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Language Focus

1. We use get on (with) / get along (with) to say that we have a good relationship with someone.

I get on with the people at work. They’re all so nice.
I don’t get along with my brother. He’s very selfi sh.

2. We use take after to say we are similar in appearance or personality to other people in our family.

She takes after her mother. They’re both very generous.
I take after my father. We’re both tall.

Practice

8 Underline the correct option to complete each sentence below.
a Christina and I like all the same things. That’s why I get on with / take after her so well.

b We got along with / didn’t get along with each other when we were kids. We fought every day.

c Do you get on with / take after your colleagues at work?

d Damon doesn’t get along with / takes after his mother. They’re both really easy-going and patient.

e He’s very selfish, that’s why he gets along with / doesn’t get along with his teammates.

f My daughter gets along with / takes after her father. She looks just like him.

g His brother is so different from him, but they get on with / take after each other so well.

Sounding Natural

9 a Track 10 Listen to the words below. Write the number of syllables next to each adjective.

easy-going 4 selfish

generous serious

hard-working talkative

patient warm-hearted

b Track 10 Listen again and copy the pronunciation.

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