Independent work I variant Reading task. Reading

EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:

COLUMN A COLUMN B

a) traditional British entertainment in theatres involving music, comedy, etc. ___

b) area in a town or city with dirty, crowded houses and poor living conditions____

c) state of being poor ___________________

d) become mentally ill (phrase) ____________________

e) way of seeing the good things in life; confidence in success ______________

f) intention to do something without being stopped by anything _______________

g) proved to be right ____________________

h) immediate ____________________

i) type of boisterous physical comedy, often involving "accidents" ____________

j) person with no home or job and very little money

and who travels about on foot from place to place ___________________

k) particular way of behaving or speaking which has become a habit__________