Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

ambitions greedy polite sociable brave imaginative proud stubborn grateful tolerant persistent

 

1. I think I'll stay here on my own. I didn't feel very ... .

2. Diana wants to get to the top in her company. She is very ... .

3. It's not ... to stare at people and say nothing

4. I think you are very ... to write a novel

5. Thank you for giving me a hand. It was very ... .

6. Peter refused to change his mind, although he is wrong. He is very ... .

7. It was very ... of Sheila to put out the fire on her own

8. Our neighbors look down on us. They are a bit ... .

9. Don't eat all the cakes! You really are becoming very ... .

10. If you lend me the money, I'll be ... .

11. I'm very ... of my new computer

12. My parents don't mind my crazy hairstyle. They are very ... .

13. You have patience and stick to a problem, trying various approaches, until you get a solution. You are ... .

 

Complete the sentences below with the pairs of words in the box.

big-headed / showing off fussy / please gorgeous / looks strict / lets liberal / let outgoing / get on with quiet / says independent / get

1. My dad's very ........... . He never .......... me do anything!

2. My parents were quite ........... . They .......... me do more or less whatever I wanted.

3. His girlfriend's ........... . She .......... like a model.

4. My little brother's really ........... . He's really difficult to ........... . He's never happy.

5. His wife's so ........... . She hardly .......... anything. You hardly know she's there.

6. My granddad's very ........... . He's eighty-three, but he still lives on his own and he can still ........ about by himself.

7. There's an awful guy in my class. He's so .......... . He's always .......... and he just thinks he's God's gift to women.

8. My mum's very ........... . She's very easy to.......... .

 

37. What type of person … ?

a. is too interested in other people’s affairs?

b. stops being your friend when you are in trouble?

c. is very shy & easily frightened?

d. seems friendly & nice but is actually dangerous & threatening?

e. seems to be dangerous but in fact is not?

f. is not enthusiastic about things & stops other people from enjoying themselves?

g. hides their feelings & experiences?

h. tries to show that they are cleverer than other people?

i. is a wealthy & powerful person?

 

Read the text below. Put the words given into the correct form by adding necessary prefixes/suffixes.

I’ve always been a(n) (1) – sort of person. You might think that’s a rather (2) – way to live & I’ve had some (3) – moments. Once, for example, I was in a great (4) – with the most beautiful girt in the world – or so I thought, when she suddenly (5) –. She didn’t answer the phone & was never in when I called round. I was so (6) – . In fact, after three days I became quite (7) – . We hadn’t had an (8) – or anything. A week passed & the tension in me was (9) – . I had to do something so I hired an aircraft to drop thousands of papers over the town with the message.

impulse child embarrass relate appear frustrate depress argue bear