1. Choose the correct answers to complete the horoscopes.
Find out what is going to happen in your life with this week’s horoscope!
Answer
1 industrious 2 sympathetic 3 cautious 4 insecure
5 outgoing 6 creative
2. Put the adjectives below in the correct columns.
bad-tempered bossy considerate creative cruel
outgoing quick-witted selfless self-satisfied
spontaneous stingy untrustworthy
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Negative |
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Answer
Positive considerate, creative, outgoing, quick-witted, selfless, spontaneous
Negative bad-tempered, bossy, cruel, stingy, self-satisfied, untrustworthy
3. Listen to four descriptions. Match the adjectives below with descriptions 1-4. There are two extra adjectives.
cruel judgemental spontaneous stingy stubborn vain
Speaker 1 …………………………
Speaker 2 …………………………
Speaker 3 …………………………
Speaker 4 …………………………
Answer
Speaker 1 judgemental
Speaker 2 vain
Speaker 3 spontaneous
Speaker 4 stubborn
Transcript
See exercise 4.
4. Listen again and choose the correct answers (a-c).
1 The speaker thinks that Kevin is ……..
a untrustworthy b bossy c considerate
2 Olivia’s behaviour suggests she could be ……..
a cruel b cautious c insecure
3 The speaker suggests that his grandmother is ……..
a judgemental b sympathetic c shrewd
4 When people disagree with Max, he becomes ……..
a bad-tempered b cautious c cruel
Answer
1 a 2 c 3 b 4 a
Transcript
1
Kevin is very quick to think negative things about people. Even when he talks about his best friend, he always tells you about his faults. And if somebody hasn’t got any faults, he invents them, so you can’t always believe what he says.
2
Olivia can’t go past a mirror without looking at herself in it. She always worries about her appearance. I was in town with her the other day and she spent the whole time looking at her own reflection in the shop windows!
3
You never know what will happen when you visit my grandmother. She’ll suddenly decide to go to the zoo or to try and make some dish we’ve seen on a cooking show. She’s fun! She’s also great when you’ve got a problem as she’ll always listen carefully and is really kind.
4
I’ve never met a person like Max. Even when he knows he’s wrong, he seems incapable of admitting it. What’s worse, he gets angry with anyone who suggests he’s mistaken.
5. Replace the underlined words in the text with the adjectives below.
considerate eccentric passionate pushy quick-witted shrewd
My grandfather can seem 1a bit unusual in an amusing way at times …………………………., but he says he just think differently. In fact, he’s very 2good at understanding people and judging situations …………………………. and 3able to reply quickly to ideas that he doesn’t agree with in a clever way …………………………. . Sometimes he can seem 4unpleasant when he really wants something …………………………., but really, he just 5showing his strong feelings about things that he likes …………………………. . However, when people get to know him, they all agree that he is a 6kind and helpful …………………………. man.
Answer
1 eccentric 2 shrewd 3 quick-witted 4 pushy
5 passionate 6 considerate
6. Complete the sentences with the words below.
hard open quick self thick well
1 The students are always ………………………….-behaved in their English class.
2 Amber isn’t very ………………………….-minded and she doesn’t like trying new things.
3 Sean is usually quite ………………………….-working, but he didn’t study a lot for these exams.
4 He’s ………………………….-witted and he gave fast answers to the questions in the test.
5 You need to be ………………………….-skinned to be a politician.
6 Max is ………………………….-confident, but he knows talent is not enough to succeed.
Answer
1 well 2 open 3 hard 4 quick 5 thick 6 self
7. Complete the sentences with compound adjectives.
1 We went to a restaurant with Andy last night and he was rude and unpleasant to everyone! He’s always been b__________-m__________.
2 You’d have to be very t__________-s__________ not to be upset by his insensitive remarks.
3 She devotes all her time to her training. She’s very ambitious and s__________-m__________ when it comes to achieving her goals.
4 We saw a romantic comedy at the theatre last weekend which was fun and quite l__________-h__________.
5 Lily was very s__________-c__________ before the exam because she’d studied a lot and knew she would do well.
6 I’ve met quite a few relaxed people in my life, but I’ve never known anyone as e__________-g__________ as Mark.
Answer
1 bad-mannered 2 thick-skinned 3 single-minded
4 light-hearted 5 self-confident 6 easy-going
Extra exercises
1. Choose the correct answers (a-c) to complete the sentences.
1 My aunt’s rather …….. . She wears very weird clothes.
a cautious b eccentric c industrious
2 Thanks for waiting. It was really …….. of you.
a stingy b passionate c considerate
3 Mark’s quite a …….. businessman. He tends to make good decisions.
a critical b selfless c shrewd
4 Patricia’s so …….. ! She’s always looking at herself in the mirror.
a vain b cruel c affectionate
5 My friends weren’t very …….. when my budgie died. They just laughed!
a bossy b sympathetic c outgoing
6 You’re so …….. ! I wish you were a bit more flexible.
a stubborn b spontaneous c creative
Answer
1 b 2 c 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 a
2. Complete the sentences with compound adjectives formed from the words below.
behave go mind skin temper work
1 Nobody in my family likes visiting my grandfather. He’s really ………………………..
2 I’m quite ……………………….. , so I don’t usually get upset if people are rude to me.
3 Those children are very ……………………….. . They do exactly what they’re told.
4 My parents never judge people. They’re really ………………………..
5 She studies for four hours every night. She’s very ………………………..
6 Nothing seems to bother my best friend. She’s very ………………………..
Answer
1 bad-tempered 2 thick-skinned 3 well-behaved
4 open-minded 5 hard-working 6 easy-going
3. Complete the sentences with a suitable media word.
1 The paparazzi are always invading people’s ………………………..
2 The singer sued the newspaper for ……………………….. after the article it published about her.
3 Press ……………………….. are in charge of what can and cannot be reported in the news.
4 Investigative ……………………….. has led to a number of political scandals being revealed recently.
5 Celebrities are always in the public ………………………..
6 Privacy ……………………….. prevented the identity of the victim from being released.
Answer
1 privacy 2 libel 3 regulators 4 journalism 5 eye 6 laws
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