This document provides instructions for a photocopiable vocabulary activity involving personality adjectives. Students are divided into pairs and given worksheets with pictures of people and boxes of adjectives. They must ask their partner what each person is like to match them with the correct adjective. The activity aims to practice personality adjectives and takes about 10 minutes, requiring one worksheet per student in two versions (A and B) along with optional follow up descriptions.
This document provides instructions for a photocopiable vocabulary activity involving personality adjectives. Students are divided into pairs and given worksheets with pictures of people and boxes of adjectives. They must ask their partner what each person is like to match them with the correct adjective. The activity aims to practice personality adjectives and takes about 10 minutes, requiring one worksheet per student in two versions (A and B) along with optional follow up descriptions.
This document provides instructions for a photocopiable vocabulary activity involving personality adjectives. Students are divided into pairs and given worksheets with pictures of people and boxes of adjectives. They must ask their partner what each person is like to match them with the correct adjective. The activity aims to practice personality adjectives and takes about 10 minutes, requiring one worksheet per student in two versions (A and B) along with optional follow up descriptions.
This document provides instructions for a photocopiable vocabulary activity involving personality adjectives. Students are divided into pairs and given worksheets with pictures of people and boxes of adjectives. They must ask their partner what each person is like to match them with the correct adjective. The activity aims to practice personality adjectives and takes about 10 minutes, requiring one worksheet per student in two versions (A and B) along with optional follow up descriptions.
(1.1 Vocabulary) Aim: To practise personality adjectives. Interaction: Pairs. Type of activity: Information exchange. Time: 10 minutes. Materials: One worksheet per student (A or B). In class: (1) Divide students into pairs, Student A and Student B. (2) Give Student A and B their worksheets. (3) Explain that students have to match the pictures of the people on their worksheets with the correct adjectives. Tell them that there are twice as many adjectives in their boxes as they need. Their partner will give them clues. They should: read the adjectives in the box, ask what a person is like, listen to the clue, check they have understood and write in the answer. (4) Choose a strong Student B and demonstrate the activity, e.g. A: What is James like? B: He’s afraid of everything new. He never says what he thinks to people because he doesn’t want them to get angry with him. A: So … he’s cowardly? B: That’s right. (5) If you like, elicit the useful phrases and write them on the board (What’s … like? So, he/she is …? That’s right.). Optional follow-up: Students describe other people they know, e.g. My aunt is very cheerful and generous. My brother is sensible, but sometimes he’s uncommunicative. My mother is never miserable. Answers: Student A: James – cowardly; Sara – dishonest; Pete – hard-working; Sylvia – sensible; Mark – mean; Olivia – caring Student B: Lucy – miserable; Ben – generous; Fiona – disloyal; Dave – cheerful; Helen – outgoing; Rob – uncommunicative
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CLUES AND ANSWERS FOR STUDENT B
Name and description Confirm
1 Lucy: She’s extremely unhappy. She’s always complaining or in a bad mood. MISERABLE 2 Ben: He always gives people lots of time and money. GENEROUS 3 Fiona: She talks badly about her friends when they are not there. DISLOYAL 4 Dave: He always behaves in a happy, friendly way. He’s always smiling. CHEERFUL 5 Helen: She’s friendly and she enjoys meeting people and talking to new people. OUTGOING 6 Rob: He’s not very willing to talk to people. UNCOMMUNICATIVE
Student B CLUES AND ANSWERS FOR STUDENT A
Name and description Confirm
1 James: He’s afraid of everything new. He never says what he thinks to people COWARDLY because he doesn’t want them to get angry with him. 2 Sara: She often tells lies and you can’t trust her. DISHONEST 3 Pete: He always puts a lot of effort into his work. HARD-WORKING 4 Sylvia: She’s very reasonable. She always does the most practical thing. SENSIBLE 5 Mark: He’s cruel and he doesn’t like spending money – especially on other people. MEAN 6 Olivia: She’s kind, sympathetic and helpful to other people. CARING