B VIU Upper Intermediate 8 describing people

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Upper Intermediate unit 8 Describing people: characters

1. Tals with your partner. What kind of person is he or she. Start with: I assume/ I guess/ I believe, etc. Is this true? / Can you give comment on this?

2. Take turns and be interactive. 2 min each

ability

lacking ability

clever in a negative way, using brains to trick or deceive

intelligent

bright

clever

sharp

brainy

half-witted

foolish

dim

cunning

crafty

sly

matching

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What does the expression mean?
One person's meat is another person's poison.

1. You need to become a vegetarian.
2. What can be right for one person can be wrong for the other.
3. One can be an optimist or a pessimist.
4. One can be hungry and want to eat or not.

Positive or negative association?
determined

1. positive: It means that you are resolute and steadfast in your decisions.
2. negative: It means that you are stubborn and pig-headed. YOu do not listen to people.

Positive or negative association?
thrifty

1. Positive: It means that you are economical.
2. Negative: It means that you do not want to share anything and that you are stingy, miserly.

Positive or negative association?
eccentric

1. Positive: It means that you are confident in everything you do.
2. Negative: It means that you RE self-important and full of yourself.

Positive or negative association?
blunt

1. Positive: It means that you are direct and open in what you say.
2. Negative: It means that you are curt, unprincipled and permissive. You speak your mind and that is not always appropriate.

What is the negative association?
To have an enquiring mind
More answers are correct.

1. ambitious
2. nosy
3. inquisitive
4. questioning

What is the positive associataion of naive?
More answers are correct.

1. dumb
2. innocent
3. honest
4. unsophisticated

Find the synonym.
obstinate
More answers are correct.

1. stubborn
2. pig-headed
3. determined
4. headstrong

Find the synonym.
mean
More answers are correct.

1. thrifty
2. tight-fisted
3. stingy
4. economical

Find the synonym.
peculiar
More answers are correct.

1. unconventional
2. original
3. odd
4. weird

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