Name

Date

Unit 7
Sitcom: What do you think of this color?
Scene 1

A. Complete each statement with the correct answer.

1. The first color Cheryl shows in the 4. Cheryl does not like the color Bob picks for the
video is . apartment because .
a. tomato red a. she has too many plants
b. berry red b. it is the color of her sofa
c. deep red c. the room would be too dark
2. Bob wants Cheryl to . 5. Bob tells Cheryl she could .
a. paint the walls white a. buy a new carpet
b. leave the walls just the way they are b. paint the table yellow
c. move to a new apartment c. change the color of the sofa
3. Bob, Marie, and Paul all like . 6. At the end of the video episode, Cheryl .
a. yellow a. decides not to repaint her apartment
b. tomato red b. still has not chosen a color
c. green c. says yellow is a good color

B. Complete the conversations with the gerunds or infinitives you hear.

I don’t feel like at Quit . How about

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any more colors. this one?

1.

I can’t stand This one? Be sure

at it. Do you plan carefully.

this all night?

2.

C. Complete the conversation with the words from the box.

sad about     excited about    tired of     happy about

Cheryl: I’m looking at yellow walls.

1.
Bob: Fine. Can you at least choose a color we’ll all be ?
2.
Cheryl: There is no color you all like. Paul’s feeling everything, Marie’s feeling
3.
everything, and you just seem to hate color, don’t you Bob?
4.
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 Name Date

Unit 7
Sitcom: What do you think of this color?
Scene 2

A. Complete the sentences. Circle the correct words.

1. Paul got the name Dr. Cheer (at school / from Bob).
2. Paul enjoys (cheering people up / laughing at people).
3. Paul says he laughs at (people / nothing).
4. Marie says it’s not in her nature to (choose to laugh / be down in the dumps).
5. In the end (laughing / a chocolate bar) helps Marie feel better.

B. Complete the conversation with the words from the box.

feeling out of sorts       down in the dumps       put my finger on it       feeling blue

Cheryl: Marie, you’ve been so quiet. Are you OK?

Marie: I’m just a little .
1.
Cheryl: Oh, I’m sorry. We’ve been arguing about colors and you’re .
2.
Paul: What’s wrong, Marie?
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Marie: Don’t know. I can’t . I’ve just been .

3. 4.

C. Read each statement. Then circle the response you hear.

Don’t worry. I can help. Dr. Cheer a. What now, Dr. Cheer?
is here. b. Doctor who?

1.

I practice laughing every day. a. Laughing at what?

b. It’s not in my nature.

2.

a. How do you do that?

I just choose to laugh.
b. You just decide to laugh?

3.

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 Name Date

Unit 7
Interview: How would you describe your personality?

A. Complete each sentence with the correct name.

Maiko Alvino Cortyan Lorayn
1. smiles a lot, like his mother.
2. has one brother and three sisters.
3. has a brother and a sister.
4. thinks birth order does not have an effect on personality.

B. Check each statement True or False.

True False
1. Alvino and his mother have the same personality. o o
2. Cortyan’s sisters are quiet and calm. o o
3. Cortyan has a different personality from her sisters. o o
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4. Lorayn’s brother is the oldest child and the only boy in her family. o o
5. Lorayn’s parents treated all their children the same. o o

C. Complete the sentences. Circle the correct words.

1. Alvino is (an outgoing / a shy) person.
2. Cortyan is (an excited / a calm) person.
3. Lorayn’s brother was able to go to (concerts / parties) at an earlier age than she and her
sister were.
4. Alvino says that the youngest child in a large family gets a lot of (money / clothes).

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