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bad-tempered

determined

lazy

reliable

cheerful

frank

mean

selfish

considerate

honest

punctual

sympathetic

a) You

always

arrive

on

time.

.punctual

a)

I think I'll stay here on my own, I'm not feeling very

sociable

today.

b)

Diana wants to get to the top in her company. She is very

c)

It's not

to stare at people and say nothing!

d)

to write a novel.

e)

of you.

g)

It was very

of Sheila to put out the fire on her own.

h)

Our neighbours look down on us. They are a bit

i)

Don't eat all the cakes! You really are becoming

!

j)

If you lend me the money,

I'll be very

k)

I am very

of my new motorbike.

1)

My parents don't mind my crazy hairstyle. They are very

Jack's real character

How easy is it to understand another person's character?

My friend Jack, was once a rather (1)

.annoying..

person. He was

ANNOY

always getting into trouble at school because he was so (2)

OBEY

In class he was very (3)

and never stopped making

TALK

jokes. The teachers all told him he was (4)

because

POLITE

he interrupted them. When I met him he was very (5)

FRIEND

and didn't want to talk to me at all. People told me that he

stole things, and that he was (6)

His school work

HONEST

was terrible. He didn't take any (7)

in his writing, he

PROUD

never spent enough time doing his homework, and he

was not at all (8)

One day he saw a gang of boys

CONSCIENCE

attacking an old man. Jack hated (9)

and he fought

VIOLENT

them all until they ran away. He was awarded a medal

for (10)

After that, people changed their minds

BRAVE

about him.

a)

After a few days they realised they were

in.

love.

b)

I went

with a very interesting girl last week.

c)

Andrew acts as

he was the most important person in the room.

d) After two years, their marriage broke

e) John discovered that he was related

his next-door neighbour.

f)

My parents keep treating me

a child, but I'm not one!

g)

I was brought

by my aunt after my parents died.

h)

It was very kind

you to give me a lift.

i)

Teachers should be patient

small children.

j)

James was very disappointed

his new job.

k)

It's very

of character for Bill to behave

like that.

1)

Most famous people behave quite normally

private.

Ann Johnson - A confidential report

Ann Johnson has worked at this college for three years. She is a (1)

A

employee, and (2)

on well with the other members of the

She

has always been (4)

for her lessons, and is an extremely

(5)

member of staff who is able to work independently. I can

always (6)

on her to organize the end of term play, and she has

put on some extremely (7)

productions. Her students often tell me

how (8)

she is, always ready with a smile, and she has been very

(9)

to many of them. In (10)

she is not very talkative

and seems rather (11)

at first,

and might not show her true

(12)

in an interview. Her work is excellent, and she is

(13)

to succeed. She is also quite (14)

, and has

applied for two other positions as Director of Studies. I think that you can

count (15)

Ann to make your school a success, and I recommend

her for the post of Director.

1)

A conscientious

B conscience

C consciousness

D conscious

2)

A goes

B carries

C gets

D likes

3)

A colleague

B adult

C employer

D fellow

4)

A times

B late

C hourly

D punctual

5)

A greedy

B reliable

C stubborn

D lazy

6)

A request

B concentrate

C take

D rely

7)

A imaginary

B imagination

C imaginative

D imagined

8)

A tempered

B cheerful

C frank

D proud

9)

A kind

B aggressive

C polite

D mean

10)

A first

B times

C usual

D private

11)

A but

B shy

C however

D alone

12)

A person

B behaviour

C character

D part

13)

A used

B determined

C had

D supposed

14)

A obedient

B disappointed

C grateful

D ambitious

15)

A on

B for

C with

D to