A. Reading comprehension/Vocabulary: Adjectives

Read the article about John Lennon on pages 8-9 of English Now No 83. Then try this exercise. See if you can find the word that matches each of the definitions below and type in your answer.
To help you, we have given you the section of the text where the word appears and the number of letters in the word.
  1. Introduction: having no beginning or end
  2. Introduction: symbolic, emblematic
  3. Childhood and school: average, ordinary, like everyone else
  4. Childhood and school: too full of alcohol, inebriated
  5. Childhood and school: terrible, intensely sad
  6. Art college, music and McCartney: coming before all others in a series
  7. Hamburg and his first family: extreme, with strong feelings
  8. Hamburg and his first family: having a baby developing in the body
  9. Hamburg and his first family: successful, liked by a lot of people
  10. The Beatles and Yoko Ono: more severe or unpleasant than before
  11. Solo artist and activist: having a strong effect
  12. Solo artist and activist: not at ease, causing discomfort
  13. Back to the world stage: new, not done before
  14. Lennon’s legacy: creating debate, dispute or disagreement
  15. Lennon’s legacy: quiet and calm, opposed to war and violence, tranquil


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