Here you have an extra activity to practice vocabulary to describe your best friend’s personality. Is your friend
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Solutions: next week!
•1 Similar and opposite meanings
Which words have similar meanings and which words have opposite meanings?
shy honest
out-going generous
caring mature
fun nice
childish affectionate
patient thoughtless
sociable thoughful
bad-tempered kind
selfish easygoing
Similar Meanings Opposite Meanings
kind + caring selfish /thoughtful +thoughtless
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2 Descriptions
Which of the words above would you use to describe the people below? Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
1. She gives a lot of money to charity, and she likes to share
everything she has with other people. ___________
2. He’s great to go out with to parties and discos. He makes me
laugh. ___________
3. He never gets angry. He’s always calm and relaxed. ___________
4. She never thinks about how other people may feel. ___________
5. He’s very loving. He likes to show that he cares about me. ___________
6. Sometimes he does stupid things. He should grow up! ___________
7. He doesn’t like spending his money. ____________
8. She is only interested in herself. ____________
3 Negative words
Make these words negative. Example:
kind – unkind
caring
patient
honest
selfish
friendly
mature
sociable
4 Adjectives
Match the expressions to the adjectives they describe.
She’s full of energy. thoughtful
He likes to be the centre of attention. honest
She thinks of others. mean
He’s tight-fisted. lively
She would never tell a lie. out-going
5. Job description
Match the jobs to the descriptions.
sales rep policeman nurse computer programmer
1. You have to be patient and caring, good-tempered most of the time, and kind and friendly. It’s hard work. Sometimes ill people are very impatient.
2. You need to be patient and honest with people, and you shouldn’t be unfriendly. But you also have to be very hard on people who are breaking the law.
3. You have to be very out-going and friendly. You have to be good at talking, too. You should also be honest, especially when describing your product.
4. You have to be patient and good at your job. But, it doesn’t really matter if you are shy, selfish or thoughtless – just don’t break the machine!