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    1A Personality

    A Check the meanings of the personality adjectives in B Think of four famous people, but don’t tell anyone!
    the box and then complete the sentences, using each In the boxes, write the person’s name, four
    adjective only once. personality adjectives to describe him / her and
    three or four pieces of extra information. Look at the
    brave creative decisive energetic example before you start. Don’t show anyone!
    greedy laid-back likeable moody
    romantic selfish sociable stubborn
    Name Jamie Oliver
    1 My boyfriend took me out for dinner and gave me Adjectives hard-working,
    roses. He’s . talkative, likeable,
    sociable
    2 My neighbour’s son never sits still. He’s always
    Extra information
    running around the garden. TV chef, English,
    He’s . writes books, 4 children
    3 Sue always has lots of unusual ideas.
    She’s .
    4 Jane’s a firefighter and rescues people. She never
    gets scared. She’s .
    5 My teenage son is different from one minute to
    the next. I never know if he’s going to be happy or
    Name Name
    angry! He’s .
    Adjectives Adjectives
    6 My boss is very quick and good at making choices.
    She’s .
    Extra information Extra information
    7 My grandmother only thinks about herself. She
    doesn’t care much about my poor granddad.
    She’s .
    8 My dog eats and eats until he makes himself sick!
    Name Name
    He’s .
    Adjectives Adjectives
    9 My friend Jake never worries about anything or gets
    stressed. He’s .
    Extra information Extra information
    10 My cousin loves going out to parties and meeting
    new people. She’s .
    11 Terry is so easy to get on with. Everybody loves him!
    He’s . C Describe your four famous people, using the
    12 My dad never changes his opinion on anything, information from your boxes. Do not say the person’s
    name! Who can guess the most people in your group?
    even if he’s wrong and everyone disagrees with him.
    He’s . This person is really talkative and very likeable. I
    think he’s sociable and hard-working. He’s English.
    He works as a chef and is often on TV. He also writes
    cook books. He has four children!

    I think it’s Jamie Oliver!

    Solutions 2nd edition  Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • PHOTOCOPIABLE


    1A Personality
    Aims  To extend personality adjectives and use the target
    language to describe famous people
    Time  15−20 minutes
    Materials  1 handout for each student
    • Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them
    to do task A. Students may know some of the adjectives,
    but they do not appear in the Student’s Book Lesson A or
    Vocabulary Builder. Give them time to read the sentences
    and choose the best adjective for each.
    • Check answers and focus on correct word stress.
    ANSWER KEY (WITH STRESS PATTERNS)
    1 romantic ●●● 7 selfish ●●
    2 energetic ●●●● 8 greedy ●●
    3 creative ●●● 9 laid-back ●●
    4 brave ● 10 sociable ●●●
    5 moody ●● 11 likeable ●●●
    6 decisive ●●● 12 stubborn ●●
    • For task B, students need to think of four famous people,
    whom they then describe to their classmates. Students
    write the names of the famous people in the boxes as well
    as four personality adjectives to describe each one and
    some extra details, to help their descriptions.
    • In groups of four or five, students take it in turns to
    describe one of their famous people to the rest of the
    group, following the example given in task C.
    • As a follow-on task, you could get your students to write a
    short description of each of their famous people.

    Solutions 2nd edition  Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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