1 Do you know lhe film and 1V charactHS in lhe 3 Choose two film or IV charactors that you know.

What
photos? Match four of them with dncriptions a- d. ad;«trYH can you us. to ct.scribf' thNn?
a She's g,n cro us and kind. Htr husband Is quit, li,1y and Ill) VOCABULARY BUIL0ER (PART I ): PAGE 12- (m
ru de. so she has to be patien t.
b He's nasty and dishonest. H,'s also very cl evttr - bul no! 4 g I .03 Liston to tho dlaloguH. Match oach porson with •n
in a good way. adj«tiw. Thf'ff' u, two adjKtiws that you do not nN'd.
c Sh,'s shy and qu iet. But she's als.o verv siron g and
d,t•rmin•d . arroga nt funny generous Impat ie nt lazy shy
d He's st rong and co nfiden l - almost ,u ro ganl. He's 1 Martha _ _ 3 Sam
usua lty seri ou~. but he can be funny. 2 Ryan _ _ _ 4 Julie

2 g 1.02 aml!l!'EJ Cornplelo tho polrs ol opposltos wilh 5 Choow thrtt ad ..cti\/6 to dHCribe someone you llkf' Of do
the blue adj«tl\/6 from the descriptions In eMrclse 1. Then not like and thre. edjKIN'H to des.crlbe you. Can you give
listen. re-put and chflk. reasons for your chokes?

P""°"allty ad)Kth,.. 6 Wont in pairs. OH<:rib@ yourwlf or a person you

t mtan 91:~ 7 stu pid likf' to your ~rtner.
2 honH I a shy
3 hard-wortinI 9 funny
• weak 10 polltt I think rm quite rene.rous.
S talkative II Impat ient I'm also somtUmtt a bit lazy.
6 modest 12 nice
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 Part 1
Part 2: extension
1 label the pictures with the adjectives below.
Negative prefixes: un-, In-, Im-, Ir- and dis-
arrogant clewr generous impatient lazy nasty
shy tolqtlvo prefixes: un-, In-.,,,..,Ir- and dis-
The prefixes un-, in-, im-, ir-, and dis- are negativ,.
When they come btoforti an adjKtive, they make ih
me-a nl ng oppo~ite.
kind - unkind pollent - impotHnt
hones, - dishoneit r~pansiblr - lrrnponsJble

• Choose the corrKt words.

1 M honest / Adishonest PfflOn always tells the truth.
2 An 1mbltlous / un1mbttlous person'"" very hard to be

f (
successful.
,ii!
"" - ..
3 A sensitive / An Insensitive person dotsn•t think about
ocher -le's feellngs.
(
,_;,'- j - • A rational / An lrratlonol person thinks durty ind
carefuUy.
. . S A loyol / dlsloyol friend says nosey things about you
t when you're not thtfe.

•-- 6 A tol-nt I An Intolerant person doesn't listen to other

iJ
- -- people's opinions.
7 An active / Inactive ptrson sots I lot or ...,,,i.e.
8 A lucky / An unlucky person often has bad luck.
9 A moture / M Immature person behaves 11kt I child.
10 A fritndly / An unlriendly pe,son a lot olfrltnds.

The most common nqative prefix is un-. tfyou are

GE
comple1 inI an exercise and c•n•t decide which prefi•
6----=------ to use , choou tttis one!

5 Cornpltte the sentences. USt the adjtctive• below with or

without the prefut un•.
attractive believable lair Ot 1ratefut s.are
He's vtry _ _ _ • He could be a model or• film star.
2 She•s ~ry _ _ _ • She can run ten kilome1res.
8 __ 3 Don't touch that ffKtric cable. lrs _ _ _ .
7 • Thanks for the pruenL I'm very _ _ _ .
S England are beatin1 Brazil 8-0. Th1fs __ f
2 write adJe<tlves with the opposite monlng to those 6 My parents slve my older sister more money than me.
In exer<:lse 1. uy ___ .
tt's ...

3 Choose the correct adjectives.

1 He's funny / serious. He ne.er ltlls jokes.
2 He·s honest / d ishonest. He neve< tells the truth!
3 Sht's lazy / hard-working. She always does her
homework on time..
4 She·s rude / polite. She never says 'please' or "thank
you'.
He's strona / Wt!ak. He always thinks for himself.

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1 Complete the puzzle with the opposites of these ... challenge! · · . .......... ,,
.... ..... .,
personality adjectives.

conftdent
, ...... ~T:!!11: !I
Q USJJNING!2 Listen again. Complete the extracts.
He can be r_ _ _ i_ _ _ .
2 nice s ..,

--
She never loses h_ _ _ t _ _ _ , she just
3 funny
4 clevei- __J
T
_..._jJ stays r_ _ _ c _ _ .
3 Sonia f ___._ _ ab_ _ _ n_ __ in
S strong 4 1 t

6 rude A I ;.; situations like that.

7 me•~
8 qufe(
JIU • I'm f_ __ q_ _ _ . Louise is the, _ __

N s 0- - - ·
9 i,npatient
10 dishonest V
J

~u:J•11
u modest
VOCABULARY BUILDER (PART 2): NEGATIVE PREFIXES:
0 UN·, IN· . IM·, IR· AND DIS·. »SB PAGE 124«

G ::ihtt,
r. 5 Make the adjectives negative by addlnJ the correct
prefix: un.-, In•. Im•. Ir· or dis·.
2 What is the opposite of the circled word (I)? 1 fit .~ 5 ration~I__ __
2 responsible _ _ • - -: 6 mature _ _ __
3 How would you describe these people? Use adjectives from
7 tolerant
3 sensitive
exercises 1 and 2.
4 fair 8 loyal
Millie didn •t talk to many people at the party. _filj_
2 Tom often tells lies. _ _ 6 llse the adjectives In exeiclse 5, with or without their
Mike only had one sandwi ch, but he shared it prefaxes, to complete the sentences.
with me __ _ 1 You should be more _ . _ ·_ _ an~ :t~ink about
4 Bill often interrupts people when they are talking. _ _ other people's feelings. •
2 Cathy Is very - - - - . She goes to the gym
5 Sally loves talk ing.
every evening. ·
6 Harriet always comes top of the class.
3 He·s 17. but his behaviour i s very _ _ _ -like
Tom threw stones at the cat. a 12·v••r•oldl
8 Max never helps with the housework. _ _· 4 Every time I get on a plane I'm sure it's going to crash .
9 Su e is always telling jokes. I know I'm being ___ . - :-. , but I cantt help it!
10 Jo hates waiting for people . _ _ 5 We should be _ _ _ _ of people who have
different religions and beliefs.
4 ;aUSTEflll~ Listen to four people describing family
6 Jake often says bad th ings about his friends when
members. Match two adjectives with each person . There
they aren't there. He's very _____ _ .
are two extra adjec_tiv__e_s._ _ __
funny generous hard-wortdng honest twodeSi' I 7 Most people think it's _ _ _ _ that·rich people

nuty patient rude shy talb~ ._.........J pay more tax than very poor people.
8 I can•t leave Tom on his own at the weekend .
I Terry's uncle He•s too - - - - .
2 Julie's mum
3 Martin's sister
4 Emma's sister

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