8_Describing people: positive and negative qualities

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Describing People: Positive and Negative Qualities

After learning all essential vocabulary, let's focus on exercises.

8.1 Read the comments and then answer the questions.​

(Open ended)
(Shouting out loud)

Fill in the Blanks

1 Who is placid?

Fill in the Blanks

2 Who is down-to-earth?

Fill in the Blanks

3 Who tends to get carried away?

Fill in the Blanks

4 Who is often tactless?

Fill in the Blanks

5 Who is shrewd?

Fill in the Blanks

6 Who is chauvinistic?

/chow·vuh·ni·stik/

8.2 Which colleagues does the speaker have a positive opinion of and which a negative one?

(Multiple Choices)
(Role Play)

Multiple Choice

"Ellie, my boss, is very astute and she can be very witty, but I find her assistant, David, a bit sullen and obstinate. Julia, who I sit next to, is a bit stingy and extremely work-obsessed. I do a lot of work with Marco, who's very obliging, supportive and tolerant."

1. 1. According to the speakers' opinions above, does Ellie have a positive opinion or a negative one?

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Choice

"Ellie, my boss, is very astute and she can be very witty, but I find her assistant, David, a bit sullen and obstinate. Julia, who I sit next to, is a bit stingy and extremely work-obsessed. I do a lot of work with Marco, who's very obliging, supportive and tolerant."

1. 2. According to the speakers' opinions above, does David have a positive opinion or a negative one?

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Choice

"Ellie, my boss, is very astute and she can be very witty, but I find her assistant, David, a bit sullen and obstinate. Julia, who I sit next to, is a bit stingy and extremely work-obsessed. I do a lot of work with Marco, who's very obliging, supportive and tolerant."

1. 3. According to the speakers' opinions above, does Julia have a positive opinion or a negative one?

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Choice

"Ellie, my boss, is very astute and she can be very witty, but I find her assistant, David, a bit sullen and obstinate. Julia, who I sit next to, is a bit stingy and extremely work-obsessed. I do a lot of work with Marco, who's very obliging, supportive and tolerant."

1. 4. According to the speakers' opinions above, does Marco have a positive opinion or a negative one?

• Positive

• Negative

8.3 Fill the gaps with words from the opposite page. You are given the first letter(s) and clues to the meaning in brackets.

(Multiple Choices)
(Role Play)

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

1 He's rather o__________. He always tries to use situations to his own advantage. (devious)

• outgoing

• opportunistic

• over-anxious

• open-minded

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

2 She has an i_________ approach to life rather than a rational one. (instinctive)

• imaginative

• independent

• intuitive

• industrious

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

3 My father was a somewhat quick-tempered and m__________sort of person. (gloomy)

• morose

• methodical

• magnetic personality

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

4 He was a very altruistic person, almost to the point of being n_________

(too trusting)

• niave

• nviae

• naiev

• naive

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

5 Aisha has a m_________personality. Everyone is drawn to her. (attractive)

• magentic

• magnetic

• methodical

• methocal

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

6 Rob is a very conscientious and m_________ worker. (careful, systematic)

• methdoical

• mhetocidal

• methodical

• methocidal

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

7 I find Eva a bit b_________ and rude. (speaks in a quick and rude way)

• brusque

• born leader

• brsuque

• bron leader

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

8 She's fun-loving but she can be a bit s___________at times.

(doesn't care about serious things)

• sensitive

• supportive

• superficial

• shrewd

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

9 I think Max is i__________

(doesn't have much confidence, not really sure of himself)

• imaginative

• independent

• industrious

• insecure

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

10 I'm always happy to go out for a meal with Kerstin. She's such g________

(pleasant and entertaining to spend time with)

• gifted

• good company

• get carried away

• generous

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

11 She was very c__________ in speaking out against corruption.

(brave, unafraid to speak or act)

• charming

• conservative

• courageous

• conscientious

Multiple Choice

Select the best answer to fill the gap/s.

12 Owen's a p__________

He's never happy if he doesn't get an A-grade in every test.

• perfectionist

• popular

• placid

• parsimonious