Review 13

A. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in

the same line.

How are you?

People don’t always show their true (1) ___feelings____. Somebody with a

FEEL

big smile on their face might actually be (2) __unhappy___. One of the

HAPPY

reasons for this is that our (3) ____emotional__ life is very personal. Not

EMOTION

everyone is (4) ___sympathetic___ to our problems, so we have to protect

SYMPATHY

ourselves. Some people, particularly teenagers, appear (5) ____bored_____

BORE

by everything, even things that they actually find (6) ____exciting__. This

EXCITE

may be because they think it’s not very cool to be (7) ___excited____

EXCITE

about things, or to be too (8) ___energetic_____ and enthusiastic.

ENERGY

1 mark per answer

B. Write one word in each gap.

9. Come _____on____, or we’re going to be late!

10. Just hang ____ on _____ one second while I find my mobile phone.

11. Peter is so noisy! I wish he would just shut ____up_______!

12. It annoyed me that Jason just went _____ on ______ talking when he could see I was crying.

13. Try to calm _____down______ and tell us exactly what has happened.

14. You’ll have to speak ____up______ because I can’t hear what you’re saying.

15. Did you know that Sarah ran ___away_______ from home when she was fourteen?

16. I was felling sad, but seeing my cousins really cheered me _____up_____ .

1 mark per answer

C. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the

first sentence. Write between two and five words.

17. I’m depressed because I don’t have enough money to buy a new pair of jeans. afford

I’m depressed because can’t afford to buy________________ a new pair of jeans.

18. Pam looked like she was happy, but I knew she was sad. pretended

Pam pretended to be_________________________________ happy, but I knew she was sad.

19. Toby made me feel bad about what I’d done. made

I was made to feel___________________________________ bad by Toby about what I’d done.

20. I made up my mind to apologise to Mary. decide

I decided to apologise________________________________ to Mary.

21. We finally succeeded in cheering Micheal up. managed

We finally managed to cheer__________________________ Micheal up.

22. I don’t argue with friends if I can avoid it. avoid

I avoid arguing_____________________________________ with friends if I can.

23. I don’t care what other people think any more. stopped

I’ve stopped caring about_____________________________what other people think.

24. Claudia dislikes arguments and so do I. both

Claudia and I both___________________________________ dislike arguments.

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