Personality
Exercise 1 Match the adjectives with the pictures.
messy / lazy / clumsy / shy / cheerful / grumpy / absent-minded / loud
rude /hardworking / touchy / selfish/ talkative / friendly /easy-going / quiet
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Exercise 2 Find and write the opposites.
lazy generous
tidy polite
quiet sociable
Exercise 3 Fill in the gaps. Use the adjectives from exercise 1 .
1. Anne is constantly on the phone. She's so
2. Still in bed at lunch-time! Come on! Get up! You .boy.
3. Don't forget to take your passport ! You're so .............
4. Don't just think of yourself, that's so..................................................
5. I love Anna ! She makes friends very easily, she's very
6. Tom is a great guy but he doesn't speak much, he's rather
Exercise 4 Work out the opposites of the following words by separating prefix and radical.
unhappy-impatient-dishonest-untidy-impolite
unfriendly-irresponsible-intolerant-disorganized
Exercise 5 How long will it take you to match the synonyms ?
cheerful amusing
envious joyful
funny talented
gifted jealous
smart stubborn
nice kind
obstinate popular
sociable clever
Exercise 6 Can you guess the meaning of the following adjectives ?
adventurous / aggressive /ambitious /arrogant/ artistic / bad-tempered
big-headed / bossy / curious / diplomatic / energetic / frank /
good-tempered / helpful / imaginative / materialistic / sensitive
Exercise 7 Choose 5 friends in the class and write sentences such as :
Tom is talkative.
Exercise 8 What are you like ? Complete the sentences, then tell the class.
I am extremely I am very
I am quite.. I am a little...
I am not very. I am notat all.
Exercise 9 Fill in the gaps to describe your classmate next to you, then swap your exercise books. Tick the
box whether the description is true or false. Use : extremely/very/quite/a little/not very/not...at all.
I think you are.........absent-minded.. True False
I think you are .........hardworking.. True False
I think you are ........easy-going.. True False
I think you are ............bossy.. True False
I think you are .........tidy.. True False
I think you are .........selfish.. True False
I think you are .......talkative.. True False
I think you are .........friendly................. True False
I think you are .......romantic.................. True False
I think you are .......grumpy.. True False
1 point for True score .............../10