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Read the information in the Learn this! box. Use a suffixto


form nouns from the verbs and adjectives below and write
thern in the correct column of the chart. Use a dictionary to
help you if necessary.

rcnuse depless embarrass enjoy


itritare kind neVous sad

excite

Choose the correct adjectives.

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The match was really excited / exciting. Liverpool won in


the Last minute of the game.
I was really shocked / shocl<ing to hear about your

accident.
| can't get this new camcorder to worl<. The instructions
are rea[[y confused / confusing.
ldropped all my books as lwas going into class. ltwas
very embarrassing / embarrassed!
Alistair is rea[[y irritated / irritatingl He keeps taLl<ing
when I'm trying to concentrate.
His parents were very disappointed / disappointing
when they read his school report.

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Complete the sentences with nouns from the chart in


exercise 1. More than one answer may be possibte.

Phrasal verbs

My dad, my brother and my sister all have first names


when
beginning with 'D', which causes a lot of ' '
the post arrives.
for
After losng her job, she suffered from '_ '
severaI years.
I'm not very good at tennis, but I get a lot of
from it.
Thanl<you for showing me such
there when I needed you.
when I fett off my seat in the
lmagine my

middle of the ptay!


I love going to football matches. You don't get the same

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when you watch it on W.

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&LB'E

Some related nouns and adjectives / verbs do not follow a


simpte pattern. Use a dictionary to hetp you learn these.

verb

adjectve
relieved
ashamed

relieve
shome

shock

shocked

noun

relief
shame

shock

Read the Look out! box. Then use a dictionary to find the
nouns related to these adiectives.

bored guilty jealous pleased proud satisied

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-ingadiectives

Adjectives ending in -ed usua[[y describe how a person


feels. A similar adfective ending in -ing describes what
causes that feeling.
I was bored because the film was boring.
This nap is confusing. l'm confused.

Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and one or two


prepositions. Some phrasal verbs are transitive,
which means they are used with an object.
We turned the music off.
Other phrasal verbs are intransitive, which means
they are used without an object.
She stood up.
Some phrasalverbs can be transitive or intransitive.
Often, the meaning changes.
The plane took off.
I took off my coat.
Some phrasaL verbs can have more than one
meaning. The context will heLp you decide which
meaning is correct or [ook in a dictionary.
The protesters took on the police. (: fought against)
The restaurant took on a new waitress. (: employed)

Use a dictionary to checl< the meaning of the phrasal verbs


below. Then use each phrasal verb to complete two of the
sentences (1-8). Use the past simpte.

bring

up

give

away

He was a millionaire,

money to charity.
My grandparents were poor, but they
heatthy, happy chitd ren.

The teacher

accidentally

most of his
three

the answer to the

first question.

We

ten minutes late for the opera and they

refused to let us in.

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the TV when Lady Gaga started performing.
6 My brother was really embarrassed when |
the
girlfriend.
of
his
first
subject
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Whenlphonedmyuncle,

l - -

adifferentvoiceso

that he wouldn't know it was me.


her hat and walked out.
She stood up,

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