Vocabulary - Unit 11

Vocabulary - Unit 11

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Personality Adjectives

Personality adjectives are adjectives that we use to describe a person and their personality.

Everybody is an individual so we all have different personalities. One of us may be kind and like to help other people. Another person may be lazy and prefer to sleep rather than work.

Talented

meaning: talentosa (o)

Warm

meaning: "calorosa (o)"; "carinhosa (o)"

Adventurous

meaning: aventureira (o)

Charming

meaning: "charmosa (o)"

Confident

meaning: confiante

Intelligent

meaning: inteligente

Question 1 - Complete the definitions

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Multiple Choice

An ____________ person understands things easily.

• intelligent

• warm

Multiple Choice

A ___________ person believes in himself or herself.

• charming

• confident

Multiple Choice

A ______________ person is friendly and loving.

• warm

• adventurous

Multiple Choice

A _______________ person usually has a lot friends.

• brave

• charming

Multiple Choice

An __________ person is not afraid of risks.

• lazy

• adventurous

Question 1

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1 - intelligent

2 - confident

3 - warm

4 - charming

5 - adventurous

Fun

meaning: diversão; divertimento; se divertir.

Hilarious

meaning: hilário; engraçado demais.

Laughing

meaning: rindo.

Tell a joke

meaning: contar uma piada.

Get a joke

meaning: entender a piada.

Play a joke

meaning: pregar uma peça; "fazer uma brincadeira".

Make fun

meaning: tirar sarro.

Funny

meaning: engraçado.

Question 2 - Complete the conversation with "fun" words.

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Multiple Choice

Number 1

A: Hahahaha!

B: It isn't ____________. Stop laughing.

• funny

• joke

Multiple Choice

Number 2

A: Did you enjoy the birthday party?

B: Oh, yes. We had a lot of _____________.

• play jokes

• fun

Multiple Choice

Number 3

A - I didn't like the movie at all.

B - I thought it was _________. I couldn't stop laughing.

• funny

• jokes

Multiple Choice

Number 4

A - Why doesn't Anna want to go to school?

B - The other kids _________ of her because she wears glasses.

• make fun

• get a joke

Multiple Choice

Number 5

A - I didn't ______________.

B - I know what you mean. It's never easy to understand jokes in another language.

• hilarious

• get the joke

Multiple Choice

Number 6

A - Jane's really good at telling _______.

B - Yes, she always makes me laugh.

• funny

• jokes

Multiple Choice

Number 7

A - Let's play a ________ on Dad!

B - Ok! Let's hide his phone.

• funny

• joke

Question 2

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1 - funny

2 - fun

3 - funny

4 - make fun

5 - get the joke

6 - jokes

7 - joke

VERB PATTERNS:

OBJECT + INFINITIVE

Here are some other verbs that are part of this pattern:

- Persuade

- Encourage

- Warn

- Invite

- Expect

- Remind

- Allow

- Want

Question 3 - Match the sentence halves.

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Multiple Choice

1 - My English teacher picked me to

• C - to our place on Saturday?

• D - read a story aloud to the whole class

Multiple Choice

2 - I wasn't expecting you to be home

• E - so early

• G - at the supermarket?

Multiple Choice

3 - My parents don't allow my little sister to

• A - him to play the piano at the school concert

• B - watch TV at all. They think it's bad for her.

Multiple Choice

4 - He's very shy. I think we should encourage

• A - him to play the piano at the school concert

• C - to our place on Saturday?

Multiple Choice

5 - Do I need to remind you what to buy

• B - Watch TV at all. They think it's bad for her.

• G - at the supermarket?

Multiple Choice

6 - Can we invite you to come

• F - be late

• C - to our place on Saturday?

Question 3

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1 - D

2 - E

3 - B

4 - A

5 - G

6 - C

Question 4 - Put the letters in order.

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EXPERT

meaning: especialista

TORNADO

meaning: tornado

HAILSTORM

meaning: chuva de granizo

ESCAPE

meaning: escapar

BLIZZARD

meaning: nevasca

CANDIDATE

meaning: candidato

KEY WORDS FOR THE QUESTION

- EXPERT

- TORNADO

- HAILSTORM

- ESCAPE

- BLIZZARD

- CANDIDATE

Question 4

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1 - tornado

2- hailstorm

3 - escape

4 - expert

5 - blizzard

6 - candidate