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Unit 14 Vocabulary Practice

Second edition

Level 4

1

Read the clues and complete the puzzle.
Across

I was pulling / gripping my
hair out.

3 An expression people make when they’re cross or puzzled.

2 I kept biting my nails / hands.

4 To make a loud noise because you’re frightened.

3 I got goose bumps / bites.

6 Something you might do when you’re very surprised.

4 I fell about / over laughing.

Down

5 I cried my eyes out / down.

1

6 I was on the edge / top of
my seat.

2 Something people do when they’re cold or frightened.

Something you do when you’re bored or tired.

2

Finish the sentences with the
expressions from Exercise 1.
1

It was so hilarious
I fell about laughing

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

5 To laugh quietly to yourself.
1

2

3

Y
A
W
N

.

4

5

2 The story was so
weird and scary
6

.
3 I was so worried
.
4 I was so nervous that
.
5 The film was so exciting that
.
6 The end of the story was
so sad
.

4

Which syllable is stressed? Put the words from the
box in the right column.
( ● • • = stress on the first syllable; • ● • = on the middle syllable;
• • ● = on the final syllable )
comedy effective excitement passionate
recommend romantic therapy understand volunteer

●••

•●•

••●

comedy

PHOTOCOPIABLE

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LEVEL 4 UNIT 14

3

Circle the correct words.

Level 4

Unit 14