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Exercises

43.1 What nouns can be formed from these adjectives?
angry sad happy proud jealous embarrassed

45.2 Find the logical ending on the right for each of the sentence beginnings on the left.
1 He was very proud when a someone stole his money.
2 He was very jealous when b his father appeared on TV with the Prime Minister.
3 He was very embarrassed when c he heard that his aunt had died.
4 He was very angry when d_ he saw those big dogs running towards him.
5 He was very sad when e he bought her a birthday present on the wrong day.
6 He was very frightened when f his best friend went out with the girl he really liked.

45.3 Answer these questions. If possible, ask someone else the same questions.
1 Would you feel embarrassed or upset (or both) if you forgot your mother’s birthday or
your father’s birthday?
WN Do you ever feel frightened in a car (as a passenger) because you are going very fast?
Do you get angry when other people want you to do things that you don’t want to do?
If you made a stupid mistake in English, would you feel embarrassed?
Nn Is there any one thing that you are very proud of?
Are there any common situations where you sometimes feel embarrassed?

45.4 What are these people doing? Describe their actions using words from the opposite page.

45.5 Replace the underlined words with a single verb that has the same meaning.
1 She stopped working and looked quickly at the clock.
2 As we were in the library, he spoke very quietly in my ear.
3 We walked casually along the beach and then stopped for a drink.
4 He made us all walk quickly up the hill.
5 The man kept looking at Susan, but she didn’t seem to notice.
6 Jim doesn’t know what happened, except that the man hit him hard on the side of his face.

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