People and Relationships
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- The person I'm closest to in my family is definitely my mum, Kate. We've always got on and we hardly ever fall out. I know that's unusual! She's really outgoing and sociable - she's always going out with friends and colleagues. Everyone thinks she's good fun. I look up to her because she's so hard working - she never sits still and she works long hours. She can be a bit impatient, though - she gets annoyed when her colleagues aren 't as efficient as her. I take after her in that - I'm' impatient, too. And she's over-sensitive, often getting offended for seemingly no reason.
- My cousin Kieran and I grew up together. We were inseparable. He was so creative - he'd always think of new games we could play and make up these stories to make me laugh. I was constantly amazed by his open-mindedness as well - he was never judgmental. I wish I could be like that. Unfortunately, we grew apart, slowly but surely, and by the time we went to uni we weren't in touch any more. I haven't seen him for years. It's really sad. I would blame it partly on the fact that he's not very reliable, so for example, if I email him he won't respond. I'm not sure what he's up to these days.
- I know this is a cliché, but I don 't get on with my in-laws, especially my mother-in-law, Jane. She's so nosy, always wanting to know what we're doing and who we're with, and she 's terribly blunt, which means she quite often upsets us with things she comes out with. And then she can be quite stingy. When we go out for a meal with her and my father-in-law, she never offers to pay, even though they're much better off than us. I must say, though, she's extremely clever and I do respect her for that. She set up her own business five years ago and it's gone from strength to strength. She's so self-assured and ambitious too, which I suppose is why she's so successful in business.
Vocabulary: Character and Personality
Use a dictionary to find the meanings of the
adjectives describing character and personality below.
ambitious good fun nosy reliable
blunt hard-working open-minded self-assured
clever impatient outgoing sociable
creative judgemental over-sensitive stingy
Which
adjectives above would you use to describe yourself?
I
consider myself to be ________________________
I
would say I was ______________________________
Vocabulary: Relationships
Listen to the speaker and notice how the
adjectives describing character and personality are modified.
She's__ outgoing and sociable. She's__ nosy.
She's __hard-working. She's ____
blunt.
She can be ___ impatient. She can be ____
stingy.
He was__ creative. She's
____ clever.
He's not ___ reliable. She's ____
self-assured and ambitious
Match phrases 1-8 with definitions a-h
1. get on with somebody a.
argue and stop being friendly with somebody
2. look up to somebody b.
have a good relationship
3. be in touch with somebody c.
gradually have a less close relationship with somebody
4. fall out with somebody d. be
in communication with somebody
5. grow apart from somebody e.
know somebody well and see or talk to them often
6. take after somebody
f. resemble somebody in your fam ily [in
appearance or personality]
7. grow up together/with somebody g.
respect somebody
8. be close to somebody
h. have many childhood and adolescent experiences in common with
somebody
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Exam
tip: If you use a character adjective to describe someone in the exam, you
should expand on it or explain it.
Examples:
She 's
really outgoing and sociable - she's always going out with friends and
colleagues.
He 's
not very reliable, so, for example, if I email him, he won 't respond.
She 's
terribly blunt, which means she quite often upsets us with the things she
says.
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