TEST TOPIC 5 : PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS docx

TEST TOPIC 5 : PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS.
Exercise 1. Choose the best answer.
1. She’s a very _______ person – always smiling and in a good mood.
a. cheerful b. delighted c. glad d. pleased
2. He’s a very ________ person – I wish he’s a bit more easy – going.
a. bad – tempered b. furious c. mad d. wild
3. Don’t tell her off – she’s very _________ and she may start to cry.
a. responsive b. sensible c. sensitive d. sympathetic
4. People enjoy his company because he’s extremely ____________.
a. adorable b. likeable c. lovable d. unreliable
5. If you’ve got a problem, go and talk to her – I’m sure she’ll be __________.
a. patient b. sympathetic c. tolerant d. warm - hearted
6. He has excellent taste in clothes and always dresses __________.
a. cleanly b. healthily c. smartly d. tastily
7. When his wife started seeing more of the tennis coach, he became very _______.
a. arrogant b. envious c. jealous d. selfish
8. The twins keep pretending to be each other – they’re such _________ children !
a. evil b. miserable c. naughty d. wicked
9. Thank you for your beautiful present. It was very ________ of you to buy it for me.
a. charitable b. generous c. loyal d. reliable
10. If you give him a message, make sure he writes it down because he’s very _____.
a. absent b. forgetful c. mindless d. reliable
11. You have to be quite __________ to stand up in front of an audience.
a. self – confident b. self – conscious c. selfish d. self - satisfied
12. She’s a very ________ little girl – her parents give her everything she asks for.
a. consented b. discriminating c. generous d. spoilt
13. He’s a dreadful person – I can’t __________ him.
a. stand b. suffer c. support d. swallow
14. Everyone agrees that he’s a very __________ man.
a. beautiful b. gorgeous c. handsome d. pretty
15. When she first went to work in another city, she felt very _________

a. abandoned b. alone c. lonely d. single
16. Most people feel _____________ before an examination.
a. absent – minded b. anxious c. eager d. nervy
17. How long has Mary been ____________ with Peter ?
a. going back b. going in c. going out d. going up
18. They fell in love _________ first sight
a. on b. with c. at d. to
19. How long have they been __________ ?
a. betrothed b. engaged c. financed d. intended
20. When are they going to ___________ ?
a. get married b. marry them c. marry each other d. marry themselves
21. Peter has asked Michael to be his _________ at the wedding.
a. best man b. bridesmaid c. eyewitness d. godfather
22. Mary has invited all her _________ to the wedding.
a. compatriots b. in – laws c. parents d. relations
23. Her parents have been married for twenty years and today is their _________.
a. anniversary b. birthday c. jubilee d. marriage
24. The people in the flat upstairs are always having noisy ___________.
a. debates b. discussions c. noises d. rows
25. When her mother remarried, she got on very well with her new _________.
a. ancestor b. forefather c. foster – father d. step – father
26. A diagram that shows the members of the family and their relationship is called a family
____________.
a. branch b. line c. river d. tree
Exercise 2. Choose the best answer.
1. Let me introduce my betrothed / engaged / fiancÐe. We’re getting married next month.
2. Jim is just a/an acquaintance / colleague / figure I met on holiday.
3. As I’m officially a/an alien / outsider / stranger I have to register with the police.
4. Local people are campaigning for better facilities for the aged / ancient / elder.
5. Our ancestor / descendants / predecessors are all burried in the local churchyard.

6. Peter is 50 and unmarried and his friends call him “ an eligible bachelor / independent /
single”
7. When I was a bloke / chap / lad I used to walk ten miles to school.
8. We call her “ Auntic Flo” though sge is not really any family / relation / relative to us.
Exercise 3. Fill the gaps. The first letter is given
1. I g________ on with all my workmates, and we have a lot of fun.
2. Lucy and I just don’t see e________ to e________ when it comes to politics.
3. I hate it when we argue. Couldn’t we try to make it u _______ and be friends again ?
4. She is senior t ________ me in the office, so I have to do what she tells me.
5. I may be old – fashioned but I think children should respect their e _________.
6. I felt strongly r ________ by his unpleasant attitude. I never want to speak to him again.
7. I heard that Brian and Fiona have s_______ up. I thought they were madly in love.
8. He’s not really a friend, just a casual a ___________.
9. He doesn’t just love her, he absolutely i _________ her !
10. Jill is David’s f________. They plan to get married next year, as far as I know.
Exercise 4. Rewrite each sentence, starting with the words given below.
1. You must be more polite to people .
It is __________________________________
2. Although she’s the daughter of a rich man, he doesn’t want to marry her.
Inspite _______________________________
3. She’s much more humourous than her brother.
Her brother ____________________________
4. They first met five years ago.
They have ____________________________
5. During her husband’s absence, she was lonely.
While _______________________________
Exercise 5. Replace the words underlined with one of the phrases given.
Fell out Turned him down Moved in with
Got on well with Kept in touch with Ran away from
Got to know Let him down Grew up Went out together

1. When Brian asked her to marry him, Ann said no.
2. I commmunicated regularly with most of my old friends.
3. Ann spent her childhood years in London.
4. David and Jean dated for three months before they got engaged.
5. Kate quarelled with her boyfriends and they stopped seeing each other.
6. Helen had a good relationship with her in – laws.
7. Hary left home without his parents’ permission
8. Sophia promised to meet Michael after work but disappointed him.
9. After a few weeks, I went to live in the house of some friends.
10. I grew friendly with Pam when we worked together.