English unit 1

bossy/adj

always telling other people what to do, in a way that is

annoying

clever/adj

able to learn and understand things quickly

confident/adj

sure that you have the ability to do things well or deal

with situations successfully

lively/adj

someone who is lively has a lot of energy and is very

active

noisy/adj

someone or something that is noisy makes a lot of

noise

rude/adj

speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is

likely to offend or annoy people

serious/adj

someone who is serious is very quiet and sensible, and

does not laugh and joke much

sporty/adj

someone who is sporty likes sport and is good at it

afraid of/adj

frightened because you think that you may get hurt or

that something bad may happen

bad at/adj

having no skill or ability in a particular activity

bored with/adj

tired and impatient because you do not think something

is interesting or because you have nothing to do

brilliant at/adj

able to do something very well

excited about/adj

happy, interested or hopeful because something good

has happened or will happen

fed up/adj

annoyed or bored and wanting something to change

frightened of/adj

feeling afraid

good at/adj

able to do something well

intrested in/adj

giving a lot of attention to something because you want

to find out more about it or because you enjoy it

keen on/adj

someone who is keen on something is very interested

in it or enjoys doing it very much

terrible at/adj

having completely no skill or ability in a particular

activity

pleased/adj

happy or satisfied

behaviour/n

the things that a person or animal does

achieve/v

to successfully complete something or get a good

result, especially by working hard

active/adj

always busy doing things, especially physical or mental

activities

activity/n

something that you do because you enjoy it

appear/v

to start to be seen, to arrive, or to exist in a place,

especially suddenly

hang out with/v

to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with

particular people

matching/adj

having the same colour, style or pattern as something

else

member/n

someone who belongs to a group or organisation

performance/n

how well or badly a person, company, etc. does a

particular job or activity

similar/adj

almost the same

valley/n

an area of lower land between two lines of hills or

mountains, usually with a river flowing through it

identity/n

the qualities that someone has that make them different

from other people

pattern/n

a regularly repeated arrangement of shapes, colours or

lines on a surface, usually as decoration

recipe book/n

a book with a set of instructions for cooking a particular

type of food

cosy/adj

a place that is cosy is small, comfortable and warm