VOCABULARY

PEOPLE AND BEHAVIOUR

1. Underline the most suitable word or phrase.

a)
Please don't push. It's very bad-tempered/rude/unsympathetic.
b)
Jack hates spending money. He's rather frank/greedy/mean.
c)
Our teacher is very proud/strict/tolerant and won't let us talk in class.
d)
Helen never does her homework. She is rather gentle/lazy'/reliable.
e)
I didn't talk to anyone at the party because I felt ambitious/lonely/shy.
f)
When Harry saw his girlfriend dancing with Paul he felt
jealous/selfish/sentimental.
g)
I don't like people who are noisy and aggressive/courageous/sociable.
h)
Thanks for bringing us a present. It was very adorable/grateful/thoughtful
of you.
i)
Teresa never gets angry with the children. She is very
brave/patient/pleasant.
j)
Tom always pays for everyone when we go out. He's so
cheerful/generous/honest.

2. Match the words in the list with the descriptions (a-l). Use each word
once only.

bad-tempered, determined, lazy, reliable, cheerful, frank, mean, selfish,
considerate, honest, punctual, sympathetic, punctual

a)
You always arrive on time.

punctual
b)
You are always happy
c)
You do what you say you will do
d)
You say exactly what you think
e)
You don't think about the needs of others
f)
You have a strong wish to get what you want
g)
You are unkind, or not willing to spend money
h)
You easily become angry with others
i)
You think about the needs of others
j)
You tell the truth and obey the law
k)
You understand the feelings of others
l)
You try to avoid work if you can

3. Complete each sentence with a word from the list. Use each word once
only.

ambitious, greedy, polite, sociable, brave, imaginative, proud, stubborn,
grateful, kind, snobbish, tolerant

a)
I think I'll stay here on my own, I'm not feeling very sociable today.
b)
Diana wants to get to the top in her company. She is very
c)
It's not to stare at people and say nothing!
d)
I think you have to be very to write a novel.

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g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
1)

Thank you for helping me. It was very of you.

Peter refuses to change his mind, although he is wrong. He's so
It was very of Sheila to put out the fire on her own.
Our neighbours look down on us. They are a bit
Don't eat all the cakes! You really are becoming !
If you lend me the money, I'll be very
I am very of my new motorbike.
My parents don't mind my crazy hairstyle. They are very .

4. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line.

Jack's real character
How easy is it to understand another person's character?
My friend Jack, was once a rather (1) .annoying.. person. He was ANNOY
always getting into trouble at school because he was so (2)
OBEY
In class he was very (3)
and never stopped making

TALK
jokes. The teachers all told him he was (4)
because

POLITE
he interrupted them. When I met him he was very (5)

FRIEND
and didn't want to talk to me at all. People told me that he
stole things, and that he was (6) His school work


HONEST
was terrible. He didn't take any (7)
in his writing, he
PROUD
never spent enough time doing his homework, and he
was not at all (8) One day he saw a gang of boys

CONSCIENCE
attacking an old man. Jack hated (9)
and he fought

VIOLENT
them all until they ran away. He was awarded a medal
for (10)
After that, people changed their minds

BRAVE
about him.

5. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

a)
You can't tell what someone is like just from their B
A) character B) appearance
C) personality
D) looking
b)
I was born in Scotland but I in Northern Ireland.
A) grew up B) raised

C) brought up
D) rose
c)
Edward was named after one of his father's distant
A) family
B) brothers
C) members
D) relations
d)
Jane and Brian got married a year after they got
A) divorced B) proposed
C) engaged
D) separated
e)
Graham works well in class, but his
could be better.
A) rudeness B) behaviour
C) politeness
D) acting
f)
Julie had a terrible with her parents last night.
A) row
B) discussion
C) argue

D) dispute
g)
I got to
Steve well last year when we worked together.
A) introduce B) know

C) meet

D) sympathise
h)
Is Brenda married or
? I don't like to ask her.
A)
spinster
B) alone
C) bachelor
D) single
i)
Parents have to try hard to understand the younger
A)
generation B) people
C) adolescents
D) teenagers

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My father likes to be called a senior citizen, not an old age

A)
person
B) relative C) gentleman
D) pensioner
6. Match the words in the box with a suitable definition (a-l). Use each
word once.

adult, colleague, nephew, toddler, best man, fianc, niece, twin, bride,
neighbour, sister-in-law, widow

The son of your brother or sister nephew
A woman on the day of her marriage
A young child who is learning to walk
What a woman calls the man she is engaged to
One of two children born at the same time
A person who lives near you
The daughter of your brother or sister
A person who is fully grown
A woman whose husband has died
At a wedding, the friend of the bridegroom
The sister of the person you marry
A person you work with
7. Complete each sentence with one suitable word.
After a few days they realised they were in.
love
I went with a very interesting girl last week.
Andrew acts as he was the most important person in the room.
After two years, their marriage broke
John discovered that he was related his next-door neighbour.
My parents keep treating me a child, but I'm not one!
I was brought by my aunt after my parents died.
It was very kind you to give me a lift.
Teachers should be patient small children.
James was very disappointed his new job.
It's very of character for Bill to behave like that.
Most famous people behave quite normally private.
8. Replace the words in italics with a verb from the box. Use each verb
once only.

Call in, fall out, give away, put up with, turn down, count on, get on well with,
look up to, take after, turn up
The wedding was cancelled when the bride failed to arrive. turn up
Susan feels that her boss is someone to respect
I'm sorry, but I just can't stand your behaviour any longer
My brother and I really have a good relationship with our parents.
Why don't you visit my house on your way home from the shops?
Tony felt that he could rely on his friend Mary

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h)
i)
j)

The millionaire decided to make a present of his money to the poor.

Paula and Shirley are good friends but sometimes they quarrel.
Jean decided to refuse Chris's offer of marriage
All three children behave like their father and are very sociable.

9. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Ann Johnson - A confidential report
Ann Johnson has worked at this college for three years. She is a (1) A employee,
and (2)
on well with the other members of the department. We have all
found her to be an excellent (3) She has always been (4) for her lessons, and
is an extremely (5) member of staff who is able to work independently. I can
always (6) on her to organize the end of term play, and she has put on some
extremely (7)
productions. Her students often tell me how (8)
she is,
always ready with a smile, and she has been very (9) to many of them. In (10)

she is not very talkative and seems rather (11) at first, and might not show
her true (12)
in an interview. Her work is excellent, and she is (13)

to succeed. She is also quite (14) , and has applied for two other positions
as Director of Studies. I think that you can count (15)
Ann to make your
school a success, and I recommend her for the post of Director.

1)
A conscientious
B conscience
C consciousness
D conscious
2)
A goes

B carries

C gets

D likes
3)
A colleague
B adult

C employer
D fellow
4)
A times

B late

C hourly

D punctual
5)
A greedy

B reliable

C stubborn
D lazy
6)
A request

B concentrate
C take

D rely
7)
A imaginary
B imagination
C imaginative
D imagined
8)
A tempered
B cheerful
C frank

D proud
9)
A kind

B aggressive
C polite

D mean
10) A first

B times

C usual

D private
11) A but

B shy

C however
D alone
12) A person

B behaviour
C character
D part
13) A used

B determined
C had

D supposed
14) A obedient
B disappointed
C grateful
D ambitious
15) A on

B for

C with

D to

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