UNIT 1 THE WAY WE ARE

Adjectives

What are you like? What things do you do?

Who is patient good careful fast

What do they do? patient good careful fast

She gets reckless sometimes, especially when she drives. His voice sounds terrible.

Personality and character Who do you admire. Why?

Winning is very important to you.

generous selfish Talented Competitive honest COMPETITIVE tekhnologic

You handle small problems well.

DOWN-TO-EARTH / PRACTICAL outgoing practical reliable friendly helpful DOWN-TO-EARTH / PRACTICAL tekhnologic

People can always count on you

friendly RELIABLE / HELPFUL outgoing calm reliable easygoing tekhnologic

You don’t get along with people.

outgoing calm reliable unfriendly easygoing UNFRIENDLY tekhnologic

You like to have fun with people.

outgoing calm shy unfriendly easygoing OUTGOING tekhnologic

You are not relaxed with people.

outgoing calm shy unfriendly easygoing SHY tekhnologic

You are relaxed about life.

outgoing arrogant shy generous Laid-back LAID-BACK / EASYGOING

You never cheat or steal

selfish dishonest shy honest Laid-back HONEST tekhnologic

You are not well organized.

selfish organized shy disorganized Laid-back DISORGANIZED tekhnologic

You can do a lot of things very well.

generous selfish Talented Competitive honest TALENTED tekhnologic

You think you are the best.

honest ARROGANT / SELFISH generous arrogant Talented Competitive tekhnologic

You give a lot of time or money.

generous arrogant Talented Laid-back honest GENEROUS tekhnologic

What do you have in common? I admire my… because he/she is... Who do you admire? Why? What do you have in common? How are you different? I admire my… because he/she is... We are both… , but I am…

INTENSIFIERS ADVERBS BEFORE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

MAKE SOME ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS STRONGER INCREDIBLY She´s incredibly talented. EXTREMELY She´s extremely generous. REALLY He´s really cool guy. VERY SO We get along very well. You are so cool.

ADVERBS MEANS MORE THAN A LITTLE ADVERBS PRETTY He´s pretty easygoing. FAIRLY He´s fairly laid-back.

ADVERBS but not very with adjectives that are already very strong ABSOLUTELY He´s absolutely wonderful. REALLY He´s really fantastic.

ADVERBS MAKES NEGATIVE STRONGER EXPRESSION AT ALL She is not selfish at all.

ADVERBS MEAN 100% ADVERBS COMPLETELY He´s completely honest. TOTALLY She´s totally reliable

Adjective prefixes ADJECTIVE MEANING PATIENT CALM IMPATIENT UNABLE TO WAIT CONSIDERATE MINDFUL OF OTHERS INCONSIDERATE THOUGHLESS OF OTHERS FRIENDLY SYMPATHETIC UNFRIENDLY COLD HONEST DISHONEST ORGANIZED DISORGANIZED