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Unit 1 Vocabulary

Consolidation Extension
1 Find ten adjectives in the wordsearch. 4 What do these sentences mean?
not very + opposite adjective
s o c i a b l e q w e d
She’s short.
1. She’s not very tall. .............................................
k w l p o i u y t y r i
They’re
2. They’re not very organised. ...............................
p j e h g f d s r a z s
disorganised.
...........................................................................
r t s l i m m n e x c o
3. He’s not very friendly.
e y u i l o p b l b v r ...........................................................................
t f d b a b z x i v n g 4. She’s not very punctual.
t s a l s d u c a b m a ...........................................................................
y w q o f g h i b u i n 5. He’s not very hard-working.
f h o n e s t j l k l i ...........................................................................

g v n d q w e r e t t s 6. He’s not very relaxed.

j k b e a u t i f u l e ...........................................................................

m f r i e n d l y u y d 7. She’s not very honest.

...........................................................................
8. They’re not very sensitive.

2 Put the words from Exercise 1 in the correct ...........................................................................

column.
Physical appearance Personality
sociable 5 Rewrite these sentences using not very.
He’s not very tall.
1. He’s short. .........................................................
2. He’s unsociable. ................................................
3 Write the correct adjective.
3. They’re boring. ..................................................
relaxed.
1. calm, not worried ..................................
4. She’s unreliable. ................................................
2. too heavy ..................................
5. They’re noisy. .....................................................
3. easily hurt or offended ..................................
6. They tell lies. ......................................................
4. not short and not tall ..................................
7. He’s very nervous. .............................................
5. does not lie or steal ..................................
8. She’s shy. ...........................................................
6. makes you laugh ..................................
7. gives a lot (e.g. time or money) to help
people ..................................
8. quiet and sensitive ..................................
9. very attractive (usually a man) ........................
10. very attractive (usually a woman) ...................
11. timid ..................................
12. doesn’t say much..................................
13. always telling people what to do ....................
14. not big and not small ..................................

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Unit 2 Vocabulary

Consolidation Extension
1 Complete the words to form activities. 3 Match the two parts of these free-time or
inema.
1. going to the c..................
everyday activities.
1. brushing your jumping
2. going o........... with fr..................
2. surfing biking
3. g.................. up early
3. sending online
4. sh..................g
4. going mountain- the Internet
5. doing sp..................
5. going roller- blading
6. d..........cing
6. bungee text messages to friends
7. s.................. in bed all d..................
7. tidying your teeth
8. w.................. up
8. chatting room
9. m.................. new people
10. c..........king
4 Now match an activity from Exercise 3 to
each description.
2 Now match an activity from Exercise 1 with An activity …
a picture.
1. you do in the morning and after meals.
a b
brushing your teeth
...........................................................................
2. you do on a computer to look at web pages.
...........................................................................

going to the cinema 3. you do when nothing is in the right place.

................................... ...................................
...........................................................................
c d
4. you do with special shoes that have wheels.
...........................................................................
5. when you write with your mobile phone.
...........................................................................
................................... ...................................
e f 6. when you communicate with people using a
computer. ..........................................................
7. where you jump from a tremendous height.
...........................................................................

................................... ................................... 8. what you need a bicycle for.

g h ...........................................................................

................................... ...................................
i j

................................... ...................................

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Unit 3 Vocabulary

Consolidation Extension
1 Write the verb next to each definition. 3 Complete the sentences with words from
1. To be unsuccessful in a test or an exam.
the box.
fail
........................................................................... primary school degree secondary school
2. To be successful in a test or an exam. university terms state school
........................................................................... private school boarding school

3. To be dishonest in a test or an exam

state school is run by the government
1. A ............................
(e.g. copying). ..................................................
and is free.
4. To study for a test or an exam. .........................
2. You have to pay to attend a ............................
5. To do a test or an exam. ...................................
3. A ............................ is a school where
students live as well as study.
4. A ............................ is where students study at
2 Complete the words for school subjects. a higher level than school.
1. maths.
..................................... 5. In Britain, children between the ages of 5 and
2. bio..................................... 11 go to .............................
3. nat............... sci ................ 6. In Britain, ............................ is for students
between the ages of 11 and 18.
4. ph......................................
7. In Britain, the school year is divided into three
5. ch......................................
.............................
6. En......................................
8. The qualification that you receive when you
7. Fr.......................................
finish university is called a .............................
8. geo....................................
9. com.............. st.................
10. hi .......................................
11. mu .....................................
12. lit .......................................

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Unit 4 Vocabulary

Consolidation Extension
1 Find the opposite adjectives in the box. 3 Match the words in the box with the
pictures.
uncomfortable unfashionable baggy
casual nice casual short sleeve button collar cuff zip
laces pocket heel buckle strap
small
1. big - .....................................................
2. fashionable / trendy - .......................... 1 2.

3. formal - ................................................
4. comfortable - .......................................
5. long - ...................................................
sleeve
................................... ...................................
6. horrible - ..............................................
3. 4.
7. tight - ...................................................

2 Match the pictures with the words.

belt boots dress earrings ................................... ...................................

tie jacket jeans sandals 5. 6.

shorts skirt suit sunglasses

sweater sweatshirt trainers

................................... ...................................
7. 8.
sweater
1. ........................... 2. ...........................

3. ........................... 4. ...........................

................................... ...................................
9. 10
5. ........................... 6. ...........................

7. ........................... 8. ...........................

................................... ...................................
9. ........................... 10. ...........................

11. ........................... 12. ...........................

13. ........................... 14. ...........................

15. ...........................

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Unit 5 Vocabulary

Consolidation Extension
1 Complete the words. 3 Match the words in the box with the
1. sc _i e
definitions.
_ nt _i st
2. b _ n k m _ n _ g _ r bonus overtime self-employed
commission part-time wages
3. b _ _ u t _ c _ _ n
employee pay slip
4. b _ _ l d _ r employer salary
5. d _ c t _ r
salary
1. Payment by the month. .............................
6. _ l _ c t r _ c _ _ n
2. Not working a full day or week. .....................
7. r _ c _ p t _ _ n _ s t
3. A person or group who employs. .....................
8. _ c t _ r
4. A person who is employed. .....................
9. t _ x _ d r _ v _ r
5. Payment by the hour, day or week.
10. w _ _ t _ r
.....................
6. A piece of paper showing the amount paid to
2 Match a job from Exercise 1 to the an employee. .....................
definitions below.
7. An extra payment (e.g. at Christmas).
1. Someone who works or is trained in science.
.....................
scientist
.............................
8. An extra payment for somebody who sells
2. Someone who constructs or repairs houses,
something. .....................
etc. .............................
9. Someone who works for himself / herself.
3. Someone who deals with or repairs wiring,
.....................
lighting, etc. .............................
10. Extra work for extra money. .....................
4. Someone who deals with or welcomes
people arriving at a hotel, office, etc.
.............................
5. Someone who gives special treatments to
your skin, hair, etc. .............................
6. Someone who is in charge of a bank.
.............................
7. Someone who performs in a play, film or
television programme. .............................
8. Someone who serves food and drink in a
restaurant or bar. .............................
9. Someone who treats people when they are ill.
.............................
10. Someone who takes people from one place
to another in a car. .............................

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Unit 6 Vocabulary
Consolidation Extension
1 Match the two parts of the words. 3 All of the words in Exercises 1 and 2 are
1. edu ance
nouns. They also have one or more
associated adjectives. What are the
2. exploi val adjectives for these nouns?
3. heal cism -al

4. ignor ction nutritional

1. nutrition: ....................................

5. ill mation 3. sexism: .....................................

6. infor ness 4. prejudice: .................................

7. integ pation 5. culture: .....................................

8. partici rance 6. medicine: .................................

9. pover ration 7. education: ................................

10. prote tation 8. stereotype: ...............................

11. ra th
-ist
12. se ty
classist
9. classism: ...................................
13. survi cation
10. racism: .....................................
14. tole xism
11. sexism: .....................................

others
2 Match a word from Exercise 1 with the
definitions below. 12. diversity: ...................................
education
1. Teaching and learning. ............................. 13. abuse: ......................................
2. How well your body is. ............................. 14. violence: ...................................
3. When people do not have facts or information
15. dignity: .....................................
about something. .............................
16. respect: ....................................
4. Taking part in an activity. .............................
5. When someone is poor. .............................
4 Some of these words also have an
6. Keeping a person or thing safe from harm or
associated verb. What are they?
damage. .............................
discriminate
1. discrimination: .............................
7. A disease of your body or mind.
2. education: ..................................
.............................
3. dignity: .......................................
8. Joining in the life and customs of a society or
4. diversity: .....................................
culture. .............................
5. abuse: ........................................
6. respect: ......................................
7. stereotype: .................................
8. prejudice: ...................................

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Unit 7 Vocabulary

Consolidation Extension
1 Complete the words to form feelings. 3 Match the extreme adjectives in the box to
arrassed
1. emb..................... (7 more letters)
the definitions.

2. rel........................ (4 more letters) terrified fascinated ecstatic exhausted

3. exc......................
4. bo .......................
5. dep .....................
6. dis.......................
7. fan.......................
8. gu .......................
9. ne........................
mortified devastated furious delighted
(4 more letters)
(3 more letters) 1. very very happy ecstatic
.................................
(6 more letters) 2. very very unhappy .................................
(9 more letters) 3. very very frightened .................................
(6 more letters) 4. very very angry .................................
(4 more letters) 5. very very pleased .................................
(5 more letters) 6. very very embarrassed .................................
7. very very interested .................................

2 Complete the sentences with an adjective 8. very very tired .................................

from Exercise 1.
bored with lying on the beach, so
1. We were ………….
we went to explore the city. 4 Complete these sentences with an adjective
from Exercise 3.
2. The news is always so bad. It just makes me
ecstatic!
1. I’m more than happy. I’m ..................................
………….
2. His football team lost the final 9-0 and he’s
3. He was really ………… that you weren’t at
the party. .................................................

4. Everyone was looking at me and I felt really 3. She wasn’t just embarrassed. She was

…………. .................................................

5. The children are really ………… about 4. When the dog attacked me I was
Christmas. .................................................

6. I slept really well last night and today I feel 5. My friend won the lottery and he was
…………. .................................................

7. He’s very ………… about his driving test. 6. I’ve just run a marathon and I’m

8. I feel ………… because I didn’t invite her to .................................................

the party. 7. My brother crashed my mum’s car and she
9. Jim was lying in the sun, looking very happy was .........................................
and …………. 8. The first time we saw a really good magician
we were ..................................

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Unit 8 Vocabulary
Consolidation Extension
1 Complete the sentences using the 3 Qualifiers. Write the words in the box in the
adjectives in the box. correct place on the scale (1 = the weakest,
5 = the strongest).
exciting annoyed terrified boring
insulted interested depressing worried a bit extremely not very
quite really
1. We left the cinema after half an hour because
boring.
the film was so .................... 1. ...........................................................................

2. The train was 30 minutes late and he was very 2. ...........................................................................

.................... 3. ...........................................................................

3. He’s the rudest person I’ve ever met. I felt so 4. ...........................................................................

.................... 5. ...........................................................................

4. It was a really .................... football match.

5. I’m not .................... in football. I think it’s
boring.
6. What’s the matter? You look ....................
7. I’m .................... of flying. I can’t even look at
an aeroplane.
8. It was a very .................... TV programme.
I feltvery sad afterwards.
2 Choose the correct word in each sentence.
1. I was so shocking / shocked by her language.
2. The book was really boring / bored.
3. I get depressing / depressed when it rains
all day.
4. I felt so insulting / insulted by her rude words.
5. It’s annoying / annoyed when you miss the bus.
6. Andy is terrifying / terrified of heights.
7. I don’t think horror films are frightening /
frightened at all.
8. Come and look at this. It’s really interesting /
interested.
9. Did you think that joke was amusing /
amused?
4 Give your opinion of these things using a
qualifier from Exercise 3 and an adjective.
(Note: extreme adjectives, such as
terrifying / terrified, can only be used with really.)
1. rap music ..........................................................
...........................................................................
2. skiing ................................................................
...........................................................................
3. Mr Bean ............................................................
...........................................................................
4. snakes ..............................................................
...........................................................................
5. rain ....................................................................
...........................................................................
6. failing an exam .................................................
...........................................................................
7. going on holiday ...............................................
...........................................................................
8. losing your homework ......................................
...........................................................................

10. We’re going on holiday tomorrow and I’m

really excited / exciting.
11. Are you worrying / worried about crime?
12. I feel a bit frustrating / frustrated because I
can’t do this maths problem.

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Unit 9 Vocabulary
Consolidation
1 Order the letters to form verbs from the unit.
decide
1. ceddie ..............................
2. wrgo ................................
3. scarenie ...........................
4. terace ..............................
5. edourcup .........................
6. gheanc ............................
7. meeboc ...........................
2 Match the words from Exercise 1 to a
definition.
decide
1. To choose to do something ....................
2. To make or have more of something
............................
3. To make something different from before
............................
4. To get bigger or older ............................
5. To make something from nothing
............................
6. To make something in a process
............................
7. To be something that it wasn’t before
............................
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Extension
3 Write sentences about past habits or
situations that are the opposite of the
present situation.
We didn’t use to like jazz.
1. We like jazz. ......................................................
2. Ian works in a supermarket.
...........................................................................
3. I know you very well.
...........................................................................
4. He doesn’t go to our school.
...........................................................................
5. She doesn’t have green hair.
...........................................................................
6. He’s our French teacher.
...........................................................................
7. We have a DVD player.
...........................................................................
8. Fiona doesn’t play tennis.
...........................................................................
9. Greg lives in Paris.
...........................................................................
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
word where necessary.
where we played football.
1. This is the park .................
2. That’s the boy ................. you like, isn’t it?
3. July is the month ................. Benicassim has
a music festival.
4. Tarifa is a town ................. people go to
windsurf.
5. We like the man ................. sings with
Radiohead, Thom Yorke.
6. Companies ................. operate in different
continents are called multi-nationals.
7. My bed is ................. I want to be right now.
8. Seven o’clock is ................. my alarm goes off.
9. A dictionary is a book ................. can help
you with your English.
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Unit 10 Vocabulary
Consolidation Extension
1 Complete the words. 4 Complete the definitions with words from
1. h u
the box.
_ r r _i c a
_ ne
_
2. f _ r _ s t f_r_ oil spill hurricane tidal wave
forest volcano ozone layer
3. _ _ r t h q u _ k _
earthquake deforestation
4. p _ l l _ u t _ _ n
5. d _ s _ _ s _ 1. A violent storm with a very strong wind.
hurricane
...................................
6. f l _ _ d s
2. A layer of oil floating on water.
7. d r _ _ g h t
...................................
8. g l _ b _ l w_rm_ng
3. The cutting or burning down of all the trees in
an area. ...................................
2 Give two examples for each word. 4. A mountain with a large hole at the top. Lava
Mediterranean ..............................
1. sea ................................, and hot ash sometimes erupt through the hole.
2. river ..............................., .............................. ...................................
3. lake ..............................., .............................. 5. A sudden shaking of the earth’s surface.
4. mountain ........................ .............................. ...................................

5. coast ............................., .............................. 6. A layer of gases that stops harmful radiation

from the sun. ...................................
6. valley ............................., ..............................
7. A very large movement of sea water that flows
7. beach ............................, ..............................
onto the land and destroys things.
8. forest ............................., ..............................
...................................
8. A large area of land that is thickly covered
3 Circle the odd one out. with trees. ...................................
1. rain drought floods
2. beach mountain sea 5 Write a description of things which can
3. forest tree lake damage the environment.

4. storms hurricanes valley ............................................................................

5. sea lake beach ............................................................................

6. storms hurricanes global ............................................................................

warming ............................................................................
7. forest fire drought floods ............................................................................
8. earthquake greenhouse effect air pollution ............................................................................

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Unit 11 Vocabulary
Consolidation Extension
1 Write the mirror words. 3 Complete the sentences with words or
the environment
1. tnemnorivne eht ..............................................
expressions from the box.

2. raw .................................................................. against the law discrimination global

looks on the dole peace treaty
3. emirc ...............................................................
solar power vaccination
4. sdneirf .............................................................
5. ecnaraeppa .................................................... Solar power is an example of clean energy.
1. ........................
6. tnemyolpmenu ................................................ 2. The two countries have signed the
7. esaesid ........................................................... ................................. after ten years of fighting.
8. ymonoce eht ................................................... 3. Drunk driving is .................................
9. msicar ............................................................. 4. Stop worrying about your .................................!
10. ytrevop ............................................................ 5. She had a typhoid ................................. before
she went on holiday.
11. ecnatpecca .....................................................
6. He is finding it very difficult to find a job. He’s
12. skram loohcs ..................................................
been ................................. for six months now.
7. The ................................ economy is in a crisis.
2 Match the words from Exercise 1 to the
correct definition. 8. Immigrants are suffering serious
1. People that you know well and enjoy .................................
friends
spending time with. ...................................
2. Illegal activities. ...................................
4 Match the problems from Exercise 1 to the
3. The land, water and air that people, animals sentences in Exercise 3.
and plants live in. ................................... the environment
1. ...........................................................................

4. When someone is allowed to become part of 2. ...........................................................................

a group. ................................... 3. ...........................................................................
5. A long period of fighting between countries. 4. ...........................................................................
................................... 5. ...........................................................................
6. The situation or experience of being poor. 6. ...........................................................................
...................................
7. ...........................................................................
7. Violent or unfair treatment against people
8. ...........................................................................
because they belong to a different race.
...................................
8. The way that you look. ...................................
9. Numbers or letters that a teacher gives you
for your work. ...................................
10. The organisation of a country’s money,
business and products. ...................................
11. The state of not having a job.
...................................
12. An illness or serious medical condition.
...................................

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Unit 12 Vocabulary
Consolidation Extension
1 Find eight adjectives from Unit 12 in the 3 What are the nouns associated with these
word search. adjectives?
1. brilliant brilliance
...............................
i b s e r i o u s y o
2. excellent ...............................
f m y r l c l e v e r
3. efficient ...............................
c q a j o x w k t m i
4. original ...............................
r z x g q j k l z w g
5. imaginative ...............................
e d g g i k u q v p i
6. perfect ...............................
a d t f u n n y h j n
7. attractive ...............................
t z u p q n a c y s a
8. healthy ...............................
i y p v k z b t q l l
9. persuasive ...............................
v z e f f e c t i v e
10. funny ...............................
e h k t w n k l q v p
e p e r s u a s i v e

2 Complete the text with a word or phrase

from the box.

target group advertising campaign

print-based message
slogan medium

A computer games company is looking for a

slogan for its (2) ........................................
(1) .................
for a new game. The (3) .......................................
is teenagers, all the advertisements will be
(4) .........................................., and the
(5) .......................................... will be teenage
magazines. The company wants to communicate
the idea that anyone can have a great time
playing this new game: rich, poor, sporty, quiet,
studious, etc. The (6) ..........................................
of the campaign is: “Whoever you are, you’ll
have fun with our game.”

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