Unit 6: I Can Describe People’s Behaviour

Vocabulary Reference

Helpful: have someone’s interests at heart, go to great lengths, hold something together, turn to someone, a shoulder to cry on, set someone apart, thank your lucky stars.

Selfish/Bossy: put your foot down, stop at nothing, pick on someone, stick up for yourself, take someone for granted, twist someone round your little finger, get round someone, win someone over.

Exercise 1 – Match (1–8)

1. go out of your way
2. hold together
3. a shoulder to cry on
4. put your foot down
5. pick on
6. stick up for yourself
7. take for granted
8. win over

a defend yourself b support c help specially d criticize unfairly e unite f persuade g fail to appreciate h refuse firmly

Exercise 2 – Complete the Idiom

1. have your best interests at _____
2. go to great _____
3. turn _____ someone
4. give a helping _____
5. thank your lucky _____
6. walk all _____ someone
7. lift a _____
8. get _____ someone

Exercise 3 – Choose the Best Option

1. Who supports you? (turn to / stop at nothing)
2. Who is available for you? (be there / pick on)
3. Who is bossy? (push around / lend a hand)
4. Who is grateful? (thank lucky stars / walk all over)
5. Who defends themselves? (stick up / take for granted)
6. Who persuades others? (win over / hold together)
7. Who helps specially? (go out of your way / have your own way)
8. Who keeps a family united? (hold together / pick on)

Exercise 4 – Rewrite Using the Target Expression

1. She helped me a lot.
2. He always supports me.
3. They kept the family united.
4. I am very grateful.
5. She always wants what she wants.
6. Dad refused firmly.
7. They criticize him unfairly.
8. I defended myself.

Exercise 5 – Situations

1. A friend listens to your problems.
2. A parent sacrifices time for a child.
3. A colleague never helps.
4. A manager gives rude orders.
5. A child is spoiled.
6. A sibling manipulates relatives.
7. A student appreciates support.
8. A family survives difficulties.

Exercise 6 – Personal Responses

1. Name someone who is there for you.
2. Describe a helping hand you received.
3. When did you thank your lucky stars?
4. Who has your interests at heart?
5. Have you ever stuck up for yourself?
6. Who gets their own way often?
7. Who wins people over easily?
8. Who should stop taking others for granted?

Unit 6 Practice Page 2

Focus on meaning, collocation, and natural usage. Pay attention to whether an expression describes kindness, confidence, selfishness, or manipulation.

Exercise 1 – True or False

1. Someone who sticks up for themselves can defend themselves.
2. A person who never lifts a finger helps a lot.
3. Winning someone over means persuading them.
4. Having your own way means compromising.
5. Going to great lengths requires effort.
6. Walking all over someone is respectful.
7. A shoulder to cry on offers sympathy.
8. Taking people for granted shows appreciation.

Exercise 2 – Fill in One Word

1. put your foot ____
2. pick ____ somebody
3. turn ____ your parents
4. set her ____ from others
5. stop ____ nothing
6. be there ____ me
7. get ____ your teacher
8. hold the family ____

Exercise 3 – Error Correction

1. She gave me a crying shoulder.
2. He walked over all me.
3. I thanked my lucky moon.
4. She picked at me every day.
5. Dad put his hand down.
6. They held up the marriage together.
7. He got around his way.
8. I turned on my sister for advice.

Exercise 4 – Categorize

Place each into Helpful or Selfish/Bossy.

1. give a helping hand
2. walk all over someone
3. be there for someone
4. push someone around
5. hold together
6. have your own way
7. win someone over
8. pick on someone

Exercise 5 – Sentence Building

1. interests / heart / at
2. great / lengths
3. shoulder / cry / on
4. lucky / stars
5. foot / down
6. sure / yourself
7. lift / finger
8. little / finger

Exercise 6 – Short Dialogues

1. Someone refuses firmly.
2. Someone manipulates a friend.
3. Someone appreciates family support.
4. Someone defends themselves.
5. Someone receives advice.
6. Someone criticizes unfairly.
7. Someone helps beyond expectations.
8. Someone expects others to clean up.

Exercise 7 – Synonyms

1. support
2. help
3. persuade
4. appreciate
5. defend
6. criticize unfairly
7. control
8. unite

Unit 6 Practice Page 3

This page provides extended production and exam-style practice using all target expressions.

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice

1. Who helps specially?
2. Who manipulates others?
3. Who appreciates support?
4. Who defends themselves?
5. Who is overly confident?
6. Who is supportive?
7. Who is selfish?
8. Who persuades people successfully?

Exercise 2 – Complete the Sentence

1. I always turn to _____ when I need advice.
2. My friend gave me _____.
3. We thank our lucky _____.
4. She went to great _____.
5. He never lifts a _____.
6. They picked _____ me.
7. I stuck up for _____.
8. She won me _____.

Exercise 3 – Transformation

1. She helped me. → use helping hand.
2. He is supportive. → use be there for.
3. They stayed united. → use hold together.
4. I am grateful. → use lucky stars.
5. She is bossy. → use have her own way.
6. Dad was strict. → use put his foot down.
7. He bullied me. → use pick on.
8. I defended myself. → use stick up for myself.

Exercise 4 – Gap-Fill Story

1. interests
2. way
3. lengths
4. there
5. shoulder
6. granted
7. finger
8. over

Exercise 5 – Discussion Prompts

1. Describe a selfless person.
2. Describe a selfish person.
3. Should parents put their foot down?
4. When is confidence excessive?
5. How can families stay united?
6. Why do people take others for granted?
7. How can you win people over?
8. Why is gratitude important?

Exercise 6 – Writing Tasks

1. Best mum competition entry.
2. Best dad competition entry.
3. A grateful family story.
4. A difficult sibling story.
5. A time you stuck up for yourself.
6. A person who helped you.
7. A manipulative classmate description.
8. A supportive friend description.