Individual assignments before the break

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Vocabulary Bank: Personality (Unit 2)

Positive

Negative

Are the bold underlined words positive or negative?

Sophie’s sympathetic. She always listens to my problems and understands how I feel. 

Charlie’s charming. He’s good at making people feel good about themselves.

Waseem’s witty. He’s always quick to think of something  funny to say.

Clara’s careless. She does things too quickly and always makes mistakes.

Iago’s intellectual. He loves learning things. 

Paul’s pushy. He always wants me to do what he wants.

Shannon’s shallow. She doesn’t think seriously or carefully about anything. 

Positive

Negative

Are the bold underlined words positive or negative?

Polly’s pretentious. She tries to appear more important and cleverer than she is. 

Sam’s smug. He’s always pleased with himself - and shows it!

Brittany’s bubbly. She’s always happy, fun to be with and full of energy. 

Chelsea’s cheeky. She shows a lack of respect, but often in a funny way.

Henry’s hypocritical. He says one thing and does the other.

Stephan’s scatty. He’s always forgetting things, but that's what I love about him.

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

1. All my friends were very ___ when they heard about my accident. That helped me a lot.

1. sympathetic
2. smug

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

2. She always gets high marks, but I wish she weren't so ___ about it.

1. smug
2. witty

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

3. We thought that he was nice, but later we found him to be rather ___

1. witty
2. shallow

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

4. She's rather ___ about her appearance - she always wears scruffy clothes.

1. careless
2. pretentious

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

5. His speech made everyone laugh. He's such a ___ person!

1. witty
2. pushy

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

6. The shop assistant was so ___ She tried to make us buy things we didn't want!

1. pushy
2. intellectual

Ex. 3b: Choose the correct word to fill the gap.

7. He's lost his keys for the third time this week! He's so ___

1. cheeky
2. scatty

Match the descriptions to the correct adjectives

2. Someone who is superficial

1. Someone who is caring and understanding

3. Someone who is silly and forgetful

4. Someone who is clever and funny

5. Someone who is very pleased

6. Someone who is happy and full of energy

a. Bubbly

b. Smug

c. Shallow

d. Sympathetic

e. Witty

f. Scatty

Complete the sentence with the correct adjective.

1. Walter loves learning and thinking. He's really _____________ .

2. Don't be _____________ . It's not nice to answer back to people.

3. Be careful. She's very _____________ . She'll try to get you to do what she wants.

4. Rachel's very _____________  these days. She must have been given a promotion.

5. The teacher was very _____________  when she heard my bag had been stolen.

6. Don't expect her to understand if you've got a problem. She's quite _____________ .

Pushy

Intellectual

Shallow

Sympathetic

Cheeky

Smug

Complete the sentence with the correct adjective.

1. James is so ____________! He does the craziest htings.

2. Don't be _____________! Let other people have a go.

3. She seems a bit pushy, but in fact she's very _____________ when you get to know her.

4. He lent me his bike and walked home! What an _____________ thing to do.

5. She doesn't seem very happy about getting promoted. She's pretty _____________ about her promotion.

6. She never gets too excited - She's a very _____________ person.

7. You drank all the milk and there's nothing left for us. That's not very _____________, is it?

8. He's always jumping up and down and laughing - he's a very _____________ person.

9. Don't look so sad - you need to be a bit more _____________ about things.

10. He never understands anything, because he's not very _____________.

Downbeat

Unselfish

Excitable

Selfish

Considerate

Eccentric

Upbeat

Bright

Approachable

Dialogue 'You're both being a pain'

What are Nick and Amy fighting about?

What do Lily and Jack think about it?

Is this sentence true or false?

1. This is the first time Amy has left her backpack on the floor.

1. True
2. False

Is this sentence true or false?

2. Nick starts to move the backpack himself.

1. True
2. False

Is this sentence true or false?

3. Nick thinks that Amy is the cause of the argument.

1. True
2. False

Is this sentence true or false?

4. Jack thinks they shouldn't argue about little things.

1. True
2. False

Is this sentence true or false?

5. Jack wants Nick and Amy to sort out the things in the backpack.

1. True
2. False

Match the expressions with the correct definitions

2. Mind out

1. No chance!

3. Don't look at me

4. I can do without...

5. I'd have thought...

6. ... and so on

a. I'm not the person responsible for this

b. ... and other similar things

c. It's not going to happen

d. It is my understanding that ...

e. Be careful

f. I prefer not to have / don't need ...

Complete the sentence with an expression from Exercise 9a.

1. A: That plate looks very hot!

B: It is very hot! ______________ - I'm going to come past with you with it. 

2. A: I'm going to spend all my money on those shoes.

B: Really? ______________ you were more sensible than that.

3. A: Someone should pick all this litter up. 

B: Well, ______________ ! I never drop things on the floor.

4. A: Your project's about education - right?

B: Yeah, you know: schools, colleges ______________ .

5. A: Miranda - Can you come round tonight to help me with the history homework?

B: ______________ Steve. I'm going out this evening, sorry.

6. A: Hey James - Where did you get that awful sweater?

B: It was a present from my granny - and I ______________ your comments, thank you very much. 

can do without ....

... and so on.

I'd have thought ...

Mind out!

Don't look at me

No chance

Complete the sentence with one of the 'Everyday expressions'

1. A: Hey - someone's eaten all the chocolate!

B: Well, _______________. I don't even like chocolate that much.

2. A: Do you think we'll win the match on Sunday?

B: _______________! They're a much, much better team than us.

3. A: What kind of books does he like?
B: Oh, you know - thrillers, detective stories, police novels,  _______________.

4. A: Hey - _______________. You're in my way.

B: Oh sorry. I didn't know you were trying to get past.

5. A: Let me give you some advice.

B: No, _______________ it, thanks. The last time I took your advice, things got worse!

6. A: Do you think I can ask Mr Bryant about my porblem?

B: Well, yes, _______________ so. He's usually very approachable.

I can do without ....

... and so on.

I'd have thought ...

Mind out!

Don't look at me

No chance