Vocabulary: Everyday life

Vinsight Adjectives and prepositions: feelings

1Choose the correct prepositions. 

• 1I'm very proud aboutofin my sister. She won the swimming gold medal!

• 2We're so fed up withinabout the weather in England. It rains all the time.

• 3Tom is very keen inabouton tennis. He plays every Saturday.

• 4It's Bella's sixteenth birthday next week. I'm really excited onofabout the party.

• 5My little brother is afraid withofabout the dark. He always leaves the light on at night.

• 6I didn't do anything wrong. I'm not ashamed aboutinof my behaviour.

• 7Sarah isn't interested inonwith geography. She prefers maths and science.

Vinsight Compound nouns: everyday objects

2Match the words in the boxes to make six compound nouns. Then use the nouns to complete the facts about life
in the UK. 

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• credit
• birthday
• parking
• shopping
• ID

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• cards
• ticket
• list
• centre

• 1Sending  is a tradition that began in England about 100 years ago.

• 2People in the UK haven't got . They only have passports.

• 3The most popular food on a British family's  is white bread.

• 4If you leave your car in the wrong place in the UK, you get a  and you may have to pay a fine of £120.

• 5Last year, people in the UK spent £107 billion using .

• 6The new Westfield Stratford City  is one of the largest in Europe, with over 300 stores and 70 restaurants.

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3Match the sentence halves to make sentences about the daily routine of a teenager in Peru. 

I get up early and I make

It takes me ten minutes to get

I usually walk or take

I finish school at 2 p.m. and I get

In the evening, I sometimes go

• home around three o'clock.
• out with friends.
• breakfast for my family.
• ready for school.
• the bus to school.

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4Complete the article with the words in the box. There is one word that you do not need. 

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• computer game
• fed
• out
• mobile phone
• sandwich
• proud
• home
• ID card
• laptop
• car keys
• anxious

A recent survey shows that students in the UK regularly carry bags weighing between five and ten kilograms, which is about 20% of their own body weight. Many parents are ¹  about this, because doctors say that anything over 15% is bad for your back. But why are school bags so heavy? We asked several teenagers from London: What exactly are you carrying in your bag today?

Lucy, aged 16

My bag is very heavy because I've got my ²  in there. I need it for a project in my computer science class. I've got books, of course, and my ³  for college – I need to show it when I go in, so they know I'm a student. Oh, and I've always got my ⁴ , although I don't call or text anyone while I'm at school.

Jacob, aged 15

I'm a bit ⁵  up with having to carry all this stuff every day, but the school hasn't got any lockers for students, so I have to. I've got a lot of books, and a ⁶  that a friend gave me – I can't wait to get ⁷  and play it!

Paola, aged 18

I'm playing tennis with friends after school, so I've got my trainers. Then we're going ⁸  for a pizza. What else? Well, I've just learned to drive and my parents gave me their ⁹  today. They're very ¹⁰  of me because I passed my driving test the first time!

5  Describe what you carry in your bag every day, and explain why you carry it. Speak for no longer than one minute.

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