Personalities & Characteristics: Level B1
Personalities & Characteristics: Level B1
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ARM-UP
ACTIVITY 1:
What are some adjectives to describe a person’s personality?
Please make a list.
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ACTIVITY 2:
Which adjectives describe you?
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ACTIVITY 3:
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V
OCABULARY
ACTIVITY 4:
Match the adjectives with their correct definitions. There are
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two adjectives that have the same meaning.
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1. competitive 1-C A. don’t get anxious easily/relaxed
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3. selfish C. want to beat someone at something or be
more successful than others
5. unfriendly
6. reliable
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E. capable of doing many different things
very well
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7. practical G. very realistic and practical
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8. talented H. easily gain trust from others
ACTIVITY 5:
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11. easygoing
arrogant shy
Fill in the blanks with the right adjectives that describe the
personalities of the people in the pictures.
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1._________ 2. _________ 3._________
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5._________
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ACTIVITY 6:
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Sort the adjectives into 2 groups, positive personalities and
negative personalities, with the new words from Activity 5.
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Positive personalities Negative personalities
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COMPREHENSION
ACTIVITY 7 (Diálogo-B1-SUE-3):
Complete the table with the right information.
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Who do they
admire?
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Why?
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ACTIVITY 8:
What are the personality characteristics of each person?
The teacher
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2 Negative
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Javier’s dad
Emilia’s friend
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OMMON EXPRESSIONS
She’s not very creative.
He’s not very practical.
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I think she's basically just an outgoing person.
I think m
y dad’s a pretty c
ool guy.
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I think s
he’s a pretty generous girl.
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I think m
y sister is a
pretty t alented girl.
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I really admire a
guy in my karate class.
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I really admire m
y brother.
I really admire m
y boss.
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My boyfriend h
as a great sense of humor.
My classmates h
ave a great sense of humor.
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They go to the movies almost every w
eekend.
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They don’t get along well.
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My co-workers get along really well.
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He always gives m
e good advice.
Let me g
ive y
ou some a
dvice.
I’m not good at giving people advice.
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She’s very honest with her parents.
[someone] c
an count on [someone else]
You c
an always count on her.
You c
an count on me.
She can always c
ount on her best friend.
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I mean...
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She's so helpful and generous. I mean, she's always doing things for
other people.
I’m not even hungry. I mean, I just had a burger.
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He’s such a good friend. I mean, he’s always helping others.
G RAMMAR
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INTENSIFYING ADVERBS
ACTIVITY 9:
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Listen to the dialogue again. Fill in the blanks with the given
adverbs.
completely
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absolutely
Ifairly
basically
extremely
pretty
incredibly
totally
very
really
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Adverbs are words that are used to modify verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs in sentences.
For example:
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Intensifying adverbs are adverbs that make other adjectives and adverbs
stronger.
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Without adverbs With intensifying adverbs
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She's incredibly talented and
She's talented and creative.
creative.
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She's disorganized. She's pretty disorganized.
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He's just shy.
My dad’s a p
retty cool guy.
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He's easygoing and laid-back. He's f airly easygoing and laid-back.
He's v
ery practical and
He's practical and down-to-earth.
down-to-earth.
Some adverbs end in -ly, some don't.
For example:
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completely very
fairly pretty
extremely quite
incredibly so
absolutely
basically
totally
too
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really
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completely and really and pretty are pretty and f airly mean
totally mean 100% used much more more than a little.
often in conversation
than in writing. pretty is "stronger"
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than f airly.
For example:
● I’m extremely organized.
Or I’m not very outgoing.
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Now, it’s your turn.
a. I’m _______________ organized
b. I’m _______________ talented
c. I’m _______________ reliable
d. I’m _______________ shy
e. I’m _______________ practical
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ACTIVITY 11:
Do you know anyone with one of these qualities? Write a
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complete sentence for each one.
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creative disorganized down-to-earth
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PRONUNCIATION
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STRESS WITH PREFIXES
ACTIVITY 12: How would you stress the following words?
friendly
organized
unfriendly
disorganized
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1. dishonest : ___________________
2. unreliable : ___________________
3. untalented : ___________________
4. uncompetitive : ___________________
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5. impractical : ___________________
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Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new
word with a different meaning.
Adjective prefixes
meaning.
For example:
friendly ≠
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unfriendly
dishonest
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Different prefixes can be added to adjectives to give them the opposite
2organized ≠
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disorganized
unreliable
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honest reliable
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talented
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How do we stress words with prefixes?
Notice that when we add a prefix in front of the adjectives, the stress pattern
of the words do not change.
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dishonest
SPEAKING PRACTICE
unreliable untalented
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uncompetitive impractical
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For speaking practice, go to our Whatsapp group and talk about a person
whom you admire or someone you don’t really like, using the hashtag
#B1-SUE-3
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Start by thinking about the answers to the following questions.
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1. Who is he/she?
2. When did you first meet him/her?
3. Why do you admire him/her?
TRANSCRIPTS
1. ENGLISH
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4. Why don’t you like him/her?
Remember to make use of what you have learned in today’s lesson.
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Elena: My English teacher. She's incredibly talented and creative. And
she has a great sense of humor. She's pretty disorganized,
though. She forgets something almost every class, but her
classes are absolutely wonderful!
Carlos: I really admire a guy in my karate class. He's extremely
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competitive, but when he wins, he's not arrogant like some of
the other guys. He's not very outgoing, so some people think
he's unfriendly, but I think he's basically just shy.
Javier:
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I think my dad’s a pretty cool guy. We get along really well. He's
fairly easygoing and laid-back. And he's very practical and
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down-to-earth, so he always gives me good advice. Also, he's
completely honest with me. I can trust what he says.
Emilia:
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My friend Luisa. She's so helpful and generous. I mean, she's
always doing things for other people. She's not selfish at all. And
she's totally reliable. If she says she'll help you with something,
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she does. You can always count on her.
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Elena:
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¿Quién es alguien a quien realmente admiras?
Carlos: Realmente admiro a un chico en mi clase de karate. Es
extremadamente competitivo, pero cuando gana, no es
arrogante como algunos de los otros muchachos. No es muy
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Javier: Creo que mi padre es un tipo genial. Nos llevamos muy bien. Es
bastante tolerante y relajado. Y es muy práctico y con los pies
en la tierra, así que siempre me da buenos consejos. Además, es
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completamente honesto conmigo. Puedo confiar en lo que
dice.
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Emilia: Mi amiga Luisa. Ella es tan servicial y generosa. Quiero decir, ella
siempre está haciendo cosas por otras personas. Ella no es
egoísta en absoluto. Y ella es totalmente confiable. Si dice que
ANSWER KEYS
ACTIVITY 4.
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te ayudará con algo, lo hará. Siempre puedes contar con ella.
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4-A 10-F
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ACTIVITY 5.
1. outgoing
2. shy
3. disorganized
4. creative
5. honest
6. arrogant
ACTIVITY 6.
Positive personalities: outgoing; creative; honest
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Negative personalities: shy; disorganized; arrogant
ACTIVITY 7.
Who do they Her teacher A guy in his His dad Her friend
admire? karate class
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Why are arrogant gives Javier selfish.
wonderful when he good advice
wins
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ACTIVITY 8.
The teacher: talented; creative; have a great sense of humor; disorganized
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The guy in the karate class: competitive; not arrogant; outgoing; shy
Javier’s dad: e
asygoing; laid-back; practical; down-to-earth
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Emilia’s friend: h
elpful; generous; not selfish; reliable
ACTIVITY 9.
1. incredibly 7. pretty
2. pretty 8. really
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3. absolutely 9. fairly
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4. extremely 10. very
5. very 11. completely
6. basically 12. totally
GLOSSARY
A ENGLISH
advice
almost
A2 LEVEL
SPANISH
consejo
casi
along a lo largo
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cool frio
guy chico
if si
just sólo
mean querer decir
pretty bastante
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so entonces
win ganar
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wonderful maravilloso
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ENGLISH SPANISH
absolutely absolutamente
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admire admirar
completely completamente
count contar
creative creativo
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down-to-earth con los pies en la tierra
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easygoing de trato fácil
extremely extremadamente
fairly bastante
A generous
karate
helpful
honest
laid-back
reliable
selfish
generoso
kárate
servicial
honesto
relajado
de confianza
egoísta
sense sentido
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shy tímido
talented talentoso
though aunque
totally totalmente
trust confiar
unfriendly hostil
ENGLISH
arrogant
basically
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SPANISH
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arrogante
básicamente
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competitive competitivo
disorganized desorganizado
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incredibly increíblemente
practical práctico
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ENGLISH SPANISH
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outgoing extrovertido
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