shy furious selfish honest miserable extrovert sensible curious confident

a person who is reasonable and practical.

a person who doesn’t tell lies or cheat people

a person who thinks only about himself

a person who is nervous in the company of others

a person who likes to spend time in activities with other people than being quiet and alone

a person who wants to find out about something

someone who is extremely unhappy

a person who is extremely angry

II Choose and write some personality adjectives which you think best describe the character of a good friend and a good student.

lazy polite hard-working sensible nervous honest curious confident stupid inventive talkative loyal intelligent ambitious modest tense patient

A good friend IS

____________________________

____________________________

_____________________________

_________________________________________

A good student IS

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

III Now explain your choice.

IV What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words? (You need 4 different prefixes.)

1. Honest ______________ 2. Reliable _____________ 3. Patient ______________ 4. Intelligent __________ 5. Sensitive ____________ 6. Polite ________________ 7. Modest _____________ 8. Active ______________ 9. Selfish _____________ 10. Kind ______________ 11. Sincere ___________ 12. Happy _____________ 13. Lucky _____________ 14. 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