English Vocabulary Exercises | Love

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Exercise 4

Match the beginning of sentences with him or him:

1. She loves —himwith him.
2. She’s in love —himwith him.
3. She fell in love —himwith him.
4. She kissed —himwith him.
5. She lives —himwith him.
6. She married —himwith him.

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ANSWERS

1. She loves him
2. She’s in love with him
3. She fell in love with him
4. She kissed him
5. She lives with him
6. She married him

English Vocabulary Exercises | Love

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Exercise 3

Match the beginning and end of the following sentences:

1. Sarah’s very happy at the moment. She’s seeing —going out together.her for a date.with Samantha Smith, the singer.some guy she met on holiday.a lot of each other recently.

2. Have you heard about Oliver? He’s going out —going out together.her for a date.with Samantha Smith, the singer.some guy she met on holiday.a lot of each other recently.

3. Have you heard about Kate and Kevin? They’ve started —going out together.her for a date.with Samantha Smith, the singer.some guy she met on holiday.a lot of each other recently.

4. Apparently, John and Sarah have been seeing —going out together.her for a date.with Samantha Smith, the singer.some guy she met on holiday.a lot of each other recently.

5. Did Linda tell you about Paul? He asked —going out together.her for a date.with Samantha Smith, the singer.some guy she met on holiday.a lot of each other recently.

 

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ANSWERS

1. Sarah’s very happy at the moment. She’s seeing some guy she met on holiday.
2. Have you heard about Oliver? He’s going out with Samantha Smith, the singer.
3. Have you heard about Kate and Kevin? They’ve started going out together.
4. Apparently, John and Sarah have been seeing a lot of each other recently.
5. Did Linda tell you about Paul? He asked her for a date.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Love

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Exercise 2

Match the right endings of sentences with its beginning:

with him | about him | in him | you  (note: one of the sentence ends is used twice)

1. She fancies —with him.about him.in him.you.

2. She’s not really interested —with him.about him.in him.you.

3. She’s absolutely crazy —with him.about him.in him.you.

4. I don’t know what she sees —with him.about him.in him.you.

5. She’s always flirting —with him.about him.in him.you.

 

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ANSWERS

1. She fancies you
2. She’s not really interested in him
3. She’s absolutely crazy about him
4. I don’t know what she sees in him
5. She’s always flirting with him

English Vocabulary Exercises | Love

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Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the following words:

in love | going out | boyfriend | kissed | girlfriend | romantic | relationship | date

• Peter had never had a —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate.
• Anna had never had a —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate.
• When they started —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate together, they were both very nervous.
• For their first —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate, Peter wanted to take her somewhere —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate, so he booked a table at an Italian restaurant.
• He walked her home. When he left, they —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate goodnight.
• The next day Anna told her best friend that she was —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate with Peter and that this was the first really serious —in lovegoing outboyfriendkissedgirlfriendromanticrelationshipdate in her life.

 

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ANSWERS

1. girlfriend
2. boyfriend
3. going out
4. date
5. romantic
6. kissed
7. in love
8. relationship

English Vocabulary Exercises | Friends

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Exercise 3

Complete the sentences with the following words:

a. made
b. true friends
c. made friends with
d. met him through
e. pleased
f. friendly with
g. got to know
h. introduced

1. “How do you know Susan?” “Rachel and Peter  me to her.”

2. “How do you know Paul?” “I Steve and Peter.”

3. I really enjoyed my time at university. I  so many new friends.

4. People say that Philip is a bit reserved but I  him quite well when we had to work on that report together.

5. We had a great time on holiday in Spain. We a nice couple who were staying in the apartment next to ours.

6. I didn’t know you were the people next door to us. I saw you there last night.

7. lt’s when you are having a difficult time that you know who your really are.

8. “Anna, can I introduce you to an old friend of mine? This is Zoe. We were at college together.” “Hi, Anna, to meet you.”

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ANSWERS

• 1h
• 2d
• 3a
• 4g
• 5c
• 6f
• 7b
• 8e

English Vocabulary Exercises | Friends

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Exercise 2

Match the words on the left with the sentences on the right:

1. workmate → —We study together.We work for the same firm.We write every month.We share a flat.We live together, but aren’t married.

2. partner → —We study together.We work for the same firm.We write every month.We share a flat.We live together, but aren’t married.

3. classmate → —We study together.We work for the same firm.We write every month.We share a flat.We live together, but aren’t married.

4. pen-friend → —We study together.We work for the same firm.We write every month.We share a flat.We live together, but aren’t married.

5. flatmate → —We study together.We work for the same firm.We write every month.We share a flat.We live together, but aren’t married.

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ANSWERS

1. workmate → We work for the same firm.

2. partner → We live together, but aren’t married.

3. classmate →  We study together.

4. pen-friend → We write every month.

5. flatmate → We share a flat.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Friends

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Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the following words:

lifelong | mine | old  | acquaintance | close | best

1. I hear you work with Peter. Did you know he was a friend of —lifelongmineoldacquaintanceclosebest?
2. I suppose Sandra is my —lifelongmineoldacquaintanceclosebest  friend. We ring each other most evenings.
3. I’m going up to see some —lifelongmineoldacquaintanceclosebest  friends in Scotland next week. I haven’t seen them for over 30 years!
4. I wouldn’t say he was a —lifelongmineoldacquaintanceclosebest friend. We used to work together and we go for a drink now and again.
5. I met Martin at university. It was the start of a —lifelongmineoldacquaintanceclosebest friendship.
6. I wouldn‘t really call Sam a friend. He’s just an —lifelongmineoldacquaintanceclosebest I know him through Kirsty and Paul.

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ANSWERS

1. mine
2. best
3. old 
4. close
5. lifelong
6. acquaintance

English Vocabulary Exercises | Friends

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Exercise 4

Match the beginning and end of sentences:

1. I didn’t like Linda at first but now we get on —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

2. We live in different towns now but we still try to see —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

3. Tom and I get on very well. We’ve got so much —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

4. Sarah’s my best friend. I know I can always rely on —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

5. Even if we move to different countries, we’d always stay —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

6. Paul and I do everything together. We really enjoy —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

7. I think we’re friends because we come from —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

8. l’ve known Tina since we were at school. We go back —similar backgrounds.in common.in touch.each other’s company.a long way.very well.her.each other whenever we can.

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ANSWERS

1. I didn’t like Linda at first but now we get on very well.
2. We live in different towns now but we still try to see each other whenever we can.
3. Tom and I get on very well. We’ve got so much in common.
4. Sarah’s my best friend. I know I can always rely on her.
5. Even if we move to different countries, we’d always stay in touch.
6. Paul and I do everything together. We really enjoy each other’s company.
7. I think we’re friends because we come from similar backgrounds.
8. l’ve known Tina since we were at school. We go back a long way.

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English Vocabulary Exercises | Family

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Exercise 6

Complete the expressions with the following verbs in the appropriate form:

tell | look | run | get | take

1. She just like her mother.
2. She’s her father’s nose.
3. He after his father.
4. It in the family.
5. You can’t them apart.

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ANSWERS

1. looks
2. got
3. takes
4. runs
5. tell

English Vocabulary Exercises | Family

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Exercise 5

Complete with the end of the sentences with the following group of words :

• a.The house with my wife’s family.
• b.A baby from China.
• c. Her real mother one day
• d. The children.
• e. A family just yet

1. We‘re not planning to start —the house with my wife’s family.a baby from China.her real mother one day.the children.a family just yet.
2. They help us take care of —the house with my wife’s family.a baby from China.her real mother one day.the children.a family just yet.
3. We adopted —the house with my wife’s family.a baby from China.her real mother one day.the children.a family just yet.
4. We share —the house with my wife’s family.a baby from China.her real mother one day.the children.a family just yet.
5. She might want to find —the house with my wife’s family.a baby from China.her real mother one day.the children.a family just yet.

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ANSWERS

• 1e
• 2d
• 3b
• 4a
• 5c