2A- Ask and Talk about People's Personalities

Share this

 A  He's talkative and friendly.

1 Vocabulary Personality adjectives

A Match the words and the pictures. Then listen and check your answers.

ادبیات

دوستانه

هنر

سخت کوش

خلاق

a. confident

b. creative
c. friendly
d. funny
e. generous
f. hardworking
g. serious
h. shy
i. talkative

B Pair work which words describe you? Tell your partner.

“I'm hardworking and creative. Sometimes I'm shy."

2 Language in context Find an e-pal!

A Read Nick's answers to an online form. Then complete the form with your own information.

دوست اینترنتی

 

Name: Nick Douglas

Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Age: 18

What are your interests?

Fashion, literature, politics, movies, and sports

What are you like?

I'm talkative, friendly, and funny.

 

Name:

Hometown:

Age:

What are your interests?

 

What are you like?

 

B Is Nick a good e-pal for you? Why or why not?

3 Grammar  What … like?; be + adjective (+noun) 

What are you like?

I'm talkative and friendly.

I'm a friendly and talkative person.

What's she like?

She's shy but friendly.

She's a shy but friendly girl.

What are they like?

They're hardworking.

They're hardworking students.

A Put the words in order. Then compare sentences with a partner.

  1. teacher / a / Mrs. Jenkins / creative / is                                                                                    
  2. Melissa / student / serious / a / is                                                                                              
  3. funny / Bruno / is / talkative / and                                                                                              
  4. are / Rodrigo and Miguel / confident / men                                                                                                                             
  5. women / Marina and Elisa / are / hardworking                                                                          
  6. is / and / generous / Carrie / friendly                                                                                         

 

 

Answer:

1. Mrs. Jenkins is a creative teacher.

2. Melissa is a serious student.

3. Bruno is talkative and funny.

4. Rodrigo and Miguel are confident men.

5. Marina and Elisa are hardworking women.

6. Carrie is generous and friendly.

 

B Read the answers. Write the What... like? questions. Then practice with a partner.

1.    What are you like?                      

    I'm serious but friendly.

2.                                                         

Eva is a very funny girl.

3.                                                         

Matt and I are talkative people.

4.                                                         

Mr. and Mrs. Park are generous.

5.                                                         

I'm very serious and hardworking.

6.                                                         

His brother Sam is a creative guy.

 

 

Answer:

1. What are you like?

2. What is she like? (What's she like?)

3. What are you like?

4. What are Mr. and Mrs. Park like? What are they like?

5. What are you like?

6. What's he like? What's Sam like?

4 Speaking He’s hardworking.

A Pair work Choose three people from your family. Describe them to your partner.

brother

sister

father

mother

grandfather

grandmother

husband

wife

A: My brother's name is Gi-woo.

B: What's he like?

A: Well, he's very hardworking. He's 26, and he's an accountant. He works late every day.

 

B Group work Are the people you know similar or different?

سخت کوش

 

A: My brother is very hardworking.

B: Really? My mother is hardworking, too. She's a. . .

 I can  ask and talk about people's personalities.

There are 2 Comments

Do you any brothers?.
Yes I do
What is his name?
He is Ali
What is he like?
He is creative,funny,kind and generous.And he is twenty