Vocabulary Tasks

1 a) Find words or phrases in the text with opposite meanings to the following:

b) From the list below find as many pairs of opposites as possible:

2 The following are all nouns. Which are negative, which are positive, and which could be either positive or negative?

3 Fill in adjectives to complete the following dialogues.

a. Manager: I find it very hard to persuade my new assistant to work in the way I want her to. She is very ____________.

b. Young actor: George is extremely proud of his good looks and constantly looks at himself in the mirror.

Other young actor: Yes, he is really ___________.

c. Critic: That writer is far too ___________.

Publisher: Yes, she will never admit how good her work is.

d. Small girl: They’re wonderful dancers, aren’t they? They move so beautifully.

Father: Yes, they’re really ____________.

e. Uncle: Your children can be very ____________. Yesterday they put a banana skin outside my bedroom door.

Mother: Did you hurt yourself?

f. Train driver: The passengers have been waiting for hours and hours without complaining.

Guard: Yes, it’s hard to understand how people can be so ___________ when the service we run is so terrible.

g. Teacher: Linda was very ____________. She managed to avoid doing her homework by saying that she had to visit her boyfriend in hospital.

h. Mary: Although his wife has left him several times for other men, Ben has always remained ____________ to her and has never had a close relationship with another woman.

Julie: Really? What were you doing coming out of the disco with him last night, then?

4 Put the words below into the appropriate column in the table.

5 Put an appropriate word from the box in the blanks.

1) When I arrived at the house he didn't even say hello to me. I thought he was very ________

2) You have to be very careful with her. If she's feeling ________ the slightest thing will make her cry.

3) As she approached her death she gradually became more peaceful. Everyone remarked on

her __________.

4) When he asked for help again there was still nothing I could do and my feelings of ______ grew by the minute.

5) You mustn't feel _________ just because he's your boss.

6) Some men only buy their wives flowers when they are feeling ________ about something.

7) Once she's made up her mind she won't budge. She's as _________ as a mule.

8) Of course he felt __________ when he failed to get a place at the language school.

SPEAKING

Say when you might feel one of the emotions below. The suggested situations in task 5 might help you think about it.

1) unfriendly

2) inadequate

3) guilty

4) stubborn

5) serene

6) impatient

7) sensitive

8) nervous

9) disappointed

10) intimidated

11) strong

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