Lesson 17- Character & Behaviour

Question 1

Good company

Question 2

Have a selfish streak

Question 3

Have an outgoing personality

Question 4

Good sense of humour

Question 5

Have a vivid imagination

Answer 5

Writers should have a vivid imagination to write such books.

Question 6

Lose/ keep your temper
Lose your patience

Question 7

Highly intelligent/razor-sharp mind

Question 8

To set high standards

Answer 8

Setting high standards punched him forward to achieve his goals.

Question 9

Fiercely loyal to sb/sth

Question 10

Aspect of your personality

Question 11

Put others first

Question 12

Painfully shy

Question 13

Give the impression of being supremely confident

Question 14

Have a tendency to do sth

Question 15

Snap desicions
Haisty desicions

Question 16

Sense of responsibility

Question 17

Keep your word

Answer 17

Keep your promise

Question 18

To bear a grudge against sb

Question 19

Making a fool out of sb
To take sb for sth ( take him for an idiot/ a fool)

Answer 19

Trying to deceive/ trick sb
Deceive sb into doing sth
Deceive sb about sth

Question 20

Brutally honest

Question 21

Play a jock/ trick on sb

Question 22

Take a joke

Answer 22

Didn’t mind a joke played on you.
- what the matter? Can’t you take a joke?

Question 23

Swallow your pride

Question 24

Have/ Throw a tantrum

Answer 24

The child threw a tantrum when I wouldn’t buy him any sweets.

Question 25

My mom “would” throw a tantrum if I wouldn’t eat.
Why do we use “would”?

Answer 25

When sth happened in the past repeatedly, we use would.

Question 26

To come to terms with

Answer 26

He has found it hard to come to terms with his illness.

Question 27

Reveal your true character/ colours

Answer 27

Opposite= conceal your true character

Question 28

I was in tears

Answer 28

I was crying
I was shedding tears

Question 29

Tease

Answer 29

To bother sb
- don’t ever tease the receptionist, she can’t take a joke.