WEEK 1

16 – 20 MARCH 2020

VOCABULARY AND WORD BUILDING

FEELINGS AND OPINIONS

I CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE WORD OR PHRASE IN EACH SENTENCE:

1. When Dick saw his neighbour kick his dog, he became angry/nervous.
2. Sue wasn’t really interested/interesting in the film.
3. We were both afraid/anxious that we would miss the plane.
4. Please accept our faithful/sincere congratulations.
5. I wish you wouldn’t snap your fingers. It’s very annoying/worrying.
6. Your friend Judith is extremely attractive/striking.
7. You’re not scared/thrilled of spiders, are you?
8. If we forget to do our homework, our teacher gets cross/terrifying.
9. Tim completely lost his temper. He was absolutely furious/upset.
10. Your written work is full of careless/naughty mistakes.

II REPLACE THE WORD OR WORDS UNDERLINED WITH ONE OF THE WORDS

FROM THE LIST:

CONFUSED, DELIGHTFUL, FASCINATING, IRRITATING, SCARED, DEPRESSED,

DULL, GLAD, NAUGHTY, UPSET

1. I’m afraid the children have been very badly-behaved today. _naughty_
2. I felt a bit frightened when I went into the dark room. _scared_
3.Jean was very unhappy when her kitten was run over. _depressed_
4. The film we saw last night was rather boring. _dull_
5. This is a really interesting book. You must read it _fascinating_
6. I’m so happy that Helen got the job she wanted. _glad_
7. Sometimes when I hear the news I feel very miserable. _depressed_
8. He is always interrupting everyone! It’s very annoying. _irritating_
9. We had a wonderful evening with some Scottish friends. _delightful_
10. Sorry I gave you the wrong tickets. I got a bit mixed up. _confused_