10 Vocabulary & Functions Vocabulary: Life events 1 Quali sono gli eventi importanti nella vita
di una persona? Leggi le definizioni e scrivi l’evento di cui si parla. 1 When two people decide they want a child. have a baby ____________________ 2 The party to celebrate when you leave school. ____________________ 3 A fancy trip you go with the person you have just married. ____________________ 4 When two people officially promise to marry each other. ____________________ 5 When someone finishes high school, college or university. ____________________ 6 When you change the place you live in. ____________________ 7 When you meet someone you like, and you go very well together. ____________________ 8 When two people decide to legally tie their lives. ____________________
2 Completa le frasi con le espressioni nel riquadro.
born into • moved • graduate • married to on honeymoon • get a job • get engaged make friends • school prom • had a baby • teenager on honeymoon to Australia. 1 My sister went _____________________ 2 When I was a child, I didn’t ____________________ easily. 3 Meghan Markle wasn’t _____________________ an aristocratic family, but now she’s _____________________ a prince! 4 My grandma was a terrible _____________________: she wanted to do all the things a girl wasn’t allowed to do. 5 Last year my father had a new job, so we _____________________ to another city. 6 After I _____________________ in IT, I want to _____________________ in TLC. 7 They’ve just _____________________ , so they decided to _____________________ . 8 A _____________________ is a beautiful event in every student’s life, you can’t miss it!
Vocabulary: Feelings and personality adjectives
3 Persone, cose o tutte e due? Scrivi gli aggettivi nella colonna corretta.
amazing • hard • painful • sad • ridiculous • absurd terrifying • wonderful • amusing • exciting • fantastic bossy • jealous • kind • anxious • generous • quiet cool • lazy • difficult • patient • funny • nervous confident • cheerful • reliable • rude • serious • tired
bossy,
painful,
Both amazing,
4 Completa le frasi con gli aggettivi nel riquadro.
anxious • funny • rude • generous reliable • tired • bossy • lazy tired 1 After a week of studying hard, Jack was __________. 2 The children cried when they saw the clown: it wasn’t _________ at all. 3 I love _________ Saturday mornings! 4 Freddie’s a very _________ person: you can count on him! 5 Don’t get _________ about the exam. 6 I can’t stand the new coach: he’s too _________! 7 They gave the pet charity a very _________ amount of money. 8 It’s _________ to keep people waiting.
-ing and -ed adjectives
5 Completa la tabella. verb
to annoy to amaze to bore to confuse to disappoint to excite to interest to relax to worry
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