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Unit 2

Second edition

Vocabulary Practice

Level 4

3

1

pretentious charming intellectual
careless shallow hypocritical
sympathetic
1

3 I told Sue because I knew she’d be
sympathetic.

5 I don’t think Nick’s as charming as everyone
says.

3 Are they new glasses? They make you look
.

6 Has Samantha always been so smug?

4 Josh thinks he’s a rock star! He looks so
in those clothes.

7 Whatever happens, Kate’s always bubbly.
to

so she

7 If she’s your friend why are you rude about
her? That’s just
.

2

Match the words in the box with their
definitions.
witty bubbly cheeky
pushy smug scatty
1

She doesn’t respect the teachers.
cheeky

4

Read about Ella’s family. Complete the
sentences with adjectives from Exercises 1–3.
On the whole I get on really well with my family.
The person I’m closest to is my younger sister
Nadia. She’s quite quiet but she makes me laugh
a lot. My elder sister Jo is really good fun as well,
she’s always in a good mood. I don’t see her a lot
at the moment because she spends a lot of time

with her boyfriend Tom. Tom’s alright I suppose.
He’s very good-looking but I think he’s a bit
pleased with himself.

3 She forgets things all the time.

Mum’s great – I can always talk to her if I have
a problem. She’s really well organized too. I’m
completely the opposite – I never remember
what I’m supposed to be doing.

4 He tries to make me do what he wants.

And what about my Dad? Well, everybody likes
my Dad.

2 She always has something funny to say.

5 He’s really pleased with himself.

1

Nadia is

2 Jo is
6 She’s really good fun to be with.

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4 Richard’s quite famous but he isn’t at all
pretentious.

2 I phoned her because I needed some advice
but she wasn’t very
.

6 She’s clever but she’s
doesn’t get good marks.

DL

I think Tania’s really quite hypocritical.

2 Ian’s one of the pushiest people I know.

My mum loves Jack. She always says how
charming he is.

5 Don’t you think it’s a bit
judge people by what they wear?

Does the speaker like the person or not?
Write L (likes) or DL (doesn’t like).

LEVEL 4 UNIT 2

Complete the sentences with the adjectives
in the box.

3 Tom is

witty

.

5 Ella’s

.
.

.

4 Ella’s mum’s
.

6 Ella’s dad’s

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Unit 2