Unit 1 Vocabulary practice 

Relationships 4 I really visiting new places and

meeting new people. I always have a great time!
1 Read the text and complete the sentences with the
names of types of relationships. 5 John says he to play tennis, but he
never has time.
My name’s Tom and I share a flat in London with Kevin.
I met Kevin because he’s going out with my cousin, Sara.
Sara and I work for the same company. Actually, it’s a family Vocabulary extra
business and it’s owned by my dad and Sara’s mum.
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the list.
When I’m not working, I spend most of my time playing
football. I’m in the same team as Dave, a guy who I used to bald glamorous freckled pale thick
be in the same class with at school. When we were kids, he well-dressed wrinkled
lived in the house next door to mine and now we’re almost A man who hasn’t got any hair on his head is bald.
as close as brothers.
1 A person who’s has got small
Kevin is Tom’s flatmate. brown spots on his or her skin, especially the face.
1 Sara is Kevin’s . 2 An older person who’s got lots of small lines on his or
2 Sara is Tom’s at work. her face is .
3 Tom’s dad is one of Tom’s and also 3 Spanish people think that northern Europeans have got
his at work. skin.
4 Dave used to be Tom’s 4 Someone who’s attractive in an exciting, special way is
and , and now he is his .
. 5 If someone has got lots of hair, we say it is
.
Appearance and personality 6 Someone who wears attractive, stylish clothes is
2 Complete the sentences with suitable adjectives. .
If you … 5 Rewrite the sentences. Use suitable nouns, phrasal
sunbathe a lot, you get tanned. verbs and idioms / expressions to replace the
underlined words.
1 tell the truth, people will say you are
. I’m Chloë’s cousin.
2 don’t comb your hair and wear very casual clothes, I’m related to Chloë.
people will say you are . 1 It’s good to have a strong belief in your own abilities.
3 get upset easily, you are probably quite
. 2 I admire my older sister.
4 aren’t very tall or short, you’re of .
5 never do any work, you’re . 3 I met and made friends with Katie in the summer.
6 haven’t got a moustache or a beard, you’re
or female! 4 I am very similar to my father.

Verb + -ing form / to infinitive 5 Jack’s impoliteness has caused problems at times.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a

suitable verb.
Although I’m on a diet, I can’t resist eating chocolate!
1 Harry would
school team, but he can’t
training. He hates it!
2 I can’t
looking forward to it.
3 Alice
she goes to university.
to play for the
going to
to go to New York. I’m really
to study engineering when
6 I argued with David.
7 I haven’t seen Ben for ages.
8 I’ve got the same interests as Olivia.
9 He took me to meet Maria at the party.
10 His worst characteristic is the need to always tell
people what to do.

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