3 Match the words in the box with theirdefinitions.

1 honest about the situation or your opinions, even if this offends people(frank) 2 a place that many people go to for a holiday (resort)

3 tasting extremely good (yummy)

4 containing a lot of liquid, so tasting good (juicy)

5 dark in a way that makes you feel sad or a little afraid (gloomy)

6 lack of experience of life (innocence)

7 the ability to understand and make good judgments about something (perception) 8 ideas, behaviour, or statements that are not true or sensible (nonsense) 4 Replace the underlined words with thecorrect form of the words in the box. 1 The waves were very large in size as they fell onto the beach. (enormous)

2 There was so much seafood that it was holding tightly onto the plate. (clinging) 3 In the area of land where they were visiting, it wasn’t usual to eatfish and chips. (region)

4 When he had eaten the shellfish, he got rid of the shells. (discarded)

5 To eat shellfish you need special tools to break open the shells and digout the food. (implements; crack; scrape)

6 The boy was especially fond of his mother’s bread and cakes from theoven. (baking) 7 Because they’re smooth, wet and quite difficult to hold, it’s quite achallenge to try your first oysters. (slippery)

5 Answer the questions about the words in thebox.

1 Which word means feeling? (emotion)

2 Which word means a feeling that a situation is so bad that there’s nothingyou can do to change it? (despair)

3 Which word means to say you’re not happy with someone or something? (complain) 4 Which word describes how your face looks when you’re annoyed or worriedabout something? (frown)

5 Which word describes something that is unpleasant to taste, smell orsee? (nasty) 6 Which word means to say something to someone in order to have fun byembarrassing or annoying them slightly? (tease)

Active reading 2

Dealing withunfamiliar words

4 Answer the questions about the words andexpressions in the box.

1 Is something stimulating likely to make you feel (a) moreactive, or (b) more passive?

2 Are the properties of chocolate likely to be (a) itsfeatures, or (b) the way it’s made?

3 If one thing accounts for another, does it explain (a) themeaning of it, or (b) the reason for it?

4 Is something that is manufactured something (a) handmade, or (b) made in afactory? 5 If chocolate helps release hormones from the brain, does it (a) help causehormones to leave the brain, or (b) contain hormones, then let them go?

6 If you crush something, do you (a) press itstrongly, or (b) squeeze it gently?