Tµi liÖu luyÖn thi §¹i häc - M«n TiÕng Anh*Vocab – People and Relationships.
NguyÔn §øc Hng*
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People & RELATIONSHIPS 1
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A - ENRICH YOUR VOCABULARY 1: OCCUPATIONS
Exercise 1: WHO ARE THEY?
1) Ask the shop ____________ where the washing powder is.
A. nurse B. assistant C. barber D. conductor
2) That ____________ sells very good meat.
A. baker B. dentist C. architect D. butcher
3) If my tooth doesn't stop hurting, I'll go and see my ____________.
A. actor B. dentist C. writer D. jockey
4) Not many buses have a ____________. You usually have to pay the driver.
A. manager B. farmer C. conductor D. porter
5) Look! The ____________ is feeding the lions.
A. keeper B. pianist C. postman D. engineer
6) The ____________ is showing them his plans of the new buildings.
A. optician B. nurse C. architect D. dancer
7) She wants the ____________ to make a special cake for her daughter's birthday.
A. inspector B. baker C. cashier D. mechanic
8) My ____________ always comes early so I get my letters before I go to work.
A. postman B. chemist C. butcher D. porter
9) The boss wants her ____________ to take some dictation.

7. ________________
8. ________________
9. ________________
10. ________________
11. ________________
12. ________________
Exercise 3: Choose the correct word in each sentence.
1) Mrs. Grant is a good employee / employer and pays her staff well.
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2) Excuse me, but are you the ower / owner of this bike?
3) Tom works in a local garage as a car engineer / mechanic.
4) I want to borrow some money, so I’m seeing the bank boss / manager.
5) Little Jimmy has got a new professor / teacher at his primary school.
6) Helen joined the army as an officer / offical, and is now a captain.
7) The house really needed decorating so I called a painter / wallpaper.
8) Please ask the cash / cashier for a receipt.
9) Have you thought about getting a job as a typewriter / typist?
10) I waited for my letters, but the poster / postman was late as usual.

B - ENRICH YOUR VOCABULARY 2: FRIENDS and RELATIONSHIPS
Basic vocabulary
best friend close friend acquaintance (ex-) boyfriend (ex-) girlfriend

2) We live in different towns now but we still try to see
3) Mark and I get on very well. We’ve got so much
4) Lucy’s my best friend. I know I can always rely on
5) Even if we move to different countries, we’d always stay
6) Mike and I do everything together. We really enjoy
7) I think we’re friends because we come from
8) I’ve known Susan since we were at school. We go back
a. similar backgrounds.
b. in common.
c. in touch.
d. each other’s company.
e. a long way.
f. very well.
g. her.
h. each other whenever we can.
Exercise 3: MAKING FRIENDS.
made true friends made friends with met him through
pleased friendly with got to know introduced
1) How do you know Susan? – Rachel and Peter _________________ me to her.
2) How do you know Paul? – I ________________ Steve and Peter.
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3) I really enjoyed my time at university. I _________________ so many new friends.

___________ in a hospital just five minutes from the house where
her parents lived, and she
2)
____________ up in the same house. When she was fifteen
she
3)
___________ Paul at a disco. He became her first real boyfriend and she
4)
______________ with him for over three years, but unfortunately they
5)
____________ when Marianne
6)
__________ to university. She had lots of boyfriends
in her first year at university, then she
7)
__________ Alex. They
8)
___________ in love
and
9)
___________ married the year after Marianne graduated. They both went abroad
to work for a few years but returned when they decided to start a family. And by a
happy coincidence, Marianne
10)
__________ their first baby, a boy, in the same hospital
where she was
11)
__________. Now, five years later, she is
12)
____________ a second child.

_____________ to them, and Catherine’s parents were delighted that
their daughter was
5)
______________ to such a nice young man. The wedding
6)
______________ was going to be held
in a hotel and the young couple planned to spend their
7)
_____________ on a romantic island in the Caribbean. On the
day of the
8)
______________ the church was full. The
9)
____________ was waiting there, with his eldest brother, who
was his
10)
_______________. Why was Catherine so late? At home on the other side of town, the
11)
_______________
was also waiting, with her
12)
_______________, for the wedding cars to arrive. Her father had booked them for the
wrong time. Fortunately the ceremony took place in the end!
C - Feeling and emotions: to feel / to be
Adjectives Nouns Adjectives Nouns
afraid (of) fear hurt (by) hurt
angry (about, with) anger jealous (of) jealousy
ashamed (of) shame proud (of) pride
disappointed (about, in, with) disappointment sad (about, for) sadness
disgusted (at, by, with) disgust shocked (at, by) shock

d. I was really confused.
e. I feel so guilty.
f. I’m really nervous.
g. They’re really excited.
h. I was so embarrassed.

Exercise 2: Basic vocabulary 2 (Match the situations with the feelings below)
1) I can’t believe I got so drunk.
2) I didn’t expect the film to be so violent.
3) Why didn’t you phone to say you’d be late?
4) There’s a huge spider in the bath!
5) They talked about computers all evening.
6) I got the results back from the hospital today. They are negative, thank goodness!
7) When my daughter became a doctor, I was really pleased!
8) She came home to find we’d organised a big party for her.
a. I’m really frightened of them.
b. I felt so proud.
c. We were very worried.
d. I was so bored.
e. I’m so relieved.
f. She was so surprised.
g. I feel so ashamed.
h. I was quite shocked by it.

Exercise 3: Choose the correct word underlined in each sentence.
1) When her bicycle was stolen, Jill became extremely angry / nervous.
2) Peter felt ashamed / embarrassed when he had to make a speech.
3) I always write thank-you letters, just to be gentle / polite.
4) You never do anything to help me! You’re so lazy / tired.
5) Sue never does anything silly. She’s very sensible / sensitive.