Unit 9 Vocabulary: Personality & Character

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Lesson idea

Describe people's personalities and character with positive and negative adjectives.

Key points

• Opposites: optimistic ↔ pessimistic, reliable ↔ unreliable, polite ↔ rude, hardworking ↔ lazy, generous ↔ selfish.
• absentminded = often forgets things.
• persuasive = good at making people agree with you.

Vocabulary

Lesson questions (12)

1. My grandfather always forgets where he put his glasses. He's ____.
   Answer: absentminded
2. Omar always shares his lunch and gives money to the poor. He's very ____.
   Answer: generous
3. Huda found a wallet and returned it to its owner. She's ____.
   Answer: honest
4. You can always count on Faisal; he never breaks his promises. He's ____.
   Answer: reliable
5. Even when things go wrong, Sara believes everything will be fine. She's ____.
   Answer: optimistic
6. Ali always thinks bad things will happen. He's ____.
   Answer: pessimistic
7. Our teacher explains the lesson again and again without getting angry. She's very ____.
   Answer: patient
8. The salesman was so ____ that I bought two phones!
   Answer: persuasive
9. He only thinks about himself and never helps anyone. He's ____.
   Answer: selfish
10. My cousin talks all the time, even in class. She's very ____.
    Answer: talkative
11. Khalid studies every day and never gives up. He's ____.
    Answer: hardworking
12. Saying "please" and "thank you" shows that you are ____.
    Answer: polite

More lessons in Unit 9: All Kinds of People

• Grammar: Relative Pronouns, Past Progressive & Can/May/Could
• Reading & Real Talk: Simple Ideas, Big Results
• Unit 9 Test