This document provides vocabulary and exercises around describing personality traits, interests, and hobbies. It introduces opposites like hard-working and lazy. It then gives examples of describing people using adjectives for traits like talkative, shy, and relaxed. Later sections provide think-pair-share activities where students describe themselves and their interests to partners using the vocabulary. Students are prompted to use adjectives and verbs like "like" and "love" to discuss hobbies and what activities they are good at or interested in.

1. VOCABULARY
Unit 1
OPPOSITES

2. OPPOSITES
• Hard-working ≠
• Outgoing ≠
• Talkative ≠
• Relaxed ≠
• Happy ≠

3. Word stress
• Hard-working / ha: d ‘wЗ:kiŋ/
• Outgoing /’autgouiŋ/
• Shy /∫ai/
• Lazy /’leizi/
• Sad /sœd/
• Relaxed /ri’lœkst/
• Nervous /nЗ:v s/
• Quiet/’kwai t/
• Happy /’hœpi/
• Talkative/’tэ:k tiv/

4. DIFFERENT QUESTIONS
• WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE?
I am tall and I have got blue eyes
• WHAT IS SHE LIKE?
She is talkative

5. DESCRIBE PEOPLE
• GIRL:
relaxed,outgoing,happy,friendly,talkative,
hard-working
• BOY:
quiet,not shy,hard-working (at school), happy,
nervous.

6. COMMUNICATE:
DESCRIBING PERSONALITY
• MIKE (my friend)
• SAM (my neighbour)
• JAMIE (my cousin)
• Reserved; lazy; talkative
THINK-PAIR-SHARE: “what did you
find out?”

7. DESCRIBE YOURSELF
• WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
YOURSELF?
Tell your partners things about you.
Remember to use the lexicon
studied before.

8. INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
• ADJECTIVES + NOUNS
 I AM VERY GOOD AT FOOTBALL
 SHE IS BAD AT FOOTBALL
 THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL
• ADJECTIVES + -ING
 I AM VERY GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL
 SHE IS VERY GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL
 THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PLAYING FOOTBALL

9. INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
• VERBS SUCH AS “LIKE, LOVE, ENJOY, PREFER,
DON ´T MIND, HATE” + NOUNS
 I LIKE FOOTBALL
 SHE LOVES BASKETBALL
 THEY HATE CHOCOLATE
• VERBS SUCH AS “LIKE, LOVE, ENJOY, PREFER, DON´T
MIND, HATE” + -ING
 I LIKE PLAYING FOOTBALL
 SHE LIKES DANCING
 THEY HATE COOKING