UNIT 8 VOCABULARY 4ºESO

Boost your English! Master compound adjectives, idioms, and metaphors for expressive language. Perfect for Grade 10.

Match the words to create compound adjectives related to body parts heart- breaking ear- splitting break neck eye- opening hair- raising nail- biting mind- blowing soul- destroying Use the adjectives above to complete these definitions: 1. used to describe a situation that makes you very unhappy, because you know it is not going to change: soul-destroying2. used to describe situations that cuase you very sad feelings: heart-breaking3. very fast at a breakneckspeed4. used to describe a very loud sound: ear-splitting5. used to describe a situation that makes you feel, excited, worried or tense: nail-biting6. used to describe a situation that shows you something surprising that you didn´t know before: eye-opening Complete the questions with the correct parts of the body 1. Have you ever travelled at a break neck speed? When?2. Have you ever witnessed a heart warming scene? What happened?3. What is the most ear - splitting sound you have ever heard?4. What is the most hair -raising thing you have ever done?5. What is the most mind blowing film you have ever watched? Why?6. What is the most nail -biting sport event you have ever seen? Answer the questions in the above exercise. Write full sentences Match the expressions on the left with their meaning to see your point to understand to get to the point to say sth. important without extra information to miss the point not to understand to get to the point of no return no coming back from that point Complete this metaphors of happiness or sadness with the words from the WORD BANK 1. I have been feeling a bit down lately, after my divorce.2. Things are looking gloomyafter his death.3.There is light at the end of the tunnel4. She is in low spirits because she lost her job.5. I have been floating on air , since I heard the news of her recovery.6. She is over the moon . She is in love for the first time.7. They are on cloud nine, they just knew they jot a job in NY city.