DESCRIBING CHARACTER ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 11 DESCRIBING CHARACTER

 

A What are you like? 1 what you are like as a person 2 believe that good things will happen 3 can be trusted to do what people expect you to do 4 feeling sure about yourself and your abilities 5 not confident, especially about meeting or talking to new people 6 putting a lot of effort into your work and spending a lot of time on it 7 the ability to laugh and understand when something is funny 8 a serious person is quiet and doesn’t laugh very much 9 able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when things take a lot of time Common mistakes   A: What’s he like? (NOT How is he like?) B: He’s very nice. (NOT He’s like very nice.) B Opposites Language help   We use kind to describe someone who wants to help people a lot, and nice, friendly or pleasant for someone who is happy to talk to people. The opposites are unkind, unfriendly and unpleasant. C Describing a friend “The first thing I would say about my best friend is that she’s very sensible1. I’ve never known Emilia to do anything silly2, and I know I can always trust3 her. She’s also very creative4; she makes things, and she’s a very talented5 artist. I wish6 I had her talent.”   1 practical; doesn’t do stupid things 2 not sensible, a bit stupid 3 be sure that she is honest 4 good at thinking of new ideas and using her imagination 5 has a natural ability 6 I would like to have her talent but I haven’t got it EXERCISES 11.1 Find five pairs of opposites and put them into the correct columns. nice mean sensible lazy calm generous unpleasant hard-working silly nervous positive negative nice             11.2 Write the opposites using the correct prefix. 11.3 Describe the person in the sentences, in one word. 1 My brother is in the office from 8 am to 6 pm every day. ______ hard-working________ 2 He has never bought me a drink in ten years. ____________________ 3 She often promises to do things but sometimes she forgets. ____________________ 4 My teacher explains things again and never gets angry. ____________________ 5 Emma finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers. ____________________ 6 Noah is practical and doesn’t do anything stupid. ____________________ 7 Our teacher is nice, but he’s quiet and he doesn’t laugh a lot. ____________________ 8 Danya is very relaxed and doesn’t seem to worry about things. ____________________ 9 My boss is really good at using his imagination to think of new ideas. ____________________ 10 Ava can play several musical instruments. ____________________ 11.4 Complete the sentences. 1 My sister can’t wait for anything; she’s so _____ impatient _______ 2 I get very ___________ before exams; I need to try and relax a bit more. 3 I ___________ I could paint as well as your brother; he’s so creative. 4 Adeline hasn’t done a thing since she’s been here. Honestly, she’s so ___________. 5 I always have a laugh with my cousin – he’s got a great sense of ___________. 6 My younger sister is able to understand new ideas so quickly; she’s very ___________. 7 If Sarah says she’ll do it, then she’ll do it. I ___________ her completely. 8 He’d like to be relaxed and confident, but it’s just not part of his ___________. 9 He failed his exams, but he isn’t ___________.  He just didn’t do any work. 10 Aurora helped me bake some cakes last week; she’s very ___________. 11.5

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