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English Vocabulary Exercises for B2 – What are they like?

10 esercizi

1. Choose the correct answers to complete the horoscopes.

  • Find out what is going to happen in your life with this week’s horoscope!
1 A Vocabulary upper-intermediate 01

2. Put the adjectives below in the correct columns.

  • bad-tempered bossy considerate creative cruel
  • outgoing quick-witted selfless self-satisfied
  • spontaneous stingy untrustworthy
PositiveNegative

3. Listen to four descriptions. Match the adjectives below with descriptions 1-4. There are two extra adjectives.

Audio
  • cruel judgemental spontaneous stingy stubborn vain
  • Speaker 1
  • Speaker 2
  • Speaker 3
  • Speaker 4

4. Listen again and choose the correct answers (a-c).

Audio
  • 1)
    The speaker thinks that Kevin is
  • c) 2) Olivia’s behaviour suggests she could be
  • c) 3) The speaker suggests that his grandmother is
  • c) 4) When people disagree with Max, he becomes
  • c

5. Replace the underlined words in the text with the adjectives below.

  • considerate eccentric passionate pushy quick-witted shrewd
  • My grandfather can seem 1) a bit unusual in an amusing way at times , but he says he just think differently. In fact, he’s very 2) good at understanding people and judging situations and 3) able to reply quickly to ideas that he doesn’t agree with in a clever way Sometimes he can seem 4) unpleasant when he really wants something , but really, he just 5) showing his strong feelings about things that he likes However, when people get to know him, they all agree that he is a 6) kind and helpful man.

6. Complete the sentences with the words below.

  • hard open quick self thick well
  • 1)
    The students are always -behaved in their English class.
  • 2)
    Amber isn’t very -minded and she doesn’t like trying new things.
  • 3)
    Sean is usually quite -working, but he didn’t study a lot for these exams.
  • 4)
    He’s -witted and he gave fast answers to the questions in the test.
  • 5)
    You need to be -skinned to be a politician.
  • 6)
    Max is -confident, but he knows talent is not enough to succeed.

7. Complete the sentences with compound adjectives.

  • 1)
    We went to a restaurant with Andy last night and he was rude and unpleasant to everyone! He’s always been b-m.
  • 2)
    You’d have to be very t-s not to be upset by his insensitive remarks.
  • 3)
    She devotes all her time to her training. She’s very ambitious and s-m when it comes to achieving her goals.
  • 4)
    We saw a romantic comedy at the theatre last weekend which was fun and quite l-h.
  • 5)
    Lily was very s-c before the exam because she’d studied a lot and knew she would do well.
  • 6)
    I’ve met quite a few relaxed people in my life, but I’ve never known anyone as e-g as Mark.

Extra exercises

8. Choose the correct answers (a-c) to complete the sentences.

  • 1)
    My aunt’s rather She wears very weird clothes.
  • c) 2) Thanks for waiting. It was really of you.
  • c) 3) Mark’s quite a businessman. He tends to make good decisions.
  • c) 4) Patricia’s so ! She’s always looking at herself in the mirror.
  • c) 5) My friends weren’t very when my budgie died. They just laughed!
  • c) 6) You’re so ! I wish you were a bit more flexible.
  • c

9. Complete the sentences with compound adjectives formed from the words below.

  • behave go mind skin temper work
  • 1)
    Nobody in my family likes visiting my grandfather. He’s really
  • 2)
    I’m quite , so I don’t usually get upset if people are rude to me.
  • 3)
    Those children are very They do exactly what they’re told.
  • 4)
    My parents never judge people. They’re really
  • 5)
    She studies for four hours every night. She’s very
  • 6)
    Nothing seems to bother my best friend. She’s very

10. Complete the sentences with a suitable media word.

  • 1)
    The paparazzi are always invading people’s
  • 2)
    The singer sued the newspaper for after the article it published about her.
  • 3)
    Press are in charge of what can and cannot be reported in the news.
  • 4)
    Investigative has led to a number of political scandals being revealed recently.
  • 5)
    Celebrities are always in the public
  • 6)
    Privacy prevented the identity of the victim from being released.

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