- •Unit II what are you like ?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to describe a person’s character.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents for the following:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Match the opposites:
- •VI. Match the words with their definitions:
- •VII. Arrange these words in pairs of opposites:
- •VIII. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from exercises VI and VII.
- •IX. What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words?
- •X. What nouns can be formed from these adjectives? Use a dictionary to help you.
- •XIV. A) Do the personality quiz to discover what type of person you are. Write Yes, No, or Sometimes.
- •XV. A) Work with a partner. Ask your partner to do the quiz about you. Compare your ideas and your partner’s ideas about you. Are they the same or different?
- •XVI. Describe someone in the group, but don’t say their name. Can your group mates guess who it is?
- •XVII. Translate these sentences into English:
- •XVIII. Revision translation.
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1.Transcribe and translate the given words:
- •2. Give the English equivalents for the following Russian words:
- •3.Define the meaning of each of the lexical units:
- •5.Write nouns and adjectives derived from the following words:
- •6.Use the derivative of the word given in brackets to make each sentence grammatically correct:
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •2.Verbs and Phrases
- •1. Transcribe and translate the given words:
Verbs and Phrases
Nothing in common
to appear
to clash
to create an impression
to deny
to depend on
to differ
to display
to expect
to resemble
to take after
to turn out
Vocabulary Notes
To bore(v)- to make someone feel bored esp. by talking too much about something they are not interested in:
e.g. I’m sorry I spoke for so long – I hope I didn’t bore you.
Bore (n) [C] – someone who is boring, esp. if they talk too much about themselves.
e.g. He was an awful bore.
Bored (adj) – tired and impatient because you don’t think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do. [with]
e.g. I’m bored with the same old routine day after day.
Boring (adj) - not interesting in any way.
e.g. Her husband is about the most boring person I`ve ever met.
Note: Do not confuse bored which describes a feeling and boring which describes something that makes you bored.
e.g. bored students
e.g. a boring lesson
Brave (adj) – facing danger, pain or difficult situations with courage and confidence.
e.g. It was very brave of you to tell her the truth.
Syn. Courageous
e.g. a courageous and independent woman
Bravery – (n), [U], Syn. Courage – (n), [U]
e.g. an act of great bravery.
e.g. Sue showed great courage throughout her illness.
Extravagant (adj) – 1. spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary.
e.g. It was very extravagant of you to spend £500 on a dress.
Ingenuity (n), [U] – cleverness of inventing things and thinking of new ideas.
e.g. His ingenuity was amazing.
Petty (adj) – not generous and caring only about small, unimportant things.
e.g. petty jealousy.
Strong – willed (adj) – knowing exactly what you want to do and being determined to achieve it, even if other people advise you against it.
e.g. Mary is a strong – willed girl.
Opp. - Weak – willed
Thrifty (adj) –using money carefully and wisely.
e.g. hard – working, thrifty people.
Waster (n), [C] – someone who wastes their time, money in a stupid way.
e.g. a time waster
to waste (v) – to use more time, money, energy etc. than you should or use it in a way that is not useful or sensible. To waste smth on.
e.g. Don’t waste your money on that junk!
Compare to spend
Spend - (v.) to use your money to pay for goods or services.
e.g. I can’t afford to spend any more money this week.
Compare:
Deceptive (adj.) – intended to make people believe smth that is not true.
e.g. deceptive adverts
Deceitful (adj.) – someone who is deceitful tells lies in order to get what they want.
e.g. His manner was sly and deceitful.
Compare:
Greedy (adj.) – always wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc. than you need.
e.g. a greedy and selfish society.
Hungry (adj.) - wanting or needing smth. very much.
e.g. She is hungry for success.
2.Verbs and Phrases
To deny (v.) – to say that smth. is not true, or that you don’t believe smth.
e.g. He denied that he was wrong.
Compare to refuse
to refuse (v.) – to say firmly that you will not do smth. that someone has asked you to do
e.g. She asked him to leave, but he refused.
To differ (v.) – to be different from smth.
e.g. People differ from one another.
To appear [linking verb, not in progressive] – seem, used to say how smth. seems, esp. from what you know about it or from what you can see.
Appear to be smth
e.g. He appears to be asleep.
to clash (v) [Br.E] – not to be in harmony with.
e.g. Characters and appearances often clash.
To depend (v) [+ on] – if smth. depends on smth. else, it is directly affected or decided by that thing.
To display (v) – to clearly show a feeling, attitude, or quality by what you do or say.
e.g. She displayed no emotions.
To resemble (v) [not in progressive or passive] – to look like or be similar to someone or smth.
e.g. He resembles his father.
To take after (ph.v) [not in progressive] - to look or behave like an older relative
e.g. Jenny really takes after her mother.
To turn out (ph.v)- to happen in a particular way, or have a particular result, esp. one that you didn’t expect.
e.g. It was a difficult time, but eventually things turned out all right.
Exercises: