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Vocabulary adjectives (2): character Grammar making comparisons: comparatives,
Teenagers
a lot, much, a bit, (not) as... as
aeais* Q U IC K R EV IEW O ffe rs , s u g g e s tio n s a n d re q u e s ts W o rk in g ro u p s . You are g o in g to o rg a n is e a p a rty a t y o u r s ch o o l. M a ke a list o f th in g s to d o a n d d e c id e
I’ll ShallI... ?, (Shallwe... ?,Let’s (Couldyou... ?,Willyou... ?,
w h o d o e s w h a t. U se o ffe rs (
...,
s u g g e s tio n s
etc.),
. . . , e tc.) a n d re q u e s ts
e tc.).
Vocabulary Q
Adjectives (2): character
a Work in pairs. Which of these words do you know?
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aggressive ambitious bright confident considerate easy-going helpful honest mature moody organised patient polite reliable rude selfish sensible talented tidy b Which words in 1a have: a positive meaning (P)? a negative meaning (N)?
aggressive N
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ambitious P
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Choose four adjectives from 1a that describe your character and four that don’t. Write them on a piece of paper. Don’t write them in order. b Work in pairs. Swap lists. Guess which four
adjectives describe your partner.
Speaking and Reading e
Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 Which is the most difficult to be: a child, a teenager, a middle-aged person, an old person? Why? 2 Which is the most difficult to live with? Why?
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LIVING WITH THE ENEMY
a Look at the headline in the article. Who is ‘the
enemy’, do you think? Read the first paragraph only and find out. b Read about Polly Cooper’s family. Who is easier to live with, Debbie or Milly? Why? c Read the article again. Tick the true sentences. Correct the false ones.
different 1 Polly’s two daughters are very similar. 2 Debbie is doing badly at school. 3 Debbie knows what job she wants to do. 4 School work is quite difficult for Milly. 5 Milly is seventeen years old. 6 Polly is worried about both of her daughters.
People often say that living with teenagers is worse than living with any other age group. But is this true? We talked to two parents with teenage children to find out.
Polly Cooper Of course, it can be really difficult living with teenagers; sometimes they’re rude and they can be quite aggressive. But it isn’t only their age, it’s also the type of people they are. My two daughters are very different. Debbie’s a typical moody fourteen-year-old and I think she’s more selfish than Milly. I have to be much more patient with her. But Debbie’s got her good points too. She’s a lot tidier than Milly and she’s also more organised. School work is easier for Debbie so her exam results are better. She’s also very ambitious and wants to be a doctor. Milly’s as confident as Debbie, but she has bigger problems with school work and her exam results are usually worse. However, Milly’s much more considerate than Debbie and she’s less moody. Perhaps that’s because Milly’s two years older than her sister so she’s a bit more mature. I worry about Milly because she doesn’t know what she wants to do when she leaves school. But I’m more worried about Debbie because she isn’t as happy as Milly. I don’t think parents ever stop worrying about their kids and I’ll certainly miss them both when they leave home.
