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1a. Complete the grid with adjectives to describe how you would feel in each of the situations below.

You didn't get the job after an interview and don't feel very confident about your abilities.
You're in a really good mood and feeling optimistic.
You hate heights and you're at the top of a very tall building.
You've just received some bad news about a member of your family.
You've been unemployed for a long time and your partner has left you.
A large package arrives for you in the post one morning. You hadn't been expecting anything.
You read a funny story in the newspaper.
You woke up in a bad mood and the weather's awful.

1b. Complete the gaps using a word from exercise 1a.

1) Tom was very last time I saw him because his girlfriend had just left him.

2) Sally has been ever since she lost her job. What can we do to cheer her up?

3) He can’t swim, so going on the boat trip made him feel .

4) My dad gets when he is working and we make too much noise.

5) The joke really wasn’t funny. No one was .

6) Even when things aren’t going well, Julia is always .

7) He’s always been . He needs to build up his self-confidence.

8) Young children are usually and love finding out about new things.

1a. Complete the table. Then listen and check. /useruploads/ctx/a/12738791/r/s/2424519/CE3_UIWBA_U2_R1.mp3?idcurso=125301

NOUN	ADJECTIVE	OPPOSITE ADJECTIVE
Hope
Security
Efficiency
Success
Solution
Enthusiasm
Comfort
Patience
Honesty

1b. Complete the gaps with adjectives from the table in exercise 1a.

1) After she got a new job, she was rather more about the future.

2) There was a(n) silence when Luke’s ex-girlfriend came into the room.

3) The train won’t be here for another thirty minutes yet, so you’ll just have to be .

4) After her third album, she decided to retire from her singing career.

5) I had really bad skin when I was a teenager, and this made me feel really around girls.

6) To be completely , I don’t really like that dress. It makes you look old.

7) This is a fascinating book, it’s about some of the biggest crimes of the 20th century.

8) Sophie seemed very . She had lots of interesting ideas as to how we could improve the department.

2. Find eight words with prefixes and two adjectives, using the clues to help you.

1) We’ve been working since eight this morning. Let’s have a break.

2) I wish I wasn’t so on aeroplanes. Whenever there’s turbulence, I start sweating and can’t breathe.

3) You look , can I give you a massage?

4) The quality of the food here has really gone downhill. We were really with our meal.

5) Bill’s , so he doesn’t have a boss and he can choose when he works.

6) To open a bottle, you always turn the top in an direction.

7) Aung San Suu Kyi led the movement in Myanmar (Burma).

8) The airport has a special departure lounge for VIPs (Very Important Persons).

9) Emma’s applying to do a degree at Cambridge.

10) Waiter! I’m afraid this chicken is .

3. Read the customer reviews for the ‘Track your feelings’ app and choose the correct alternatives.

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1a. Listen to and some people’s opinions about films. Which question does each person answer? /useruploads/ctx/a/12738791/r/s/2424559/CE3_UIWBA_U2_R2.mp3?idcurso=125301

In the movies:

1) what makes you cry?

2) what makes you feel good?

3) what makes you scared?

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1b. Listen and answer the questions.

Jurassic Park - Jaws - Pay it forward - It's a Wonderful Life - Raiders of the Lost Arch - Star Wars

Which films:

1) are about someone’s positive effect on other people? and

2) involve a fight or battle? and

3) depend a lot on the accompanying music or sound effects? and

1a. Match the statements with the ideas.

'I go for a run three times a week, during my lunch hour at work.'
'I hate the way that the government takes 20 per cent of my salary before I even get it.'
'I've just started my own business – it's great not having a boss!'
'I love my wife, she means everything to me.'
'It's good to know that I have a regular income and it's enough to live on.'
'It's so difficult to find a job in this area at the moment.'

I have a strong relationship/marriage.
I'm unemployed.
I have financial security.
I'm an employer, not an employee.
I'm fit.
I hate paying taxes.

1b. Match the statements with the ideas.

'I've just done a course on computer programming and now I'm starting to make apps.'
'I wish I wasn't so shy sometimes, I'd like to find it easier to talk to other people.'
'I feel tired all the time.'
'I get bored very easily.'
'I think it's important to do your own thing, and not worry what other people say.'
'Having people who I know will be there for me, that's important.'

I like being creative.
I need to have variety and excitement in life.
I have lack of sleep/exhaustion.
I have good friendships.
I have lack of confidence.
I'm a non-conformist.

1a. Read the definitions from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English and write the correct nouns.

1) m n [C] a person who plays a musical instrument for a job: a talented young... .

2) t n [C] someone who is being trained for a job: The new ... will start next week.

3) c n [C] the period of time when you are a child: I had a happy...

4) e n [U] facts, objects or signs that make you believe that something exists or is true: There is no ... of life on other planets.

5) g n [C] a person who plays a guitar

6) b o n [C] a small tool used for removing the metal lids from bottles

1b. Read the definitions from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English and write the correct nouns.

7) a n [U] the cost of entrance to a concert, sports event, etc. : ... is free for children.

8) C n [U] a political system which has no different social classes and in which the government controls the production of all food and goods: Do you believe in ...?

9) c n [C] all the people who live in the same area, town, etc.: an arts centre built to serve the whole ... .

10) e n [C] the pleasure that you get from something: Acting has brought me enormous ... .

11) n n [U] being worried or frightened about something that may happen so that you cannot relax: Minnelli’s ... showed in her voice.

12) v n [C] Someone who eats only fruit, vegetables, eggs, etc. and does not eat meat or fish.

2a. Complete the article with the positive or negative gerund form of the verbs in the box.

drink (x 2), eat (x 2), get, go (x 2), take (x 2), talk

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2b. Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. Use a gerund.

1) It can be expensive to eat out. can be expensive.

2) I find it easy to make new friends. easy for me.

3) I hate it when people drop their rubbish in the street. I hate .

4) It can be very stressful when you start a new job. very stressful.

5) My mother-in-law can’t stand people who smoke when she’s eating. My mother-in-law .

6) I find that a good way to relax is to have a nice long bath. a good way to relax.

3a. Read the extracts. Then complete the gaps using the correct form of the word given.

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1. Complete the table with the words in the box. Then listen and repeat the words, paying attention to the stress. /useruploads/ctx/a/12738791/r/s/2424659/CE3_UIWBA_U2_R3.mp3?idcurso=125301

aggression, anxiety, conformist, contentment, criticism, economist, loneliness, pessimism, reality, relationship, violence

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1a. Chris has just moved to Bali with his girlfriend, Jodie to start a new job. Read his email to his friend Gary and choose the best summary below.

1) Chris wants to come home because he doesn’t like his job.

2) Despite a few difficulties at first, Chris and Jodie are enjoying living there.

3) Chris loves living there but Jodie hates it.

1b. Complete the gaps in the email with adjectives.

1) optimistic

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