Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.4 - Great expectations for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Watch the programme to check your ideas from Exercise 1. What other adjectives could you use to describe the house and the people?

Answer

The house

  • dilapidated
  • decaying
  • +
  • dark
  • spooky
  • poorly lit
  • mysterious
  • dusty
  • cobwebby
  • dirty
  • hideous
  • creepy

Miss Havisham

  • eccentric
  • cold
  • wealthy
  • +
  • strange
  • strangely-dressed
  • mad / insane / crazy
  • controlling / manipulative
  • creepy
  • imposing

Pip

  • poor
  • naive
  • overawed
  • +
  • nervous
  • clumsy
  • awkward
  • curious

Estella

  • wealthy
  • cold
  • scornful
  • +
  • pretty
  • beautiful
  • well-dressed
  • snobbish