People Vocabulary for ielts

English Vocabulary Organiser Describing people 12 Describing character 1 Positive or negative comments Mark the following P positive or N negative:.. Describing people_ English Voc

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A Parts of the body

forehead

eyebrow lips P ain

Funny things make people laugh — for example, when someone tells a joke

People sometimes cry if they’re unhappy or receive bad news

They yawn when they’re tired or bored

People in some countries nod their head to mean ‘yes’, and shake their head for ‘no’

shake hands with somebody bite your nails fold your arms blow your nose comb your hair

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47.2 How much of the picture can you label without looking at the opposite page?

47.3 Match the verbs on the left with 1 shake your arms

a part of the body on the right to 2 bite your nose

form common expressions 3 comb your nails

4 fold your head

6 nod your hair

47.4 What do these actions often mean? (There may be several possible answers.)

People often smile when they.4

They often breathe quick They laugh when

They may bite their nails

They blow their nose

They shake their head And nod their head They cry

They yawn when

a woman (often a girl), meaning ‘attractive and nice to look at’

Negative: ugly is a very negative word; plain is negative but more polite

Height and build

> medium height medium height and

tall and slim and build very muscular Another word for slim is thin, but with a more negative meaning, e.g John is lovely and slim, but his brother is very thin It is not very polite to say someone is fat; overweight is a bit less rude

blond(e) fair brown dark black

Asking questions about a person’s appearance

Q: What does she look like? A: She’s tallish, with short fair hair

A: About 1 metre 65

Q: How much does she weigh? A: I don’t know — roughly 50 kilos, I guess

We can use about and roughly to mean ‘more or less’ when talking about height (= how tall someone is), weight (= how heavy is someone) or age The suffix ‘-ish’ can be used at

the end of some adjectives to mean ‘quite’ and at the end of some numbers to mean ‘more

Complete these sentences in a suitable way (More than one answer may be possible.)

1 He’s got very muscular 2S:

2 She’s got blonde

3 He’s got very pale

4 They’ve both got curl

5 I would say he was medium

6 Her brother has got very broad

7 Last time I saw him he had grown a beard and

8 Both men were very good-

Replace the underlined word with a word which is more suitable or more polite

1 He told me he met a handsome girl in the disco last night beautiful

2 She’s beautiful but her younger sister is really quite ugly

3 I think Peter is getting a bit fat, don’t you?

4 I think she’s hoping to meet a few beautiful men at the tennis club

S Paul is very thin

You want to know about the following: someone’s general appearance; their height; their weight What do you need to ask? Complete these questions

2 How

Make these sentences less exact Do it in a different way each time

1 She’s 20 She’s 20, more or less

2 Pm 75 kilos

3 She% 1 metre 70

4 They’re both 30

Now answer these questions

How tall are you?

How would you describe your build?

How much do you weigh?

What kind of hair have you got?

What colour is it?

Would you like it to be different? If so, what else would you like to change about your

appearance?

Do you think you have any special features?

Are there any special features you would like to have?

9 Do you like beards?

10 Can you think of a famous woman you would describe as beautiful, and a famous man you would describe as good-looking?

If possible, ask another person these questions

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Opposites

warm and friendly cold and unfriendly kind (= cares about others) unkind

generous (= happy to give/share) mean (= never gives to others) optimistic (= thinks positively) pessimistic (= thinks negatively) easy-going (= relaxed, calm) tense (= nervous; worries a lot; not calm) sensitive (= thinks about people’s feelings) insensitive

honest (= always tells the truth) dishonest good fun (= enjoyable to be with) boring broad-minded narrow-minded (= unable to accept new ideas)

My parents are great and don’t mind what I wear — they’re very broad-minded

When I tried on the dress, the shop assistant said it would look better on a younger person I know she was trying to be honest, but it was a bit insensitive of her

What’s he/she like?

He’s very self-confident (= feels he can do things, and is relaxed in social situations) When you first meet her she seems shy (= finds it difficult to talk to people and make conversation)

She doesn’t show her feelings (= you don’t know what she is thinking or feeling) He’s got a great sense of humour (= laughs a lot and sees the funny side of life)

hard-working lazy (= never does any work) punctual (= always on time) not very punctual; always late reliable unreliable (= you cannot trust/depend on someone like this)

flexible inflexible (= a fixed way of thinking and unable to change)

ambitious not ambitious (= no desire to be successful/get a better job)

has lots of common sense has no common sense; an idiot (= a stupid person)

(= thinks in a practical way;

doesn’t do stupid things)

First impressions

We use impression to talk about the effect that a person has on another person

She made a very good impression at her interview (= had a positive effect on the interviewer _

My first impression of him was a bit negative

She comes across as (= appears to be) quite serious

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Organise these words into pairs of opposites and put them in the columns below

hard-working tense generous unpleasant stupid

positive

Which prefix forms the opposite of these words? (You need three different prefixes.) unhappy flexible friendly honest

reliable sensitive kind pleasant

How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?

She’s always here on time puadoal

He never bought me a drink in ten years

She often promises to do things but half the time she forgets

I don’t think he’s done any work since he’s been here

She finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers

He can work in any of the departments — on his own or part of a team

One of her qualities is that she is so aware of what other people think or feel

1 know Mike wants to be head of the department and then go on to a bigger company

Fill the gaps with a suitable word

1 At work, James ssunn ACFOSS as serious and a bit boring, but outside of work he’s completely different; he’ 's really good

Its important to a good impression on your first day i in a new job

I’m sure he can find rahe place he just needs to use his common

Meeting new people doesn’t worry her; she’s a very self-

It’s hard to know what Sam thinks — he doesn’t really

Do you think impressions are very important? I do

I always have a laugh with my cousin — he’s got a great sense of

She is so -minded: she cannot accept any ideas different from her own

young woman his feelings

What nouns can be formed from these adjectives? Use a dictionary to help you

kind kindness optimistic punctual lazy confident ambitious

Choose three words from the opposite page which describe you Is there one quality you

do not have but would like to have? What, in your opinion, is the worst quality described

on the opposite page? If possible, compare your answers with a friend

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Human feelings and actions

Feelings/emotions

noun adjective(s)

love (opp hate) -

happiness (opp sadness) happy (opp sad)

of interest in others, or if someone has something you want and don’t have

My boyfriend gets very jealous when I talk to other boys

He’s jealous of his sister because she’s more intelligent

Upset is a common adjective, and means unhappy, sad, and sometimes angry

He was upset when they didn’t invite him She gets upset if you shout at her

How do you feel?

I felt very sad when I left university and all my friends

It was a great feeling when I finished all my exams

She had mixed feelings (= not sure what to think or feel) about leaving her job

Ways of speaking, looking and walking whisper (= speak very quietly) shout (= speak in a very loud voice) glance (at) (= look at sb/sth very quickly) _ stare (at) (= look at sb/sth for a long time) stroll (= walk in a slow casual way) march (= walk quickly and with a clear reason) These words can also function as nouns with no change in form

I heard a shout from inside We had a stroll on the beach

Things we do with our hands

knock (on/at a c0 /someone)

What nouns can be formed from these adjectives?

1 sad sadness 3 angry S happy

2 proud 4 jealous 6 embarrassed

Find the logical ending on the right for each of the sentence beginnings on the left

He was very proud when a someone stole his money

He was very jealous when b his father appeared on TV

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2

3 He was very embarrassed when c he heard his aunt had died

4 He was very angry when dhe saw the man had a knife

5 He was very sad when e he sent her a birthday card on the wrong day

6 He was very frightened when f his best friend went out with a girl he liked What are these people doing? Describe their actions using words from the opposite page

Replace the underlined words with a single verb that has the same meaning

1 She stopped working and looked quickly at the clock

2 As we were in the library, he spoke very quietly in my ear

3 We walked casually along the beach and then stopped for a drink

4 He made us all walk quickly up the hill

5 The man kept looking at Susan, but she didn’t seem to notice

6 He kepr talking in a very loud voice

Fill the gaps with the missing preposition

Answer the questions If possible, ask someone else the same questions

How would you feel if you forgot your mother’s birthday or your father’s birthday? How do you feel when you are in a car that is going very fast?

How do you feel when other people ask you to do things that you don’t want to do?

If you made a stupid mistake in English, how would you feel?

Is there any one thing that you are very proud of?

Are there any common situations where you sometimes feel embarrassed?

How do you feel about going home after a wonderful holiday?

Have you left school? If so, did you have mixed feelings when you left? If you haven’t left school, do you think you’ll have mixed feelings when you leave?

male female Your parents’ parents grandfather(s) grandmother(s)

Your parents’ brother and sister uncle(s) aunt(s) Your aunt’s/uncle’s children cousin(s) cousin(s)

The father and mother of the person you marry father-in-law mother-in-law The brother and sister of the person you marry brother-in-law _ sister-in-law

Your brother’s/sister’s children nephew(s) niece(s)

If the person you marry dies, you are a widower widow

If your mother or father remarries, you have a stepfather stepmother

Talking about family and friends I’ve got two brothers and a sister My brothers are twins (= two children born to one

mother at the same time), and they are three years younger than me I’m the oldest and I take after my father (= I am similar to him in appearance and/or character) My sister takes after my father in some ways, but she looks like my mother (= her appearance is similar to my mother’s) We’re a close family (= we have a good relationship/see each other

a lot) My best friend Pete is an only child (= without brothers or sisters); he spends a lot

of time with us and he’s almost one of the family

Friends

an old friend (= someone you have known for a long time)

a close friend (= a good friend/someone you like and trust)

your best friend (= the one friend you feel closest to)

classmates (= other people in your class) flatmates (= people you share a house/flat with, who are not your family) colleagues (= people you work with; they may or may not be friends) Ex-

We use this for a relationship that we had in the past but do not have now:

The children stay with my ex-husband at the weekend

I saw an ex-girlfriend of mine at the disco last night

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Did you say his name was Boris?

his father in character There is an increasing number of single- families in Britain

at work are married, and I don’t see them socially

I’ve known him for years; heS an friend

They’re not married any longer, but she still sees her

What's your first name?

What’s your surname?

Are you an only child?

Are you part of a very close family?

Do you look like your father or mother?

In character, who do you take after?

Do you know any twins?

Who is your best friend?

Do you work? If so, how many of your work colleagues are also your friends?

Do you have any ex-boyfriends or girlfriends who are still close friends?

51.4 Draw your own family tree Are there any relationships you cannot describe in English?

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Ages and stages

Mẹ a Growing up and growing old

The period 0-1 approximately a baby

13 and 17 2-12 approximately a child — this period is your childhood

approximately 13-17 approximately | a teenager (14 = early teens)

adhe == 20-29 in your twenties (24-26 = mid-twenties)

boyfgrl ls an 30-39 in your thirties (38 = late thirties)

adolescent 40+ people are middle-aged

60 or 65 retirement (= when people stop work; they are retired) 75+ old age (you can describe people as elderly)

Wœ Childhood and adolescence

Sam (on the right) was born in Scotland but when he was two, his father got a new job in

Los Angeles, and he grew up in California

He went to university at 19 where

' 1` he met Anthea He went out with her

(= she was his girlfriend; he was her boyfriend)

for three years, but towards the end they had lots of rows (= arguments) and finally they split

up (= separated/ended their relationship) In his mid-twenties he met Marie They fell in love and

got divorced (= the marriage ended officially)

Four years later, Marie remarried (= got married again), and as you can see in the picture, she is now expecting a second baby (= she’s pregnant)

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1 Paul isn’t two yet, so he’s still a todd

2 Albert was a bus driver for 40 years but stopped work two years ago, so he’s now

Susan is 25, so she is in her

Caroline is 48 this year so she is now in her

Ron is 33 and his wife is 32, so they are both in thei

Joan is 75 this year, so she is quite

Jason was born six weeks ago, so he’s a

Leyla is 13 this year, so she'll soon be a

Ravi is 18 this year, so legally he becomes an

15 is often a difficult age for boys going through

2_ He grew up in the south of Ireland True/False

3 He went out with Anthea for two years True/False

4 They split up because Sam went to live in Japan True/False

5 Sam fell in love with Marie True/False

7 Marie is now expecting her third child True/False

Find the logical ending for each of the sentence beginnings on the left and construct

Rebecca’s life

was a boy at her secondary school

in her early thirties

on a farm with lots of animals

when she was in her late twenties

in a small local hospital in 1972

for six months

just after the baby was born

with another student doing medicine

when she left school

Rebecca was born

She grew up

Her first boyfriend

She went out with him

She went to university

She fell in love

They got married

She had a baby

Her father retired “'

45.4 Possible answers:

1 rabbit 2 pigs 3 leopards 4 spiders 5 camels 45.5 Possible answers:

2 whales or sharks 3 monkeys or dogs are the most probable answer

4 leopards, lions, tigers and other big cats 5 camels 6 whales

7 monkeys or giraffes 8 snakes 9 elephants 10 sheep Unit 46

46.1 1 Britain, the United States of America, Canada, Australia 2 Portuguese

3 Swiss-German, French, Italian (A small number of people also speak a language called

Romansch.) 4 Arabic S Polish 6 Spanish 7 Israel 8 China 46.2 2 the Middle East 3 the Caribbean (also the West Indies) 4 the Mediterranean

$ the Far East 6 South America (also Latin America)

46.3 Japan Japanese Egyptian Arabic Italian Austria

Korea Chinese Germany Saudi Arabia Egypt

46.4 1 the Japanese 2 Israelis 3 Brazilians 4 the British/British people

5 The Swiss/Swiss people 6 Russians

46.7 British people are generally polite

In general, British people are polite

British people tend to be polite

2 bite your nails 3 comb your hair 4 fold your arms

5 blow your nose 6 nod your head

Possible answers:

running/exercise

they’re happy or when someone says something funny

when they’re nervous

when they have a cold

when they want to say ‘no’

when they mean ‘yes’

when they’re sad, upset, or possibly when they’re very happy

they’re tired or bored

Unit 48

2 hair 3 skin 4 hair 5 height/build 6 shoulders

7 moustache 8 looking

2 plain 3 overweight 4 good-looking/handsome 5 slim

1 What does he/she look like?

2 How tall is he/she?

3 How much does he/she weigh?

Possible answers:

2 I'm roughly 75 kilos

3 She’s around 1 metre 70

4 They’re both thirtyish

2 mean 3 unreliable 4 lazy 5S shy

6 flexible 7 sensitive 8 ambitious

1 comes; fun 2 make 3 sense 4 confident

5 show 6 first 7 humour 8 narrow

kindness optimism/optimist (person) punctuality laziness

confidence ambition

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1 They are strolling along a beach

2 They are pushing a car

3 Helshe is pressing a button

4 They are whispering

5 He is waving goodbye (to someone)

1 upset/embarrassed 2 frightened/excited 3 angry 4 angry/embarrassed

5 - 6- 7 mixed feelings (sad to be leaving but happy to be going home) 8 -

Unit 51

1 John is Jill’s brother-in-law

2 Timothy is Jill’s nephew

3 Eve and Ana are Timothy’s cousins

4 Eve is Sheila’s niece

5 Albert Dodds is Tom’s grandfather

6 Barry is Eve’s uncle

7 Susan is Timothy’s aunt

8 As Paul died in 2000, Jill is a widow

9 Tom is Mary’s grandson

10 The only two people who are not related are John and Sheila

1 first 2 after 3 parent 4 colleagues 5 old 6 ex

Unit 52

2 retired 3 (mid-) twenties 4 (late) forties (NOT in-her- middle-age)

5 (early) thirties 6 elderly/old 7 baby 8 teenager 9 adult

10 adolescence (NOT teenage)

False: He grew up in California

False: He went out with Anthea for three years

False: They split up because they had lots of rows

True

False: Marie got pregnant a year after they got married

False: Marie is now expecting her second child

False: Sam left Marie

2c 3a 4f Si 6h 7d 8b 9g

Unit 53 have: lunch, dinner, a sleep, a lie-in, a late/an early night, a wash, a shave, a bath/shower,

a (lunch) break, a rest, have friends for dinner

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English Vocabulary Organiser Describing people

12 Describing character

1 Positive or negative comments

Mark the following P (positive) or N (negative):

She’s got so much personality

She’s a bit difficult at times

She isn’t easy to get on with

She’s got a great sense of humour

She’s a bit of a pain sometimes

She’s great fun

She can be a pain in the neck

She’s my kind of person SNA

Can you think of people you know who fit these

descriptions?

2 He’s always doing that

Match the first part of these descriptions with the

second parts below:

Tony isn’t very sensitive

He’s always buying me little presents

He’s always looking in the mirror

c He’s always worrying about what people

think of him

d He’s always saying the wrong thing

e He keeps forgetting where he’s put things

f He keeps getting into fights

4 Opposites

3 He’s far too modest

Complete the following dialogues with the following expressions:

far too sensible

much too proud

far too honest

tar too modest much too shy much too loyal

1 I think Mark took some money from my bag while we were out

>No,he% to do a thing like that

2 I’m still waiting for Lisa to say sorry for sending that fax to the wrong address

> You'll wait a long time! Lisa’s

to admit anything’s her fault

3 Jenny left a window open when she went out this morning Anybody could’ve got in

> Are you sure it was Jenny She’s

sa to do anything like that

4, Apparently, Amy asked Tom if he’d like to go out tomorrow night

> I don’t believe you SheS

to ask a boy out!

5 Julie got the highest mark in the class, but she didn’t say a word

> No, she wouldn?t SheS

to say anything about it

6 I thought Martin was a good friend but he’s been telling everybody that I’m boring

> Are you sure? Martin’s

to say something like that behind your back

Match the adjectives in sentences 1 - 5 with the opposites in sentences a - e:

1 Tom’s really generous, He bought everyone

in the pub a drink last night

2 Claire’s very hard-working She never leaves

the office until after six o’clock

3 Tina’s very outgoing She’s made friends

with everybody else in the class already

a Bruno’s so shi I don’t think he’s spoken to any of the other students yet

b I don’t understand why he’s so miserable He

never stops complaining

c Lucy’s very tense She’s always worrying about something or other

4 Brian’s a very easy-going sort of guy Nothing d Don’t expect Tom to put any money in the seems to worry him

5 Jack’s such a cheerful little boy ve never

seen him in a bad mood

collection He’s much too mean

e I can’t believe Emma’s husband’s so lazy He

just sits and watches TV all evening

In British English informal words for men are: guy, bloke and lad; lad is only used for young men 30

5 She can be a bit moody

Complete the following dialogues with the words

and phrases below:

1 Lucy never thinks about anyone but herself

> Yes, she can be abit sometimes

2 Oh, Laura’s impossible One minute life is

wonderful and the next minute she’s in her

room crying,

> Yes, she can be abit , can’t she?

3 IT really don’t like Bob He seems to think that

he’s more important than anybody else

> He certainly can be very

4, Martin’s such good fun He’s got a great

sense of humour

> Yes, he can be very at times

5 I wish Joe would stop playing practical

jokes all the time It gets very tiring

> Yes, he can be reaily 2 at times I

wish he’d grow up and behave like an adult

6 | told Emma that she shouldn’t leave

university but she never listens to me

> No, she really can be very when

she wants, can’t she?

6 Don’t be so nosey

Complete the dialogues below with these

adjectives:

bossy sensitive fussy nosey

1 How much do you earn in your new job?

> That’s a bit of you!

2 You can do the washing up while I’m out

> You can be so at times!

3 Jenny’s really upset about what you said

Describing people_ English Vocgbulory Organiser

Now go back and add these expressions to the end

of the responses:

a I was only joking!

b m not your slave!

c It’s none of your business, actually

d Alt you ever do is complain!

7 Types of people Here are 8 different kinds of people Use them in the sentences below:

7 Emma’s husband’s sucha

just sits around all day watching TV

8 Billy knows hundreds of jokes He’s such a

He

8 Negative prefixes

Change these words into their opposites by adding

un, dis, in, or im:

reliable honest sensitive pleasant loyal tolerant patient mature friendly

decisive ambitious selfish

Add your own words and expressions

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English Vocabulary Organiser Describing people

13 Adjectives to describe people

1

That was a silly thing to do

Use these pairs of adjectives in the sentences:

2

wise / sensible careless / silly

horrible / nasty strange / funny

[locked my keys in the house this morning

>That was avery To thing to do

| gave my neighbours’ little boy some money

for his holidays and his parents took it from

him!

> Really? Whata fii thing to do

Pm thinking of getting myself a private

pension

> Good idea That’s a very foe

thing to do

They’ve been married for 25 years and then

one day she just walked out and never came

back

> Really? Whata vs thing to do!

It’s very brave of you

Match the beginnings and endings of the following

It was a bit cheeky of you

It’s very brave of you

It was very generous of you

It was very clever of you

It was a bit dishonest of you

to finish this crossword so quickly

not to tell them they’d given you too much

change

to go to India on your own

to ask the teacher how old she is

to pay for all the drinks

Now complete the following dialogues with the

phrases below:

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a bit clumsy very rude

I invited Sue and Gerry for dinner They

turned up an hour and a half late and didn’t

8 Mary knew how busy I was, so she offered

to collect the kids from school for me

> That was of her

9 Sue said she had a headache, but she knew

that Chris, her first husband, was going to

be at the party

> That WaAS of her It would have been very embarrassing if she’d turned up

3 Aren’t you being a bit selfish?

Complete the following dialogues with the words below:

pessimistic intolerant optimistic

1 Iknow I’m going to get this job — the interview went so well

> I think you’re being a bit Hundreds of people have applied for it

2 I’m trying to persuade Liz to give up her job and come and live with me in Scotland

> Aren’t you being a bit ? You know how important her career is

3 P’ve looked at fifteen flats and I haven’t seen one I really like

> Don’t you think you’re being a bit that’s perfect

4 Why haven’t they phoned me back? I know I’m not going to get this job

> Aren’t you being a bít ? You only had the interview yesterday

5 Do you think Ann will come on holiday with

4 Wordbuilding

Complete the following sentences with a noun

formed from the adjective at the end of each

sentence:

1

10

Thousands would have died in last year’s

famine in Ethiopia, if it wasn’t for the

rrr of ordinary people

(generous)

They’ve always shown me great

(kind)

The theatre’s sent me tickets for the wrong

day again I can’t believe their

(careless)

Considering how ill I’ve been, I thought my

boss would show a bit more

(sympathetic)

She handled the situation very well She

showed great

(sensitive)

You’ve been such a great help I’d like to

buy you dinner as an expression of my

(grateful)

I do wish those children would show a little

more sometimes

(patient)

He just told me to shut up and walked off

I’ve never known such :

(rude)

You don’t like him because of his accent?

You could show a bit more

sometimes

(tolerant)

{think one day we might doubt the

¬ of this decision

Did you notice how many of these words were

used with the verb show? Go back and underline

the show + noun expressions

Add your own words and expressions

Describing people English Vocabulary Organiser

5 What a nasty thing to say

Which words fit in the two examples below?

1 He said I was fat

> Really? What a(n) thing to say

2 E can’t believe you’re forty-five You look much younger than that

> Whata thing to say Thank you

6 Don’t be so impatient Complete the following sentences with the words below Then add the comments at the end

1 Haven’t you finished? Come on! Hurry up!

I’ve got to go out in ten minutes

> Oh, don?t be so.: !

2 How much do you earn?

> Don’t be so !

3 Well, if you won’t let me watch what I want

to watch, I’m not doing the washing up

> Oh, don’t be so !

4, I know I won’t get this job I don’t know why

1 bothered applying

> Don’t be so !

a Why don’t you grow up?

b I’ve only got one pair of hands!

c Why not look on the bright side?

d It’s none of your business!

English Vocabulary Organiser Feelings and emotions

14 Feelings and emotions

1 Basic vocabulary 1

Match the situations with the feelings below:

U didn’t understand any of the questions

A huge dog came running towards me

We’re taking the kids to the zoo on Saturday

’ve got my driving test tomorrow

I’ve been up since half past five

I forgot my Dad’s birthday again

My Mum and Dad arrived at the club and

started dancing!

You only say you don’t like Steve because

you haven’t got a boyfriend

Pm starting to feel really tired

You’re just jealous

I was really scared

T was really confused

1 feel so guilty

I’m really nervous

They’re really excited

Now do the same with these situations:

I can’t believe I got so drunk

T didn’t expect the film to be so violent

Why didn’t you phone to say you'd be late?

There’s a huge spider in the bath!

They talked about computers all evening

I got the results back from the hospital today

They’re negative, thank goodness!

7, When my daughter became a doctor, I was

really pleased

8 She came home to find we’d organised a big

party for her

I'm really frightened of them

3 Moods and feelings

Use the correct form of these verbs in the situations below:

4.Ive mixed feelings about leaving I'll

be glad to say goodbye to this place, but I'll miss all my friends

5 You seem to in a good mood this

morning! Have you won the lottery?

get really jealous

get a bit worried get bored

get a bit confused get embarrassed

1 My boyfriend doesn’t like it if I speak to other boys when we’re out He

2 Lisa said she’d be home by eleven I’m beginning tO -

3 Can’t we go out and do something? ’m

4 Shall we stop and have a rest soon? I’m

weekend Theyre about it

6 Don’t keep asking him about his girlfriend Can’t you see heS ?

7 These instructions aren’t easy to follow ’m

8 I’ve got my driving test next month I’m already about it

1 You must have been quite frightened when

the pilot announced that he was going to

land in Kuwait

> I was absolutely

2 Did you say you saw people in the sea?

> Yes! In the middle of winter! I was

absolutely

3 What a long day! You must be tired

> Tm absolutely

4 Did you see the news last night? English

football fans in trouble again! I don’t know

what they’re thinking about

> Yes, I was absolutely T just

don’t understand why they have to do it

5 [hear Tony’s just lost his job How’s he

taking it?

> He was absolutely

thought he had a job for life

6 Did you read about the murder of that

little girl?

> Yes, I think the whole country is

that that sort of thing can happen

2.7m really nervous the test tomorrow

3 You should be ashamed yourself

4 There’s nothing to worry

5 It took me surprise

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6 Well done! We’re so proud you

7.0m tired doing the same thing day after day I need a change

8 I was quite shocked the way he reacted

9 I wish I hadn’t been so horrible to Ruth now

I feel really guilty it

7 | couldn’t believe my eyes

Use these expressions in the situations below:

b I went bright red

c I was scared stiff,

> Yeah! I was so embarrassed

3 Are you going to fill in that job application this evening?

>No, Pm too tired

4 A cow in the garden! You must have been a bit surprised

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I’m not very happy

I could’ve done better

2 We’re absolutely delighted

We're absolutely ecstatic

We're absolutely thrilled

3 Pm very pleased with it

It’s just what [ wanted

Pm glad you like it

4 She’s very upset

She’s very unhappy

She’s absolutely heartbroken

5 He’s depressed

He’s miserable

He’s really fed up

2 She broke my heart

We use a lot of idiomatic expressions when we are

talking about people’s moods Complete the

expressions in green with these nouns:

Joy

tears moon

1 We won 3-0 today It was a great result

We’re over the

2 My Dad was killed in a car accident when

he was 30, ft broke my mother’s

3 When we heard we’d managed to get tickets

for their only UK concert, we were jumping

for

4 I knew she was upset, but it took me by

surprise when she suddenly burst into

5 Tcan’t believe how lucky I am I’m so happy

I’m on top of the ""

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3 Give mea smile

Use the correct form of these verbs in the sentences below:

1 Come on, everybody!

I wish we’d stayed at home!

5 Why do you keep ? Is something the matter? Are you unhappy about something?

’'m trying to

4 Feeling homesick

Look at this letter that a foreign student has written

home to his girlfriend Complete the letter with the

words and phrases below:

homesick — myself looking

“DédF Donna

Life here in Englarttsvéry different

from Brazil The food is nothing like

ours and all the pubs close at eleven

o'clock I haven't made many friends

yet Sometimes I feela bit (1)

If I think about Rio for too long, I

start to feel quite (2)

It really is all quite interesting Now

and again, I go out with the other

students in my class, but I spend

most of my free time by (3)

I went to the cinema (4)

on Friday night - I've never done

that before!

I'm really (5) you and I’m

() forward to coming home

next month

Yours

Paulo

5 More formal comments

Match up the halves of these more formal sentences

1 It gives me great pleasure

2 He was overcome with grief

3 We wish you great joy and happiness

4 It was with great sadness

5 Martin was a huge disappointment

6 One can see the misery

1 Congratulations!

What’s the matter?

I feel a bit sorry for her

Your friend’s mother has just died

Your friend is getting married

Your friend needs encouraging

Your friend has just won a golf tournament

Your friend has been crying

Your sister has just lost her job

Your friend can’t come to your party

this war has caused on every street corner

in your future life together

to announce that the winner is Mr C Gough that I left my home town after so many years

when his wife passed away

Add your own words and expressions

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English Vocabulary Organiser Feelings and emotions

16 Getting angry

2 He was absolutely furious

Match words of similar meaning from the two

Now use the pairs in the situations below:

1 I bet Julie was angry when she found out

you'd lost the tickets

> No, she was quite "Ắ about

it, actually

2 How did your boss react when you told her

you'd forgotten to send off that order?

> She was quite đ Thad to

phone the clients in America and apologise

3 What did your Dad do when you told him

you'd crashed the car?

> He was absolutely loi

4 Can you turn your Walkman down? I can

hear every word It’s really losses

> Oh, sorry I didn’t realise

3 He hit the roof

4 Angry idioms Use the following words to complete the idioms in the sentences below:

nerves enough crazy death straw

1, Will you please stop interrupting? You’re

5 Im sick to of this If they ask me to work on Saturday morning again, I’m quitting the job

Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:

1 It doesn’t take much to make him angry He’s always losing

2 When Sarah finds out I’ve broken her camera, she’s going to go

3 He’s very bad-tempered He’s always shouting

4 1 know you’re angry but that’s no reason to raise

3 ve never seen him so angry He was shaking

6 When my dad found out I’d crashed the car, he hit

5 Excuses and apologies

Complete the expressions below with these words:

Now use the expressions in these situations:

1 Hey, what do you think you’re doing? I was

> Yes, but Somebody came

out of a side road without looking

3 That’s the third glass you’ve broken this

week,

> m realÌy sorry It was

an accident

4 We wouldn’t have missed the train if you

hadn’t taken so long to get ready

want to pay for a taxi to the station

5 Did you eat all that chocolate that was in the

fridge?

> Yes, I’m sorry I saw it there and

Leben ee eee eee You should’ve hidden it

somewhere

6 Pll never forgive you How could you have

done something like that?

> Look, ve said Ïm sorry ?

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6 Angry and calm responses Look at the following situation:

Peter broke an expensive vase playing

with a ball in the living room His father

is absolutely furious but his mother is quite calm about it

Look at the following lines from their conversation Decide who is speaking - Peter’s father (F) or his mother (M):

Don’t worry We can buy a new one

I’ve told you a thousand times before

It doesn’t really matter, does it?

It’s not the end of the world

You never listen to a word I say

It was an accident He didn’t mean to do it

I could kill him

Calm down! Don’t you think you’re over-

1 I'm fairly calm and easy-going

I often lose my temper.~-

2 There are lots of things that really annoy me

I don’t let too many things bother me

3 I often notice other people’s annoying habits Other people’s habits don’t bother me

Road rage is when a driver gets very angry with

another driver Have you ever experienced it?

Add your own words and expressions

English Vocabulary Organiser Feelings and emotions

17 Liking and disliking

Which of the two choices in colour expresses a It is very common to talk about liking or disliking stronger feeling? something by saying, for example: “it’s fantastic”

2 [like / do like your coat Where did you get it? PỲO the correct box:

3 You should go to New York one day You’d wondertul fantastic excellent great

4 m going to have a dessert I love / brilliant awful dreadful OK

absolutely adore strawberries

5 Why don’t you get Claire a CD? She’s very

keen on / absolutely mad about Blur

6 I quite enjoy / really look forward to going to

the gym after a hard day in the office

very positive neutral very negative

A modern and informal way of saying that you

like doing something is I’m into it For example:

I’m really into that kind of music

He’s into everything alternative — vegetarian

food, alternative medicine, that kind of thing

3 Saying you like something

Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:

1 I really enjoy

2 I’m really looking forward

3 I’m very keen

4 Pm very fond

5 My little girl’s absolutely crazy

6 I get a lot of enjoyment

on jazz Pve got about 200 CDs

of Paris I’ve been there five times

4 When you are asked what you like

Match up the questions and answers to make two-line conversations:

1 Shall we get a bottle of red wine?

2 Do you fancy going to the cinema?

3 Do you like fish?

4 Do you eat here often?

5 Do you like whisky and things like that?

6 Have you been to that new club?

Not much, really I prefer meat

I wouldn’t be seen dead in it! It’s for kids!

Well, actually, I’d prefer white

I can take it or leave it, actually

I'd rather stay at home, if you don’t mind

Yes, it’s one of my favourite restaurants

5 Prepositions

Complete the text below with the following prepositions:

Although I’m keen (1) leading a healthy life, I’m not mad (2) health food shops and I’m certainly not (3) alternative medicine I’m too fond (4) sweet things and good wine! I get

a lot of enjoyment (5) sport, but after a game of football, I do look forward (6) going out for a really nice meal with a good bottle of Spanish wine, followed by coffee and chocolates! 40

6 Saying you don’t like something

Match the beginnings of each sentence on the left

with the pairs of endings on the right:

1 I don’t a stand that song

bear him

2 m not b like it much

really like it

c hate it

loathe the idea

3 It doesn’t

4 I can’t d very keen on sport

really interested in art

Now complete each of the sentences below so that

they are true for you:

1.I don’t like very much,

2 m not really very keenon

3, Pm not very interested in

Ale ee doesn’t really appeal to me

Add the correct ending to these sentences:

1 I don’t think you’ll like the film much It’s nothing

2 Why do so many people like jazz? I don’t

3 Edon’t really understand why people like champagne so much It does

4 1 don’t think I’ll come to the opera with you

live without it

nothing for me

1 I like Maria’s husband very much

2 I don’t like this pub at all

3 I thought it was brilliant absolutely

4 I hate people telling me what to do really

If you go off something, do you start to like it or start to dislike it?

Add your own words and expressions

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