time

5. defer e. to stay in the same place

6. delay f. to stay somewhere longer than is necessary

1. Hardly anyone remained in the town as the hurricane made it impossible.

2. "We need to him. He can’t arrive before we have set up for the surprise party!"
3. They haven’t made up their mind. The decision will probably be until next week.
4. "We were for five hours at the airport. I didn’t think we would ever get here".
5. "I would love to and have another coffee but I have to get back to work."
6. They didn’t want to the wait for the competitors so they announced the result
quickly.

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5 Expressions with patience

Complete the definitions with the verbs below.

exhaust lack lose require run out try

1. patience: to not have enough patience

2. someone’s patience: to do something annoying so someone else finds it difficult
not to get angry at you
3. of patience: to not have any patience left
4. your patience: to use up all your patience
5. your patience: be unable to keep your temper
6. patience: to need patience

Now, use the verbs to make your own sentences with ’patience’.
Example: The children have been behaving badly all day. They have exhausted my patience.

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6 Phrases

Match the underlined phrases to the definitions below.

1. "It will take a while to do the work properly. I’m sure you understand Rome wasn’t built in a day".
2. "Don’t get annoyed, I’m sure the plane will be here soon. Remember, patience is a virtue".
3. "There will be a better opportunity to tell them the news. You should bide your time."
4. "That’s a very complicated dish for a beginner to cook. Don’t try to run before you can walk".
5. "I am optimistic about the move but only time will tell how things will work out."
6. "Two years might seem like a long time but I believe good things come to those who wait".

a. don’t try to do something difficult before you have learned the basic skills
b. if you are patient you will be rewarded
c. the ability to wait for something without becoming impatient is a valuable quality
d. the truth or a result can only be known in the future
e. wait patiently for the right time to do something
f. you can’t expect to do something important in a short period of time

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7 Talking point

Work in pairs or small groups. Ask and answer the questions below.

1. When was the last time you ran out of patience?

2. Do you agree that ’good things come to those who wait’?
3. What do you think the expression ‘My patience is wearing thin’ means?
4. What things do you think require a lot of patience?
5. Do you think that ’patience is a virtue’?
6. Of everyone you know, who lacks patience the most?

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