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^{Describing people}

Vocabulary Bank

T	Age Complete the phrases.
	mid- early about late	forties
	1 He's 20.	\% 20, or 21
	2 He's in his	between 41 and 49
	3 She's in her . thirties. =	between 34 and 36
	4 Shf's in her sixties. =	between 67 and 69
	5 He is his ______seventies. =	between 71 and 73

2 Height and build

Match the sentences and pictures A-C.

1. He's tall and slim.

2. He's short and a bit overweight .

3. He's medium height and well built.

! Thin and slim are both the opposite of fat, but slim = thin in an attractive way.

3 Hair

1. She has fair (or blonde) hair and a ponytail

2. She has long wavy hair.

3. I lie has grey hair and a beard /bind/.

4. I She has short brown curly hair.

5. I She has red shoulder-length hair.

6. I He's bald fbr.ld/ and has a moustache /mo'siarjV

7. | She has straight dark hair and a fringe.

4 General adjectives

a Are these adjectives used for men, women, or both? Write M, W, or B.

attractive beautiful good-looking handsome plain pretty ugly

NB: What does he / she look like? - Can you describe his / her appearance?

What is he / she like? - Can you describe his / her personality?

^Personality

1 What are they like?

a Complete die sentences with the personality adjectives.

affectionate spoilt manipulative moody aggressive ambitious bossy charming competitive independent jealous/ reliable selfish sensible sensitive sociable

1 Spoilt children behave badly because they arc given everything they want.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

LO 11 12 13 14 15 16

people always want to win.

people think about themselves and not about other people.

people get angry quickly and like fighting and arguing.

people have an attractive personality that makes people like them.

people have common sense and are practical.

people are friendly and enjoy being with other people.

people are good at influencing other people to do what they want.

people are happy one minute and sad the next, and are often bad-tempered.

people like doing things on their own, without help.

people like giving orders to other people.

people show that they love or Икс people very much.

people are people you can trust or depend on.

people understand other people's feelings or are easily hurt or offended.

people want to be successful in life.

people think that someone loves another person more than them, or wants what other people have.

b With a partner, look at the adjectives again. Are they positive, negative, or neutral characteristics?

2 Opposite adjectives

Match the adjectives and their opposites.

extrovert hard-working mean self-confident stupid talkative

clever lazy

generous quiet

insecure shy

3 Negative prefixes

Which negative prefix do you use with these adjectives? Put them in the correct column.

ambitious friendly honest imaginative kind organized patient / reliable responsible selfish sensitive sociable tidy

un-	dis- / in- / im- / ir-
unambitiaus