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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1B - It's a mystery for the textbook English File Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Match the definitions to the compound adjectives in the list.
  2. Complete the sentences with the compound adjectives in a.
  3. Circle the correct answer. Tick (✓) if both answers are possible.

Answer

a)

  1. bad-tempered
  2. open-minded
  3. tight-fisted
  4. absent-minded
  5. strong-willed
  6. laid-back
  7. well-balanced
  8. big-headed
  9. narrow-minded
  10. two-faced
  11. good-tempered
  12. self-centred
  13. easy-going
  14. well-behaved

b)

  1. easy-going
  2. laid-back
  3. well-balanced
  4. narrow-minded
  5. self-centred
  6. two-faced
  7. open-minded
  8. strong-willed
  9. tight-fisted
  10. big-headed
  11. absent-minded
  12. well-behaved
  13. good-tempered
  14. bad-tempered

c)

  1. really
  2. ✓
  3. pretty
  4. ✓
  5. ✓
  6. quite
  7. incredibly
  8. ✓