Personality

Adjectives
I Write the words in the box under the correct definitions.

shy furious selfish honest miserable extrovert sensible

curious confident

a person who a person who

a person who is a person
doesnt tell is nervous in
reasonable and who thinks
lies or cheat the
practical. only about
people company of
himself 3
1_______________________ 2____________________ others

3_______________________ 4____________________
a person who wants
4________________
a person who to find out about
someone a person
likes to spend something
who is who is
time in extremely
extremely
activities with angry
unhappy
6____________________________
other

people someone who

5_______________________
than being
7___________________ strongly
8__________________
believes in his
quiet and alone own abilities

9____________________________

II Choose and write some personality adjectives which you think

best describe the character of a good friend and a good student.
faithful stubborn sensitive shy
A good friend IS
cheerful extrovert selfish
____________________________
honest modest upset rude reliable
____________________________
sincere pretty generous flexible
_____________________________
brave
_________________________________________

lazy polite hard-working

A good student IS sensible nervous
_________________________________ honest curious
_________________________________ confident stupid
_________________________________ inventive talkative
loyal
______________________________________________ intelligent
ambitious
______________________________________________ III modest tense your
Now explain
choice. patient

IVHonest
What ______________
prefix forms the opposite of each of these words? (You
Reliable _____________
need 4 different prefixes.)
Patient ______________
Intelligent __________
Sensitive ____________
Polite ________________
Modest _____________Active ______________
Selfish _____________
Kind ______________
 Happy _____________
Lucky _____________
Loyal ______________

KEY
Exercise I

1 sensible 2 honest 3 selfish 4 shy 5 extrovert

6 curious 7 miserable 8 furious 9 confident

Exercise II and Exercise III

Students answers

Exercise III

1 dishonest 8 inactive
2 unreliable 9 unselfish
3 impatient 10 unkind
4 unintelligent 11 insincere
5 insensitive 12 unhappy
6 impolite 13 unlucky
7 immodest 14 disloyal