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Personality V O C A B U L A R Y B A N K

1 W H A T AR E T H E Y LIKE? 2 O PPO SITES

a C o m p le te th e d e fin itio n s w ith th e adjectives. a M a tc h th e a d je ctive s a n d th e ir o p p o site s.

affe c tionate /o'fekjbnat/ aggressive /o'grcsiv/ cheap /ifip/ hardworking /hard'w orkıŋ/
am bitious/tem 'bijbs/ anxious /'aenklos/ bossy /'bosi/ o u tgoing /'aotaooin/ self-confident Self 'kantddont/
charming /'tfarm n y com petitive kom'pctotiv/ stupid 'stupod/ talkative /'tokativ/
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independent /indi'pendant/ jealous P d ^ ls s l
moody "m udi/ rebellious /n'bdvos/ reUable/n'laiobl/ Opposite
selfish /'selfif/ sensible /'sensabl/ sensitive /'sensativ/ generous ____________
sociable /'soufobl/ spoiled /spoild/ stubborn /'stAbarn/
in se cu re ____________
1 Selfish peo ple th in k about them selves and n ot about la z y ____________
o th e r people. q u iet ____________
2 A ______________ p e rso n alw ays w a n ts to w in . shy ____________
3 ______________ ch ild re n behave b adly because they are sm a rt ____________
given e v e ry th in g they w ant.
b 1 24))) L is te n a n d ch e ck. T h e n c o v e r th e o p p o s ite s and
4 A n ______________ p e rso n gets a n g ry q u ic k ly and lik e s
te st y o u rse lf.
fig h tin g and arguing.
5 ______________ peo ple have an attractive p e rso n a lity c W it h a p a rtn e r, lo o k at th e a d je ctive s a g a in in 1 and
and m ake people lik e them . 2 . D o y o u th in k th e y are p o s itiv e , n e g ative , o r n e u tra l
c h a ra c te ris tic s ?
6 A ______________ person has co m m o n sense and is
p ra ctica l.
7 A ______________ p e rso n is frie n d ly an d enjoys b e in g
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w ith o th e r people.
8 ______________ peo ple are o fte n w o rrie d o r stressed. a W h ic h p r e fix d o y o u use w ith th ese ad jective s? P u t
9 A ______________ person is h app y one m in u te and sad th e m in th e c o rre c t c o lu m n .
the next, and is often bad-tem pered.
am bitious clean friendly honest imaginative
10 ______________ people lik e d o in g th in g s o n th e ir ow n , kind mature organized patient reliable
w ith o u t help. responsible selfish sensitive sociable
11 A ______________ p e rso n lik e s g iv in g o rd e rs to o ther
people. un-/dis- im -/ir-/in -
12 A n ______________ person show s th at he o r she loves or
unambitious
lik e s people very m uch.
13 A ______________ p e rso n th in k s th at som eone loves
an o th e r p e rso n m ore th a n h im o r her, o r w an ts w hat
o th e r people have. b 1 25))) L is te n a n d ch e ck. W h ic h o f th e n e w a d jective s
14 A ______________ person can be easily h u rt o r offended. h a s a p o s itiv e m e a n in g ?
15 A n ______________ p e rso n w an ts to be su cce ssfu l in
c C o v e r th e c o lu m n s. T e st y o u rse lf.
life.
16 A ______________ p e rso n is som eone w h o you can tru st P False friends
o r depend on. Some words in English are very similar to words in other

17 A ______________ p e rso n doesn’t lik e o b e y in g rules. languages, but have different meanings.
18 A ______________ person never changes h is (or her) S e n s ib le looks very similar to sensible in Spanish and
French, but in fa ct in English it means someone who has
o p in io n o r a ttitu de about som eth ing.
common sense and is practical. The Spanish / French
word sensible translates as s e n s itiv e in English (to
b 1 23))) L is te n an d check.
describe a person who is easily hurt).
c C o v e r the d e fin itio n s a n d lo o k at th e a d jectives. S y m p a th e tic does not mean the same as sempatik
in Turkish (which mean n ic e , frie n d ly ). In English,
R e m e m b e r th e d e fin itio n s .
s y m p a th e tic means a person who understands
other people’s feelings, e.g., My best friend was very
sympathetic when I failed my exam last week.

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