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My Friend’s Character

When we speak about somebody’s character, we can characterize a person as polite, friendly, good-natured, kind-hearted, generous, thoughtful or, on the contrary, hard-hearted, ill-natured, rude, greedy, uncommunicative.

Now I’d like to describe my close friend. Her name is Kate. She is a beautiful girl of 16. Kate is not very tall. She is always very elegant; she wears the clothes of latest fashion. Kate has fair curly hair and dark blue eyes. Her eyelashes are very long and thick. Kate’s face is oval and she has a turned-up nose.

She is a well-bred, merry and kind person. She is very tactful and shy. Kate is a pleasant person to deal with, she never loses her temper. She also has a kind heart and a strong will. She is always ready to help her friends. Kate always manages to be amusing and cheerful. She is an easy-going girl. I am very happy to have such a friend.

Learn the following words:

Positive – позитивні риси

beautiful, pretty – гарна (про дівчину)

handsome – гарний (про хлопця)

smart (clever, bright) – розумний

happy – щасливий

sad (unhappy) – сумний (нещасний)

shy – сором’язливий

modest – скромний

reliable – надійний

responsible – відповідальний

polite – ввічливий

friendly – дружній

talkative – балакучий

lonely – самотній

optimistic – оптимістичний

surprised – здивований

honest – чесний

generous – щедрий

easy-going – безтурботний

brave (courageous) – сміливий

careful – обережний

attentive – уважний

sincere – щирий

person with a good sense of humour –

людина з гарним почуттям гумору

Negative – негативні риси

ugly – негарний, потворний

stupid (fool) – дурний

crazy – божевільний

stubborn – впертий

nervous – нервовий

angry - злий

jealous – ревнивий

envious – заздрісний

pessimistic – песимістичний

disappointed – розчарований

guilty – винний

mean – скупий

tired (exhausted) – втомлений

(виснажений)

frightened (scared) – наляканий

Exercise 1. Read the definitions and choose the right adjective:

  1. He won't tell a lie. He's absolutely………..

  2. Harry loves partying, meeting people and talking to them. He's so ………..

  3. My new neighbour is really ……….. He has lived next door for three months and he hasn't even introduced himself.

  4. What I like the best about my friend Jamie is how ……….. he is. He never left me alone in my worst moments.

  5. Be careful when you give Tess the bad news. You can hurt her easily because she's very ………..

  6. He always thinks only about himself. He is so ………..

  7. ……….. people always say “please”, “thank you”, “excuse me” and so on.

  8. …-… pupils study a lot and always do their homework.

  9. ……….. people do not like to work, they don’t do anything.

  10. ……….. people always give money to charity and to their friends.

  11. ……….. people never give money to charity and to their friends.

  12. … person is always happy and optimistic.

Exercise 2. Match the adjectives with their definitions:

Talkative never give anything to anybody

Generous never tell lies

Shy never betray friends

Honest never stop talking

Mean have many friends

Lonely share everything with the people

Sociable not speak much

Reliable do not have friends

Topic 4. My Best Friend