TYPES (ONE) OF PEOPLE (Advanced) (EXERCISE A46E184)

Choose a word from the box to fill in the missing words in the definitions below:

midwife      gossip     tycoon        ward    sibling      picket   castaway    culprit   alien   conscript    hooligan     artisan     registrar     shop steward      accomplice

1.        A (n) __________________ is someone who is shipwrecked.

2.       A (n) __________________ is a person who enjoys talking about other people’s private lives.

3.       A (n) __________________ is a nurse who has been specially trained to advise pregnant
                                                     women  and to assist them when giving birth.

4.       A (n) __________________ is a member of a trade union who is elected by the other
                                                     members in a  factory or office where they work to
                                                      represent them.

5.       A (n) __________________ is a rich powerful businessman or industrialist.

6.       A (n) __________________ is someone who has committed a crime or done something 
                                                     wrong.

7.       A (n) __________________ is a noisy, rough young person who causes damage or 
                                                     disturbance in  public places.

8.       A (n) __________________ is someone who is made to serve in the armed forces
                                                     of a country whether they like it or not.

9.       A (n) __________________ is someone who helps another person commit a crime.

10.   A (n) __________________ is a person responsible for keeping official records.

11.   A (n) __________________ is a brother or sister.

12.   A (n) __________________ is a person who, during a strike, is placed outside a
                                                     factory by their trade union to prevent other workers
                                                     from going in until the strike is over.

13.   A (n) __________________ is a foreigner who has not yet become a citizen of the 
                                                     country in which they are living.

14.   A (n) __________________ is a skilled manual worker or craftsman.

15.   A (n) __________________ is a young person who is in the care of a guardian or relation.

ANSWERS

1.       A castaway is someone who is shipwrecked.

2.       A gossip is a person who enjoys talking about other people’s private lives.

3.       A midwife is a nurse who has been specially trained to advise pregnant women
          and to assist them when giving birth.

4.       A shop steward is a member of a trade union who is elected by the other members 
       in a factory or office where they work to represent them.

5.       A tycoon is a rich powerful businessman or industrialist.

6.       A culprit is someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong.

7.       A hooligan is a noisy, rough young person who causes damage or disturbance 
          in public places.

8.       A conscript is someone who is made to serve in the armed forces of a country
          whether they like it or not.

9.       An accomplice is someone who helps another person commit a crime.

10.   A registrar is a person responsible for keeping official records.

11.   A sibling is a brother or sister.

12.   A picket is a person who, during a strike, is placed outside a factory by their 
          trade union to  prevent other workers from going in until the strike is over.

13.   An alien is a foreigner who has not yet become a citizen of the country in which they
           are living.

14.   An artisan is a skilled manual worker or craftsman.

15.   A ward is a young person who is in the care of a guardian or relation.

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