Choose the right word from the list below

Exercise 22. a) Choose the proper words from the list below: 1. Mr Hawk is not a very … person. He is a clerk. He is a … in an
office in London. He is a man … imagination. He is a dreamer.
2. Mr Baxter is a very important … . He is a manager and believer in
strict … . He is always …-dressed and punctual. Mr Baxter is a … of
great energy and he is very successful, but he is not very happy. He is …
little too ambitious. He would like to become an … .
3. Miss Clara Flight is a pretty … with a good figure and an interesting
face. She is … well-dressed. Miss Flight is a secretary in an … in
London. … is a hard-working girl. Clara is fond of … and films. She
would like to be a … star, and to visit Paris and … .
4. Mr Baxter … very well-off. He has a big … and a very nice house.
The car is new and very … . The house is … and comfortable, but it is
not new. It is Victorian House with all the … facilities installed: central
heating, gas, electricity and air-conditioning. Mr Baxter has (got) a …
in the house.
girl; with; modern; ambassador; always; clerk; expensive; a; Hollywood;
important; car; well; man; computer; film; she; large; office; person; music;
discipline; is

Learning foreign languages is especially important nowadays. Some people learn languages because they need them in their work, others travel tourists, for the third, studying languages is a hobby. Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries as learn or to work. A modern engineer or even a worker cannot work successfully with an imported machine or a computer if he doesn’t know English. Diplomats, historians and scientists need know languages in their work, too. If you want to be a stewardess, a pilot or an air traffic control officer, you must learn English, the language of international communication. And how can a shop assistant or a cashier in a big department abroad understand a foreigner if she doesn’t know a foreign language? So a modern and cultural person must know foreign languages. There are store who know more that one foreign language. We call them polyglots.  

My friend’s mother is a teach¬er of foreign languages. She knows English, French, German, Spanish and, of course, Russian. Is she a polyglot?

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Here you can find the list of adjectives that describe character and personalityLook at the following words which are used to describe a person’s character. Make two columns of positive and negative ones of them:

cock-sure                    honest                       aggressive                 two-faced                  sensitive

foolish                        stupid                         open                           trustworthy              industrious

strong                         charming                   vigorous                    dull                             thoughtful

reliable                       boring                         helpful                      quick-tempered       conceited

talkative                     nervous                      competitive              careful                       considerate

petty                           kind                             polite                         bossy                          patient

strong-willed            sensible                      responsible               cold                            lively

candid                        mean                           selfish                        independent            nasty

relaxed                       enthusiastic               arrogant                    silly                            ruthless

fussy                           spiteful

Which words from the previous exercise make their opposites by adding a prefix?

Example: careful – careless

Join the words in the left column with their equivalents in the right one:

amusing                     cruel

foolish                        kind

considerate               loving

thrifty                         vigorous

petty                           trustful

observant                  entertaining

carefree                     silly

gullible                      attentive

energetic                   light-hearted

brutal                         economical

affectionate               shallow

Characterize a person in one word. Try to complete the adjectives below. Each one has a dot for every missed letter.

Write a description of a person using 5 words from A above. Here are examples:

Describe your character in 3 adjectives.

Which of the following traits of character do you like in people? Place them in order:

Which of the following traits of character do you dislike in people? Place them in order:

What traits of character are characteristic of these people:

Discuss the following problems: 

Reading Practice

D.H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

When she was twenty-three years old, she met, at a Christmas party, a young man from the Erewash Valley. Morel was then twenty-seven years old. He was well set-up, erect, and very smart. He had wavy black hair that shone again, and a vigorous black beard that had never been shaved. His cheeks were ruddy, and his red, moist mouth was noticeable because he laughed so often and so heartily. He had that rare thing, a rich, ringing laugh. Gertrude Coppard had watched him, fascinated. He was so full of color and animation, his voice ran so easily into comic grotesque, he was so ready and so pleasant with everybody. Her own father had a rich fund of humor, but it was satiric. This man’s was different: soft, non-intellectual, warm, a kind of gamboling.

She herself was opposite. She had a curious, receptive mind, which found much pleasure and amusement in leading folk on to talk. She loved ideas, and she was considered very intellectual. What she liked most of all was an argument on religion or philosophy or politics with some educated man. This she did not often enjoy. So she always had people tell her about themselves, finding her pleasure so.

In her person she was rather small and delicate, with large brow, and dropping brunches of brown silk curls. Her blue eyes were very straight, honest and searching. She had the beautiful hands of the Coppards. Her dress was always subdued. She wore dark blue silk, with a peculiar silver chain of silver scallops. This, and a heavy brooch of twisted gold, was her only ornament. She was still perfectly intact, deeply religious, and full of beautiful candor.

Vocabulary Practice

Ex. 1. Choose the right word from the list below and put it into the necessary form:

a) energetic, vigorous, racy, active, lively, animated, vigorously

1. He was an able and _____ politician. 2. When she spoke to close people her language was _____. 3. A meek-looking little fox-terrier sprang over to poodle and _____ attacked a collie. (Jerome K. Jerome) 4. He is almost 90, but is still rather _____. 5. She’d always been a bright and _____ child. 6. Your dog needs at least 20 minutes of _____ exercise every day. 7. She sits at her dressing table and _____ brushes her hair. (D.Lodge) 8. An _____ discussion ensued from his remark.

b) ruddy, pink, red, rubicund, to flush, high(ly), flushed, rosy

1. His face was _____ and blotchy, with a network of little purple veins on the cheeks. 2. Tom was hot and _____. 3. Jimmie Langton, a fact, bald-headed, _____ man of forty five, who looked like one of Ruben’s prosperous burghers, has a passion for the theater. (Maugham) 4. His tone was so contemptuous that she _____ with anger. 5. Now his chestnut hair was very grey and he wore it much shorter, his face had broadened and was a good deal lined; his skin no longer had the soft bloom of a peach and his color was _____. (Maugham). 6. The third was perhaps seventeen, tall -and fair-haired, with _____ and white cheeks just touched by the sun. (Galsworthy) 7. He was a stout, _____-faced man. 8. Her face was big and broad and _____ colored. 9. She found his face strictly British with _____ cheeks and freckles. 10. His face, not a particularly handsome one, was _____ and weather-beaten. 11. She looked healthy with those _____ cheeks of hers.

c. heartily, cordially, sincerely, warmly

1. He laughed and _____ embraced his brother. 2. _____ I’ll see you again. 3. Mary greeted them _____. 4. You are _____ invited to our wedding on May, 30. 5. He smiled stiffly in answer to Julia’s warm ready smile and she felt the palm of his hand wet with sweat when she _____ grasped it. (Maugham) 6. She sat at the desk and with her bold, slowing hand wrote: Yours _____ Julia Lambert. (Maugham)

Exercise 22.

A) Choose the proper words from the list below : 1.

Mr Hawk is not a very … person.

He is a clerk.

He is a … in an office in London.

He is a man … imagination.

He is a dreamer.

2. Mr Baxter is a very important … .

He is a manager and believer in strict … .

He is always … — dressed and punctual.

Mr Baxter is a … of great energy and he is very successful, but he is not very happy.

He is … little too ambitious.

He would like to become an … .

3. Miss Clara Flight is a pretty … with a good figure and an interesting face.

She is … well — dressed.

Miss Flight is a secretary in an … in London.

… is a hard — working girl.

Clara is fond of … and films.

She would like to be a … star, and to visit Paris and … .

4. Mr Baxter … very well — off.

He has a big … and a very nice house.

The car is new and very … .

The house is … and comfortable, but it is not new.

It is Victorian House with all the … facilities installed : central heating, gas, electricity and air — conditioning.

Mr Baxter has (got) a … in the house.

Girl ; with ; modern ; ambassador ; always ; clerk ; expensive ; a ; Hollywood ; important ; car ; well ; man ; computer ; film ; she ; large ; office ; person ; music ; discipline ; is.

There are many photos in your family album,Kate. Could you tell me about the people in the pictures?

Kate: All right. Look here. This is our family on the first page .  This is my father, mother, my younger sister and myself.

Pete: Oh, your parents look very young. How are they?

Kate: My father is 42 and my mother is 39. She is a shop assist- ant.

Pete: And your father? He wears the uniform. Is he a man or a militiaman? Kate: He is a military man and  serves in the Far East.

Pete: Is this the picture of your grandparents?

Kate: You are right. They are pensioners. My granny is fond of gardening. Pete: And whose  photo is this?

Kate: My friend’s  photo. Her name is Ann. She is pretty, isn’t she?

Pete: She is very beautiful. Is she your classmate?

Kate: Oh, no. Ann is a student. She lives next door  to me. I have many girl-friends at school, too.

Pete: I see. And who is this smiling woman?

Kate: This is my father’s elder sister. Aunt Olga is fifty year old. She has a  grown-up daughter Helen. Helen is my cousin. She is married and has children of her own already . They are my nephews. Look here! This is Helen’s wedding photo.

Kate: And can you recognize me in this baby?

Pete: It’s hardly possible.

Pete: Very beautiful Kate