Vocabulary Unit 1

1 Write adverbs of degree in the table.

4 Imagine what the people below are doing at the

moment. Write affirmative (9) or negative (8)
present continuous sentences.

zzzzz

(1) i___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

zzzz

(2) r___ ___ ___ ___

(3) v___ ___ ___

1 (8) The Spanish prime minister ______________

zzz

(4) q___ ___ ___ ___

2 (9) My favourite actor ______________________

zz

(5) n___ ___ v___ ___ ___

(6) a b___ ___

_________________________________________ .
_________________________________________ .
3 (9) My best friend __________________________
_________________________________________ .

2 Order the words to make sentences. Use the

adverbs of degree from exercise 1 and the
present simple form of the verbs.
1 zzzz sometimes / be / funny / this programme
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
2 zzzzz always / beautiful / look / Jessica

4 (8) The other students in my class ___________

______________________________________.
5 (8) I __________________________________
______________________________________.
5 Correct the mistakes. Two sentences are
correct.
1 We dont getting up early every day.

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

3 zzzz not eat / I / late / usually

2 I am never listening to her when she complains.

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

4 zzz a lot / usually / James / eat

3 What are you thinking about Jens personality?

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

5 z occasionally / Vicky / sad / feel / can

4 Who is sitting next to you today?

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

___________________________________________

__________________________________________

6 zzzz hardly ever / talkative / they / be

___________________________________________
___________________________________________
3 Write present continuous questions for the
answers.
1 __________________________________________?

5 The boys tease Ben because hes got a black

eye.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
6 She doesnt like him because hes arrogant.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

Im reading a magazine.
2 __________________________________________?
No, he isnt because he hasnt got any

7 Im eating in a restaurant about three times a

year.
__________________________________________

homework today.
3 __________________________________________?

__________________________________________

Theyre talking to the teacher.

4 __________________________________________?
Shes crying because she failed the maths exam.

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Vocabulary Unit 1
1 Complete the word puzzle with the personality
adjectives in the box. Then find the mystery
adjective by reordering the letters in the grey
boxes and tick (9) the correct definition.
creative determined disruptive loyal
paranoid pessimistic sensitive studious
1 A ______ person works very hard at school.
2 A ______ person always thinks that bad things

3 Match 16 with verbs of similar meaning af.

1 cry

a grin

2 hug

b giggle

3 laugh

c weep

4 complain

d cuddle

5 smile

e brag

6 boast

moan

4 Choose the correct words.

will happen.
3 A ______ person works hard to get what they

1 Ella started to brag / grin when she heard the

good news.

want.
4 A ______ person thinks nobody likes them.
5 A ______ person causes trouble and arguments.
6 A ______ person will always be a good friend.
7 A ______ person has good ideas for new things.
8 A ______ person gets upset easily.

2 You always start giggling / cuddling before

I finish the joke!
3 Karen is staring / sulking because we ate all
the chocolate.
4 Dan is bragging / weeping to everyone about
his new mp3 player.

5 What a sad story. I want to grin / weep!

6 Youre always giggling / moaning. Whats

wrong now?

7 My baby brother always cuddles / moans his

teddy in bed.

8 Why are you joking / staring at that boy?

5 Complete the text with the verbs in the box.

7
8
Mystery word: An ____________ person

bragging cuddled giggle

grinning moaned weeping

a doesnt have much experience of life.

Grandma and Grandad were back after a long

b gives lots of presents and money to charity.

holiday in Australia. We went to the airport to meet

them. When they saw us, we all felt so happy we

2 Read the descriptions of peoples behaviour.

Then write an adjective from exercise 1.
1 Lindy thinks her best friend is laughing about her
with another girl. Lindy is ______________.
2 Dominic often shouts at people in lessons. The

couldnt stop (1) _____________. Then Grandma ran

towards us and (2) _____________ us. It was lovely
to be near her again. Grandad started
(3) _____________ about his suntan. Look how
brown I am! he said, again and again. In the car he

teachers cant continue. Dominic is

made us (4) _____________ with his Australian

______________.

jokes, but Grandma was fed up with them. Thats

3 Jessica spends hours on her homework and

the tenth time Ive heard that joke! she

revising for exams. Jessica is ______________.

(5) _____________. My younger sister Chloe was a

4 Tina is always there for me when I need someone

bit upset. Shes a sensitive girl, and although she

to talk to. Tina is ______________.

5 My mother writes beautiful poems and paints
very well. My mother is ______________.

was happy to see her grandparents again, she

started (6) _____________ in the back of the car.
Were home again now, said Grandma. Be happy.
Dont be sad.

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