Here you have an extra activity to practice vocabulary to describe your best friend’s personality. Is your friend? ?????

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!