1. During this PowerPoint Presentation you will work on:
* Vocabulary
* Grammar
* Listening
* Reading
* Exercises
* Videos
By the end of this presentation, you will be able to
* Wide your vocabulary about personality adjectives
* Describe people’s personality
* Use the words “SO” and “NEITHER” to indicate
similarity between or among people.
You will constantly read what you have to do.
Enjoy it!
2. Click on the links below, read, look at the pictures, and
click on the play button to listen.
http://www.real-english.com/reo/7/7-1.htm
http://www.real-english.com/reo/7/7-2.htm
3. Vain Sociable Romantic
Popular Optimistic
Punctual
Open-minded Bad-tempered
Lazy
6. Exercise 1: Complete the sentences below with the best
answer: (send it by e-mail)
1. I really like people who are ______________ because they
always believe that things will work out in spite of difficult
challenges.
A. dependent B. humble C. optimistic
2. Monica is very ______________ and always gives her time and
resources to help those who are in need.
A. ambitious B. generous C. reliable
3. To be honest, my father can't stand coworkers who are
______________ and won't consider new ideas or ways of doing
things.
A. close-minded B. dishonest C. inconsiderate
4. I enjoy being around people who are _______ because they
are very tender.
A. cheerful B. funny C. lovely
5. I can't stand people who are _______ because I can’t trust
them.
A. honest B. dishonest C. selfish
7. Exercise 2: Match the adjectives in column 1 with their respective
definition in column 2 – The first one is done for you. (send it by e-mail)
Column 1 Column 2
D An adventurous A) person is unhappy because she has no one to talk to.
_____ A lonely B) person is very sure of himself.
_____ A strong-minded C) person is very unwilling to change his mind .
_____ A popular person D) person is willing to take risks and try new things.
_____ A stubborn E) person can resist temptation.
_____ A confident F) person is someone most people like.
8.
9. Exercise 3: What are you like? Select the adjectives –from the
list below- that describe your personality. (send it by e-mail)
E.G I am imaginative, observant, responsible…
aggressive
nervous
ambitious
observant
cautious
optimistic
competitive
outgoing
confident
pessimistic
creative
quiet
dependable
rational
dumb
reckless
enthusiastic
responsible
extroverted
shy
generous
sincere
idealistic
smart
imaginative
sociable
intelligent
stubborn
introverted
talkative
kind
understanding
logical
wise
mean
10. Exercise 4: Read
the information of
these men and
women.
Enumerate them
and correlate the
ones who would be
a good couple.
(send it by e-mail)
13. Exercise 5: Answer the following questions based on the
previous video “Astrological signs” (send it by e-mail)
1. What are Capricorns like?
2. What are Aquariuses like?
3. What are Pisces like?
4. What are Aries like?
5. What are Tauruses like?
6. What are Geminis like?
7. What are Cancers like?
8. What are Leos like?
9. What are Virgos like?
10. What are Libras like?
11. What are Scorpions like?
12. What are Sagittarius like?
14. We use “so” and “neither” to indicate similarity
between or among people or things. They are
accompanied by the auxiliary of the sentence.
We use “so” with We use “neither” with
affirmative sentences negative sentences
She is not pretty.
I am tired.
Neither is he.
So am I.
15. So do I.
I swim.
Let’s dance.
Neither do I.
I don’t dance.
16. I will study. So will I.
I won’t swim.
Neither will I.
17. I won. So did I.
Neither did he.
He didn’t stop
drinking.
18. Exercise 6: Fill in the blanks with “so” or “neither” (send it by e-
mail)
E.g. I’m Colombian. / So am I.
1. I will go to work tomorrow. / _________________
2. I don’t like coffee. / _________________
3. I had a sandwich for lunch. / _________________
4. I speak Spanish. / _________________
5. I won’t use my computer tomorrow. / _________________
6. I didn’t go on vacations last year. / _________________
7. I’m not sick today. / _________________
8. I went to Disneyworld. / _________________
9. I didn’t go to Bogotá. / __________________
10. I understood this topic. / __________________
19. Exercise 7: Click on the link below and listen to the
dialogue. Select the things the two people have in common.
(send it by e-mail)
1) They are both tired.
2) They both work in the Commerce Building.
3) They are both real estate agents.
4) They both work on the tenth floor of the building.
5) They've both worked downtown for about five years.
6) They are both from Rockford, Illinois.
7) They went to the sme high school.
8) They graduated in the same year.
http://www.inglesmundial.com/Ingles
_Avanzado_Leccion3/A3_Dialog.mp3
20. If you have a question
about the exercises,
please e-mail me.
