Unit Second edition Vocabulary Practice Level pretentious charming intellectual careless shallow hypocritical sympathetic I told Sue because I knew she’d be sympathetic I don’t think Nick’s as charming as everyone says Are they new glasses? They make you look Has Samantha always been so smug? Josh thinks he’s a rock star! He looks so in those clothes Whatever happens, Kate’s always bubbly to so she If she’s your friend why are you rude about her? That’s just Match the words in the box with their definitions witty bubbly cheeky pushy smug scatty She doesn’t respect the teachers cheeky Read about Ella’s family Complete the sentences with adjectives from Exercises 1–3 On the whole I get on really well with my family The person I’m closest to is my younger sister Nadia She’s quite quiet but she makes me laugh a lot My elder sister Jo is really good fun as well, she’s always in a good mood I don’t see her a lot at the moment because she spends a lot of time with her boyfriend Tom Tom’s alright I suppose He’s very good-looking but I think he’s a bit pleased with himself She forgets things all the time Mum’s great – I can always talk to her if I have a problem She’s really well organized too I’m completely the opposite – I never remember what I’m supposed to be doing He tries to make me what he wants And what about my Dad? Well, everybody likes my Dad She always has something funny to say He’s really pleased with himself Nadia is Jo is She’s really good fun to be with PHOTOCOPIABLE © Cambridge University Press 2012 VOCABULARY PRACTICE Richard’s quite famous but he isn’t at all pretentious I phoned her because I needed some advice but she wasn’t very She’s clever but she’s doesn’t get good marks DL I think Tania’s really quite hypocritical Ian’s one of the pushiest people I know My mum loves Jack She always says how charming he is Don’t you think it’s a bit judge people by what they wear? Does the speaker like the person or not? Write L (likes) or DL (doesn’t like) LEVEL UNIT Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box Tom is witty Ella’s Ella’s mum’s Ella’s dad’s Level Unit