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Jack’s real character
How easy is it to understand another person’s character?
My friend Jack, was once a rather (1). annoying.. person. He was ANNOY
always getting into trouble at school because he was so (2) OBEY
In class he was very (3) and never stopped making TALK
jokes. The teachers all told him he was (4) because POLITE
he interrupted them. When I met him he was very (5) FRIEND
and didn’t want to talk to me at all. People told me that he
stole things, and that he was (6) His school work HONEST
was terrible. He didn’t take any (7) in his writing, he PROUD
never spent enough time doing his homework, and he
was not at all (8) One day he saw a gang of boys CONSCIENCE
attacking an old man. Jack hated (9) and he fought VIOLENT
them all until they ran away. He was awarded a medal
for (10) After that, people changed their minds BRAVE
about him.
5 Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) You can’t tell what someone is like just from their B
A) character B) appearance C) personality D) looking
b) I was born in Scotland but I in Northern Ireland.
A) grew up B) raised C) brought up D) rose
c) Edward was named after one of his father’s distant
A) family B) brothers C) members D) relations
d) Jane and Brian got married a year after they got
A) divorced B) proposed C) engaged D) separated
e) Graham works well in class, but his could be better.
A) rudeness B) behaviour C) politeness D) acting
f) Julie had a terrible with her parents last night.
A) row B) discussion C) argue D) dispute
g) I got to Steve well last year when we worked together.
A) introduce B) know C) meet D) sympathise
h) Is Brenda married or? I don’t like to ask her.
A) spinster B) alone C) bachelor D) single i) Parents have to try hard to understand the younger
A) generation B) people C) adolescents D) teenagers j) My father likes to be called a senior citizen, not an old age
A) person B) relative C) gentleman D) pensioner
6 Match the words in the box with a suitable definition (a-l). Use each word once.
a) The son of your brother or sister nephew
b) A woman on the day of her marriage
c) A young child who is learning to walk
d) What a woman calls the man she is engaged to
e) One of two children born at the same time
f) A person who lives near you
g) The daughter of your brother or sister
h) A person who is fully grown
i) A woman whose husband has died
j) At a wedding, the friend of the bridegroom
k) The sister of the person you marry
1) A person you work with
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