VOCABULARY: Personality Adjectives (B1 / B2)

Have a look at the adjectives to describe personality.

What do yo call a person who...?

1. doesn't say what they really think
2. feels sure about their ability to do things
3. keeps their head in a crisis
4. acts without thinking
5. thinks is better and more important than others
6. has a lot of knowledge because their experience
7. never changes their opinion even when they are wrong
8. is determined to be successful
9. takes care to do things carefully and correctly
10. is different and unusual
11. has a great sense of humour
12. is always in a bad mood
13. is emotionally in control
14. is not very good at expressing their feelings or opinions
15. is fairly relaxed about things

ANSWER KEY:

1. insincere
2. self-confident
3. calm
4. impulsive
5. arrogant
6. wise
7. stubborn
8. ambitious
9. conscientious
10. eccentric
11. funny
12. bad-tempered
13. well-balanced
14. reserved
15. easy-going

VOCABULARY: Crime and Punishment (B2 / C1)

Below you will find a mindmap with the most common vocabulary related with the topic of "Crime and Punishment". Have a look at all the words there and do the activity below.

1. Match the crimes with the examples.

1. BLACKMAIL

2. BRIBERY

3. BURGLARY

4. DRUG DEALING

5. FRAUD

6. HIJACKING

7. KIDNAPPING

8. MUGGING

9. MURDER

10. RAPE

11. ROBBERY

12. SMUGGLING

13. TERRORISM

14. THEFT

15. VANDALISM

A. A gang took a rich man's son and asked the family for money.

B. She went to her ex-husband's house and shot him dead.

C. A passenger on a flight made the pilot land in the desert.

D. After the party the man made the woman have sex against her will.

E. We came home from holiday and found that our TV had gone.

F. Someone tried to sell me some marijuana during a concert.

G. When the border police searched his car, it was full of cigarettes.

H. Someone threw pain on the statue in the park.

I. He said he'd send the photos to a newspaper if the actress didn't pay him a lot of money.

J. An armed man walked into a bank and shouted, "Hands up!"

K. A man transferred company money into his own bank account.

L. A builder offered the mayor a free flat in return for a favour.

M. Two men left a bomb in the supermarket car park.

N. Somebody stole my car last night outside my house.

O. A man held out a knife and make me give him my wallet.

2. Read the following text and choose the correct alternative in each pair.

Last year my house was broken into and 1 robbed/stolen. I immediately informed the police. A police officer came to the house and asked me to make a list of what had been 2 robbed/stolen. I told him my neighbours had seen someone suspicious at the time of the 3 forgery/burglary, so they had to go to the police station and 4 make/do a statement. About a month later the police contacted me to say they had arrested a 5 defendant/suspect. When the case came to court, I went to 6 give/tell evidence. Of course, the man 7 admitted/pleaded not guilty. The 8 jury/lawyer decided there was not enough proof to 9 try/convict him,and he was 10 let off/let go.

ANSWER KEY:

1)
1.I
2.L
3.E
4.F
5.K
6.C
7.A
8.O
9.B
10.D
11.J
12.G
13.M
14.N
15.H


2)

1. robbed

2. stolen

3. burglary

4. make

5. suspect

6. give

7. pleaded

8. jury

9. convict

10. let off

GRAMMAR: Possessive Adjectives (A1 / A2)

Go through the notes and do the activities below.


Possessive Adjectives

1. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive adjective.

1. Do you like .............. job?

2. I know Mr Watson, but I don't know .............. wife.

3. Alice and Tom live in London. .............. son lives in Australia.

4. We're going to have a party. We're going to invite all .............. friends.

5. Anna is going out with .............. friends this evening.

6. I like tennis. It's .............. favorite sport.

7. "Is that .............. car?" "No, I haven't got a car".

8. I want to phone Maria. Do you know .............. phone number?

9. Do you think most people are happy in .............. jobs?

10. I'm going to wash .............. hair before I go out.

11. This is a beautiful tree. .............. leaves are of a beautiful colour.

12. John has a brother and a sister. .............. brother is 25, and .............. sister is 21.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive adjective.

1. She's goes to the gym with me. .............. name is Jane.

2. We're in room 5. .............. teacher is Michael.

3. New York is famous for .............. theatres.

4. How do you spell .............. name, Ricardo?

5. My friends are from Italy. .............. are Tito and Micaela.

6. This is my husband. .............. name is Steve.

7. I live in Oxford. .............. adress is 1 Ross House, Southcote Road.

8. Rita is in my class, but .............. husband is in a different class.

9. Italy is famous for .............. ice-creams.

10. We are neighbours. .............. house is next to your house.

ANSWERS: 
1) 1. your 2. his 3. their 4. our 5. her 6. my 7. your 8. her 9. their 10. my 11. its 12. his / his.
2) 1. her 2. our 3. its 4. your 5. their 6. his 7. my 8. her 9. its 10. our



If you found this post useful, you might want to consider subscribing to my blog for free.

VOCABULARY: Weather Idioms (C1 / C2)

Match the idioms with their definitions:

1.         A: Why does she have a face like thunder??

B: She’s very upset because she didn’t get the promotion.

2.         It’s so unfair! It never rains, but it pours! I didn’t get the promotion and what is more I didn’t even get a pay rise!!

3.         A: I think I’m chasing rainbows. I will never get that promotion…

B: Oh! Don’t be so pessimistic!

4.         A: I just don’t know what I can do… I think I’m going to quit my job!

B: Don’t be silly! That all sounds like a storm in a teacup to me.

5.         Don’t forget he told you he was pleased with your job and gave you the afternoon off. Every cloud has a silver lining!

A.     To make your problems sound worse than what they really are

B.     To be very angry

C.     Even bad situations have positive aspects

D.    To wait for something that will never happen

E.     To have very big problems.

ANSWER KEY: 1. B , 2. E, 3. D, 4. A, 5. C 

LISTENING: Haven't met you yet - Michael Bublé (A2 / B1)

Listen to the song in the blanks with a correct verb. 
The verbs can be in the present simple, past simple, present perfect or in the future form with “going to”.

I'm not surprised
Not everything lasts
I(1) __________ my heart so many times,
I (2) __________ keeping track.
Talk myself in
I talk myself out
I get all worked up
Then I let myself down.

I (3) __________ so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought, I thought of every possibility

And I (4) __________ someday that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid, that I'll give so much more than I get
I just (5) __________ you yet

I might have to wait
I'll never give up
I (6) __________ it's half timing
And the other half's luck
Wherever you are
Whenever it's right
You (7) __________ out of nowhere and into my life

And I know that we can be so amazing
And baby your love is (8) __________ me
And now I can see every possibility

But somehow I know that will all turn out
And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid, I'll give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet

They (9) __________ all's fair
In love and war
But I won't need to fight it
We'll get it right
And we'll be united

And I know that we can be so amazing
And being in your life is (10) __________ me
And now I can see every single possibility

Mmm

And someday I know it'll all turn out
And I'll work, to work it out
Promise you kid, I'll give more than I get
Than I get, than I get, than I get

Oh you know it will all turn out
And you'll make me work, so we can work, to work it out
And I promise you kid, to give so much more than I get
Yeah I just haven't met you yet

I just haven't met you yet
Oh promise you kid
To give so much more than I get

I said love, love, love, love, love, love, love
I just haven't met you yet
Love, love, love, love, love, love
I just haven't met you you


Now watch the video with the lyrics and check your answers.

If you found this post useful, you might want to consider subscribing to my blog for free.

VOCABULARY: Expressions with "care" (B2)

Match the expressions with their meaning.

1. Take good care of
2. Couldn’t care less about
3. Well care for
4. Longer than I care to
5. Take great care with
6. Have a care in the world

A. Look after well
B. A very long time
C. Not be at all interested in
D. Be more careful
E. Look after well
F. Not be worried about anything


ANSWER KEY:
1.A / E
2.C
3.E / A
4.B
5.D
6.F

A.

VOCABULARY: Extreme Adjectives (B1)

"Extreme adjectives" are adjectives which imply that their meaning is "extremely something". For example "freezing" means extremely cold.

Normal adjectives are "gradable", this means we can say: a little cold, very cold, extremely cold... On the contrary, extreme adjectives are not gradable because the word "freezing" already means "extremely cold". However they can be used with words such as absolutely, completely, utterly.
Extreme adjectives don't have a comparative nor superlative form.

Now match the adjectives with their extreme adjectives.

tired                        starving
small                       fantastic  
angry                      freezing
good                       astounding
surprising               exhausted
hot                          furious
dirty                        ancient
clean                      huge 
cold                        hilarious
pretty                      tiny
ugly                        gorgeous
funny                      boiling
old                          filthy
big                          hideous
hungry                   spotless


ANSWER KEY
tired   exhausted
small  tiny
angry  furious
good   fantastic
surprising   astounding
hot   boiling
dirty   filthy
clean   spotless
cold   freezing
pretty   gorgeous
ugly   hideous
funny   hilarious
old   ancient
big   huge
hungry   starving