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ConsolidationFind ten adjectives in the wordsearch.

Put the words from Exercise 1 in the correctcolumn.

Physical appearance Personalitysociable

Write the correct adjective.

1. calm, not worried relaxed...................................

2. too heavy ..................................

3. easily hurt or offended ..................................

4. not short and not tall ..................................

5. does not lie or steal ..................................

6. makes you laugh ..................................

7. gives a lot (e.g. time or money) to help

people ..................................

8. quiet and sensitive ..................................

9. very attractive (usually a man) ........................

10. very attractive (usually a woman) ...................

11. timid ..................................

12. doesn’t say much..................................

13. always telling people what to do ....................

14. not big and not small ..................................

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ExtensionWhat do these sentences mean?

not very + opposite adjective

1. She’s not very tall. She’s short..............................................

2. They’re not very organised. They’re ...............................

disorganised............................................................................

3. He’s not very friendly.

...........................................................................

4. She’s not very punctual.

...........................................................................

5. He’s not very hard-working.

...........................................................................

6. He’s not very relaxed.

...........................................................................

7. She’s not very honest.

...........................................................................

8. They’re not very sensitive.

...........................................................................

Rewrite these sentences using not very.

1. He’s short. He’s not very tall..........................................................

2. He’s unsociable. ................................................

3. They’re boring. ..................................................

4. She’s unreliable. ................................................

5. They’re noisy. .....................................................

6. They tell lies. ......................................................

7. He’s very nervous. .............................................

8. She’s shy. ...........................................................

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Unit 1 Vocabulary

s o c i a b l e q w e d

k w l p o i u y t y r i

p j e h g f d s r a z s

r t s l i m m n e x c o

e y u i l o p b l b v r

t f d b a b z x i v n g

t s a l s d u c a b m a

y w q o f g h i b u i n

f h o n e s t j l k l i

g v n d q w e r e t t s

j k b e a u t i f u l e

m f r i e n d l y u y d

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ExtensionMatch the two parts of these free-time oreveryday activities.

1. brushing your jumping

2. surfing biking

3. sending online

4. going mountain- the Internet

5. going roller- blading

6. bungee text messages to friends

7. tidying your teeth

8. chatting room

Now match an activity from Exercise 3 toeach description.

An activity …

1. you do in the morning and after meals.

brushing your teeth...........................................................................

2. you do on a computer to look at web pages.

...........................................................................

3. you do when nothing is in the right place.

...........................................................................

4. you do with special shoes that have wheels.

...........................................................................

5. when you write with your mobile phone.

...........................................................................

6. when you communicate with people using a

computer. ..........................................................

7. where you jump from a tremendous height.

...........................................................................

8. what you need a bicycle for.

...........................................................................

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Unit 2 Vocabulary

ConsolidationComplete the words to form activities.

1. going to the c inema...................

2. going o........... with fr..................

3. g.................. up early

4. sh..................g

5. doing sp..................

6. d..........cing

7. s.................. in bed all d..................

8. w.................. up

9. m.................. new people

10. c..........king

Now match an activity from Exercise 1 witha picture.

going to the cinema................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

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a b

c d

e f

g h

i j


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ConsolidationWrite the verb next to each definition.

1. To be unsuccessful in a test or an exam.

fail...........................................................................

2. To be successful in a test or an exam.

...........................................................................

3. To be dishonest in a test or an exam

(e.g. copying). ..................................................

4. To study for a test or an exam. .........................

5. To do a test or an exam. ...................................

Complete the words for school subjects.

1. maths......................................

2. bio.....................................

3. nat............... sci ................

4. ph......................................

5. ch......................................

6. En......................................

7. Fr.......................................

8. geo....................................

9. com.............. st.................

10. hi .......................................

11. mu.....................................

12. lit .......................................

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ExtensionComplete the sentences with words fromthe box.

1. A state school is run by the government ............................and is free.

2. You have to pay to attend a ............................

3. A ............................ is a school where students live as well as study.

4. A ............................ is where students study at a higher level than school.

5. In Britain, children between the ages of 5 and

11 go to .............................

6. In Britain, ............................ is for students between the ages of 11 and 18.

7. In Britain, the school year is divided into three

.............................

8. The qualification that you receive when you

finish university is called a .............................

primary school degree secondary school

university terms state school

private school boarding school

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Unit 3 Vocabulary


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ExtensionMatch the words in the box with thepictures.

sleeve................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

................................... ...................................

sleeve button collar cuff ziplaces pocket heel buckle strap

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ConsolidationFind the opposite adjectives in the box.

1. big - small.....................................................

2. fashionable / trendy - ..........................

3. formal - ................................................

4. comfortable - .......................................

5. long - ...................................................

6. horrible - ..............................................

7. tight - ...................................................

Match the pictures with the words.

sweater1. ........................... 2. ...........................

3. ........................... 4. ...........................

5. ........................... 6. ...........................

7. ........................... 8. ...........................

9. ........................... 10. ...........................

11. ........................... 12. ...........................

13. ........................... 14. ...........................

15. ...........................

belt boots dress earrings

tie jacket jeans sandals

shorts skirt suit sunglasses

sweater sweatshirt trainers

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uncomfortable unfashionable baggy

casual nice casual short

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Unit 4 Vocabulary

1 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10


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ConsolidationComplete the words.

1. sc i e nt i st_ _ _

2. b _ n k m _ n _ g _ r

3. b _ _ u t _ c _ _ n

4. b _ _ l d _ r

5. d _ c t _ r

6. _ l _ c t r _ c _ _ n

7. r _ c _ p t _ _ n _ s t

8. _ c t _ r

9. t _ x _ d r _ v _ r

10. w _ _ t _ r

Match a job from Exercise 1 to thedefinitions below.

1. Someone who works or is trained in science.

scientist.............................

2. Someone who constructs or repairs houses,

etc. .............................

3. Someone who deals with or repairs wiring,

lighting, etc. .............................

4. Someone who deals with or welcomespeople arriving at a hotel, office, etc.

.............................

5. Someone who gives special treatments to

your skin, hair, etc. .............................

6. Someone who is in charge of a bank.

.............................

7. Someone who performs in a play, film or

television programme. .............................

8. Someone who serves food and drink in a

restaurant or bar. .............................

9. Someone who treats people when they are ill.

.............................

10. Someone who takes people from one place

to another in a car. .............................

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ExtensionMatch the words in the box with thedefinitions.

1. Payment by the month. salary.............................

2. Not working a full day or week. .....................

3. A person or group who employs. .....................

4. A person who is employed. .....................

5. Payment by the hour, day or week.

.....................

6. A piece of paper showing the amount paid to

an employee. .....................

7. An extra payment (e.g. at Christmas).

.....................

8. An extra payment for somebody who sells

something. .....................

9. Someone who works for himself / herself.

.....................

10. Extra work for extra money. .....................

bonus

commission

employee

employer

overtime

part-time

pay slip

salary

self-employed

wages

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Unit 5 Vocabulary


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ConsolidationMatch the two parts of the words.

1. edu ance

2. exploi val

3. heal cism

4. ignor ction

5. ill mation

6. infor ness

7. integ pation

8. partici rance

9. pover ration

10. prote tation

11. ra th

12. se ty

13. survi cation

14. tole xism

Match a word from Exercise 1 with thedefinitions below.

1. Teaching and learning. education.............................

2. How well your body is. .............................

3. When people do not have facts or information

about something. .............................

4. Taking part in an activity. .............................

5. When someone is poor. .............................

6. Keeping a person or thing safe from harm or

damage. .............................

7. A disease of your body or mind.

.............................

8. Joining in the life and customs of a society or

culture. .............................

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ExtensionAll of the words in Exercises 1 and 2 arenouns. They also have one or moreassociated adjectives. What are theadjectives for these nouns?

-al

1. nutrition: nutritional....................................

3. sexism: .....................................

4. prejudice: .................................

5. culture: .....................................

6. medicine: .................................

7. education: ................................

8. stereotype: ...............................

-ist

9. classism: classist...................................

10. racism: .....................................

11. sexism: .....................................

others

12. diversity: ...................................

13. abuse: ......................................

14. violence: ...................................

15. dignity: .....................................

16. respect: ....................................

Some of these words also have anassociated verb. What are they?

1. discrimination: discriminate.............................

2. education: ..................................

3. dignity: .......................................

4. diversity: .....................................

5. abuse: ........................................

6. respect: ......................................

7. stereotype: .................................

8. prejudice: ...................................

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Unit 6 Vocabulary


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ConsolidationComplete the words to form feelings.

1. embarrassed (7 more letters).....................

2. rel........................ (4 more letters)

3. exc...................... (4 more letters)

4. bo ....................... (3 more letters)

5. dep ..................... (6 more letters)

6. dis....................... (9 more letters)

7. fan....................... (6 more letters)

8. gu ....................... (4 more letters)

9. ne........................ (5 more letters)

Complete the sentences with an adjectivefrom Exercise 1.

1. We were bored with lying on the beach, so ………….we went to explore the city.

2. The news is always so bad. It just makes me

………….

3. He was really ………… that you weren’t at the party.

4. Everyone was looking at me and I felt really

………….

5. The children are really ………… about Christmas.

6. I slept really well last night and today I feel

………….

7. He’s very ………… about his driving test.

8. I feel ………… because I didn’t invite her to the party.

9. Jim was lying in the sun, looking very happy

and ………….

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ExtensionMatch the extreme adjectives in the box tothe definitions.

1. very very happy ecstatic.................................

2. very very unhappy .................................

3. very very frightened .................................

4. very very angry .................................

5. very very pleased .................................

6. very very embarrassed .................................

7. very very interested .................................

8. very very tired .................................

Complete these sentences with an adjectivefrom Exercise 3.

1. I’m more than happy. I’m ecstatic!..................................

2. His football team lost the final 9-0 and he’s

.................................................

3. She wasn’t just embarrassed. She was

.................................................

4. When the dog attacked me I was

.................................................

5. My friend won the lottery and he was

.................................................

6. I’ve just run a marathon and I’m

.................................................

7. My brother crashed my mum’s car and she

was .........................................

8. The first time we saw a really good magician

we were ..................................

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terrified fascinated ecstatic exhausted

mortified devastated furious delighted

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Unit 7 Vocabulary


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ConsolidationComplete the sentences using theadjectives in the box.

1. We left the cinema after half an hour because

the film was so boring.....................

2. The train was 30 minutes late and he was very

....................

3. He’s the rudest person I’ve ever met. I felt so

....................

4. It was a really .................... football match.

5. I’m not .................... in football. I think it’s boring.

6. What’s the matter? You look ....................

7. I’m .................... of flying. I can’t even look at an aeroplane.

8. It was a very .................... TV programme. I feltvery sad afterwards.

Choose the correct word in each sentence.

1. I was so shocking / shocked by her language.

2. The book was really boring / bored.

3. I get depressing / depressed when it rains all day.

4. I felt so insulting / insulted by her rude words.

5. It’s annoying / annoyed when you miss the bus.

6. Andy is terrifying / terrified of heights.

7. I don’t think horror films are frightening /frightened at all.

8. Come and look at this. It’s really interesting /interested.

9. Did you think that joke was amusing /amused?

10. We’re going on holiday tomorrow and I’mreally excited / exciting.

11. Are you worrying / worried about crime?

12. I feel a bit frustrating / frustrated because Ican’t do this maths problem.

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exciting annoyed terrified boring

insulted interested depressing worried

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ExtensionQualifiers. Write the words in the box in thecorrect place on the scale (1 = the weakest,5 = the strongest).

1. ...........................................................................

2. ...........................................................................

3. ...........................................................................

4. ...........................................................................

5. ...........................................................................

Give your opinion of these things using aqualifier from Exercise 3 and an adjective.

(Note: extreme adjectives, such asterrifying / terrified, can only be used with really.)

1. rap music ..........................................................

...........................................................................

2. skiing ................................................................

...........................................................................

3. Mr Bean ............................................................

...........................................................................

4. snakes ..............................................................

...........................................................................

5. rain ....................................................................

...........................................................................

6. failing an exam .................................................

...........................................................................

7. going on holiday ...............................................

...........................................................................

8. losing your homework ......................................

...........................................................................

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a bit extremely not very

quite really

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Unit 8 Vocabulary


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ConsolidationOrder the letters to form verbs from the unit.

1. ceddie decide..............................

2. wrgo ................................

3. scarenie ...........................

4. terace ..............................

5. edourcup .........................

6. gheanc ............................

7. meeboc ...........................

Match the words from Exercise 1 to adefinition.

1. To choose to do something decide....................

2. To make or have more of something

............................

3. To make something different from before

............................

4. To get bigger or older ............................

5. To make something from nothing

............................

6. To make something in a process

............................

7. To be something that it wasn’t before

............................

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ExtensionWrite sentences about past habits orsituations that are the opposite of thepresent situation.

1. We like jazz. We didn’t use to like jazz.......................................................

2. Ian works in a supermarket.

...........................................................................

3. I know you very well.

...........................................................................

4. He doesn’t go to our school.

...........................................................................

5. She doesn’t have green hair.

...........................................................................

6. He’s our French teacher.

...........................................................................

7. We have a DVD player.

...........................................................................

8. Fiona doesn’t play tennis.

...........................................................................

9. Greg lives in Paris.

...........................................................................

Complete the sentences with the correctword where necessary.

1. This is the park where we played football..................

2. That’s the boy ................. you like, isn’t it?

3. July is the month ................. Benicassim has a music festival.

4. Tarifa is a town ................. people go towindsurf.

5. We like the man ................. sings withRadiohead, Thom Yorke.

6. Companies ................. operate in differentcontinents are called multi-nationals.

7. My bed is ................. I want to be right now.

8. Seven o’clock is ................. my alarm goes off.

9. A dictionary is a book ................. can helpyou with your English.

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Unit 9 Vocabulary


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Unit 10 Vocabulary

ConsolidationComplete the words.

1. h u r r i c a n e_ _ _ _

2. f _ r _ s t f _ r _

3. _ _ r t h q u _ k _

4. p _ l l _ u t _ _ n

5. d _ s _ _ s _

6. f l _ _ d s

7. d r _ _ g h t

8. g l _ b _ l w _ r m _ n g

Give two examples for each word.

1. sea Mediterranean................................, ..............................

2. river ..............................., ..............................

3. lake ..............................., ..............................

4. mountain ........................ ..............................

5. coast ............................., ..............................

6. valley ............................., ..............................

7. beach ............................, ..............................

8. forest ............................., ..............................

Circle the odd one out.

1. rain drought floods

2. beach mountain sea

3. forest tree lake

4. storms hurricanes valley

5. sea lake beach

6. storms hurricanes globalwarming

7. forest fire drought floods

8. earthquake greenhouse effect air pollution

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ExtensionComplete the definitions with words fromthe box.

1. A violent storm with a very strong wind.

hurricane...................................

2. A layer of oil floating on water.

...................................

3. The cutting or burning down of all the trees in

an area. ...................................

4. A mountain with a large hole at the top. Lava

and hot ash sometimes erupt through the hole.

...................................

5. A sudden shaking of the earth’s surface.

...................................

6. A layer of gases that stops harmful radiation

from the sun. ...................................

7. A very large movement of sea water that flows

onto the land and destroys things.

...................................

8. A large area of land that is thickly covered

with trees. ...................................

Write a description of things which candamage the environment.

............................................................................

............................................................................

............................................................................

............................................................................

............................................................................

............................................................................

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oil spill hurricane tidal wave

forest volcano ozone layer

earthquake deforestation

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ConsolidationWrite the mirror words.

1. tnemnorivne eht the environment..............................................

2. raw ..................................................................

3. emirc ...............................................................

4. sdneirf .............................................................

5. ecnaraeppa ....................................................

6. tnemyolpmenu ................................................

7. esaesid ...........................................................

8. ymonoce eht ...................................................

9. msicar .............................................................

10. ytrevop ............................................................

11. ecnatpecca .....................................................

12. skram loohcs ..................................................

Match the words from Exercise 1 to thecorrect definition.

1. People that you know well and enjoy

spending time with. friends...................................

2. Illegal activities. ...................................

3. The land, water and air that people, animals

and plants live in. ...................................

4. When someone is allowed to become part of

a group. ...................................

5. A long period of fighting between countries.

...................................

6. The situation or experience of being poor.

...................................

7. Violent or unfair treatment against people

because they belong to a different race.

...................................

8. The way that you look. ...................................

9. Numbers or letters that a teacher gives you

for your work. ...................................

10. The organisation of a country’s money,

business and products. ...................................

11. The state of not having a job.

...................................

12. An illness or serious medical condition.

...................................

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ExtensionComplete the sentences with words orexpressions from the box.

1. Solar power is an example of clean energy.........................

2. The two countries have signed the

................................. after ten years of fighting.

3. Drunk driving is .................................

4. Stop worrying about your .................................!

5. She had a typhoid ................................. before she went on holiday.

6. He is finding it very difficult to find a job. He’s

been ................................. for six months now.

7. The ................................ economy is in a crisis.

8. Immigrants are suffering serious

.................................

Match the problems from Exercise 1 to thesentences in Exercise 3.

1. the environment...........................................................................

2. ...........................................................................

3. ...........................................................................

4. ...........................................................................

5. ...........................................................................

6. ...........................................................................

7. ...........................................................................

8. ...........................................................................

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against the law discrimination global

looks on the dole peace treaty

solar power vaccination

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Unit 11 Vocabulary


ConsolidationFind eight adjectives from Unit 12 in theword search.

Complete the text with a word or phrasefrom the box.

A computer games company is looking for a

slogan(1) ................. for its (2) ........................................

for a new game. The (3) .......................................

is teenagers, all the advertisements will be

(4) .........................................., and the

(5) .......................................... will be teenage

magazines. The company wants to communicate

the idea that anyone can have a great time

playing this new game: rich, poor, sporty, quiet,

studious, etc. The (6) ..........................................

of the campaign is: “Whoever you are, you’ll

have fun with our game.”

target group advertising campaign

print-based message

slogan medium

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ExtensionWhat are the nouns associated with theseadjectives?

1. brilliant brilliance...............................

2. excellent ...............................

3. efficient ...............................

4. original ...............................

5. imaginative ...............................

6. perfect ...............................

7. attractive ...............................

8. healthy ...............................

9. persuasive ...............................

10. funny ...............................

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Unit 12 Vocabulary

i b s e r i o u s y o

f m y r l c l e v e r

c q a j o x w k t m i

r z x g q j k l z w g

e d g g i k u q v p i

a d t f u n n y h j n

t z u p q n a c y s a

i y p v k z b t q l l

v z e f f e c t i v e

e h k t w n k l q v p

e p e r s u a s i v e


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