Personality Adjectives

I Write the words in the box under the correct definitions.

shy furious selfish honest miserable extrovert sensible curious confident

a person who a person who is

a person who is a person who
doesn’t tell lies or nervous in the
reasonable and practical. thinks only
cheat people company of
about himself
others
1_______________________ 2____________________
3_______________________ 4____________________
a person who wants to
4________________
a person who likes find out about something
someone who a person who
to spend time in is extremely
is extremely
activities with other angry
unhappy
people than being
quiet and alone 6____________________________

someone who
5_______________________ 7___________________ 8__________________
strongly believes in
his own abilities

9____________________________

II Choose and write some personality adjectives which you think best describe the
character of a good friend and a good student.
faithful stubborn sensitive shy cheerful
A good friend IS
extrovert selfish honest modest upset rude
____________________________
reliable sincere pretty generous flexible
____________________________
brave
_____________________________
_________________________________________

lazy polite hard-working

A good student IS sensible nervous honest curious
_________________________________ confident stupid inventive
_________________________________ talkative loyal intelligent
_________________________________ ambitious modest tense patient
______________________________________________
______________________________________________ III Now explain your choice.

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

1. Honest ______________ 8. Active ______________

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

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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

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