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DESCRIBE
PERSONALITY
How would you desribe others’ personalities?
 Vocabulary
Personalities: Tính cách

am-bi-tious (adj) creative (adj) hard-working (adj) motivating (adj) helpful (adj)
tham vọng có tính sáng tạo chăm chỉ truyền động lực có ích
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ /kriˈeɪ.tɪv/ /ˌhɑːdˈwɜː.kɪŋ/ /ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪŋ/ /ˈhelp.fəl/

punctual (adj) relaxed (adj) so-cia-ble (adj) prac-ti-cal (adj) reliable (adj)
đúng giờ thoải mái gần gũi, hoà đồng thực tế đáng tin cậy
/ˈpʌŋk.tʃu.əl/ /rɪˈlækst/ /ˈsəʊ.ʃə.bəl/ /ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/ /rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
 Structure
How to describe someone's personalities?

What + be + S + like?

>>>>> S + be + [tính từ miêu tả tính cách]

What is he like? What are they like?

He’s motivating. They’re sociable.
Let's Practice What + be + S + like?

ambitious (adj) creative (adj) hard-working (adj) motivating (adj) helpful (adj)
tham vọng có tính sáng tạo chăm chỉ truyền động lực có ích
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ /kriˈeɪ.tɪv/ /ˌhɑːdˈwɜː.kɪŋ/ /ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪŋ/ /ˈhelp.fəl/

punctual (adj) relaxed (adj) sociable (adj) practical (adj) reliable (adj)
đúng giờ thoải mái gần gũi, hoà đồng thực tế đáng tin cậy
/ˈpʌŋk.tʃu.əl/ /rɪˈlækst/ /ˈsəʊ.ʃə.bəl/ /ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/ /rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
Let's Practice Be + S + .... ?

✅ambitious (adj) ❌creative (adj) ❌hard-working (adj) ✅motivating (adj) ❌helpful (adj)

✅punctual (adj) ✅relaxed (adj) ❌sociable (adj) ❌practical (adj) ✅reliable (adj)
 ÁP DỤNG THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN VÀO
VỀ NGHỀ NGHIỆP

What does he/ she study? What languages does he/ she speak?

He/ She is a university graduate. He/ She is fluent in [ngôn ngữ].

He/ She is a university student. He/ She has a basic knowledge of [ngôn ngữ].
He/ She has a good standard of [ngôn ngữ].
What is his/ her working experience?
What does he/ she like?
He/ She is a/ work as ...
He/ She likes [sở thích].
What is he/ she like?

He/ She is [tính cách]

Case Study
Jenny Wong
Age: 20 Born: Taiwan
Educatiton: high-school certificate
Work experience: sales assistant in bookshop
Languages: fluent Chinese, basic knowledge of
English
Personality/ appearance: elegant (tinh tế), friendly
Interests (sở thích): music, international cinema
Case Study
Cindy Tan
Age: 21 Born: Hong Kong
Educatiton: university graduate
Work experience: _
Languages: fluent Chinese, good standard of
English
Personality/ appearance: well-dressed, confident
Interests: conversation, people
Case Study
David Chong
Age: 24 Born: Singapore
Educatiton: university graduate
Work experience: website designer
Languages: fluent Chinese and English
Personality/ appearance: serious, hard-working
Interests: computer games, karate