B1 Lesson 67 Everyone's Different

Lesson 67 In this lesson you will practise:
Everyone’s  adjectives describing people’s personalities

different  listening comprehension
 phrasal verbs with ‘get’
1 Discuss the following with your partners.
 Can you describe a famous person you admire? Why do you admire them?
 Can you describe someone in your family or a friend that you admire? Why do you admire
them?
 Can you describe someone that you don’t get along with very well? Why is that?
1 Discute lo siguiente con tus compañeros.
• ¿Puedes describir a una persona famosa que admires? ¿Por qué los admiras?
• ¿Puedes describir a alguien de tu familia o un amigo a quien admiras? ¿Por qué los admiras?
• ¿Puedes describir a alguien con quien no te llevas muy bien? ¿Porqué es eso?
2 Listen to three people speaking about women they admire. Match them with the photos.
B Angelina Jolie
Speaker 1:
Speaker 2:
Speaker 3:
A Michelle Obama
C Jessica Ennis Hill

3 Listen again and write down the adjectives used to describe each woman.
1.
2.
3.
4 Write two sentences about a person you admire (famous or not), using some of the adjectives above!
1.
2.
5 Read the descriptions that two students have written about a friend. Choose the best word for each
gap.
I used to love playing with

Sam when we were kids
I met Emma quite recently.
because he’s very (1) easy-
The best thing about her is 6 Using some of the expressions from the task above, write one
going / thoughtful /
that she’s great fun to be positive and one negative sentence about someone you know.
imaginative so he was really
with as she’s always (5)
good at making up exciting
caring / cheerful / He’s very/really… He’s so… She’s a bit… She’s much/far
games to play. But he didn’t
demanding and she never too… She’s never/always…
enjoy being in large groups
seems to be in a bad mood.
because he was very (2) The only thing I dislike about her is that she… The best thing about
She’s always got something
shy / selfish / hopeless and him is that he … She can be…
to say – in face, she’s the
he didn’t like other children
Positive
most (6) talkative / Negative
playing with us. He’s
generous / considerate
become a bit more (3)
person I’ve ever met. She
stubborn / outgoing / bossy
never gets anxious but in
since then and as a result
some ways she’s far too (7)
he’s got more friends now.
competitive / lively /
But we had an argument the
relaxed about everything.
other day because I made a
For example, she nearly
joke about his clothes. He’s
always arrives late when we
much too (4) sensitive /
meet up. I don’t mind that, 7 Match the adjectives in A with their opposites in B.
sensible / sympathetic so
though. The only thing I
it’s really easy to upset him.
dislike about her is that she A generous
I have to be careful what I
can be (8) impatient /
say. amusing gentle
unreliable / unkind to other
adventurous
people – she sometimes hard-working
makes fun of them, which
isn’t nice.
modest cautious
polite lazy
relaxed mean
self-confident rude
serious
B shy
aggressive tense
arrogant
7 Une los adjetivos de A con sus opuestos de B.
divertido
aventurero
generoso
amable
trabajo duro
modesto
educado
relajado
seguro de si mismo
agresivo
arrogante
precavido
perezoso
significar
brusco
grave
tímido
tenso
8 Choose the correct adjective from task 7 for each sentence.
1. After Steve won the prize, he became rather and expected everyone to look up to
him.
2. People who are with their money rarely leave a tip.
3. It’s to walk into someone’s office without knocking.
4. She could be a really good musician but she’s too to practise.
5. The day before my driving test I couldn’t concentrate on anything because I felt too .
6. Animals are only towards people if they are frightened or hungry.
7. Her boss gave her a bonus because she is so .
8. My mum is very , she always donates to charities and tries to give away things.
9. Jane is so , she’s always doing things like bungee-jumping and parachuting!
10. My grandpa was a very man, he always looked after us and was very affectionate.
9 We can add a prefix to some adjectives to make an opposite. The most common prefix is un-. Others
are dis-, in-, ir- and im-. Write the correct prefix above each group of adjectives.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
polite popular considerate honest relevant
patient kind convenient satisfied responsible
possible imaginative expensive regular
10 Look back at all the adjectives describing people’s personalities:
Positive adjectives Negative adjectives
easy-going hopeless
thoughtful selfish
imaginative aggressive
amusing arrogant
adventurous cautious
generous lazy
gentle mean
hard-working rude
modest serious
polite shy
relaxed tense
self-confident bossy
outgoing stubborn
sensitive demanding
sensible impatient
sympathetic unreliable
caring unkind
cheerful competitive
talkative irresponsible
generous impolite
considerate impatient
lively inconsiderate
relaxed dishonest
honest
responsible
polite
patient
kind
courageous
Can you use some of them to describe yourself?
Phrasal verbs with get
11 Read the dialogue and underline all the phrasal verbs with get. Are Peter and Susan enjoying working
on their latest film?
Who: Peter, Susan
Where: On the set of their 12 Now match the phrasal verbs from the dialogue with the correct
latest film. definition.
Talking about: Working on 1. get up to

their latest film 2. get on with
3. get over
4. get away with
S: What are you getting up 5. get at
to at the weekend? 6. get rid of
P: I am going out with Tom

and Catherine even though I
don’t get on with them that
well. How about you?
7. get out of b. avoid something you don’t want to do
8. get off lightly c. get angry about something
9. get through to d. recover from
10. get wound up e. to experience less suffering than expected
f. successfully explain something
g. do
a. be successful in h. have a good relationship
something i. criticise someone repeatedly
j. remove/throw away something unwanted
13 Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs from the previous task in the correct form.
1) I think criminals in this country. They never get sent to prison for long enough.
2) This washing machine is too old. We need to it.
3) I don’t know how we managed to win. We should never have got that penalty. We really
it this time.
4) He still hasn’t losing his job. I’ve never seen him so depressed.
5) I doing that boring project because I said I was too busy.
6) I can’t my students about the importance of speaking English. They only want
to do written grammar exercises.
7) I didn’t much last weekend. I just stayed in and watched DVDs.
8) I by the neighbour’s dog. He’s always barking and keeps me awake at night. I’m
getting really angry.

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Lesson 67 In this lesson you will practise:

Everyone’s  adjectives describing people’s personalities

1 Discuss the following with your partners.

1 Discute lo siguiente con tus compañeros.

C Jessica Ennis Hill

I used to love playing with

7 Une los adjetivos de A con sus opuestos de B.

8 Choose the correct adjective from task 7 for each sentence.

10 Look back at all the adjectives describing people’s personalities:

Positive adjectives Negative adjectives

Can you use some of them to describe yourself?

Phrasal verbs with get

Who: Peter, Susan

Talking about: Working on 1. get up to

P: I am going out with Tom

2) This washing machine is too old. We need to it.

5) I doing that boring project because I said I was too busy.

7) I didn’t much last weekend. I just stayed in and watched DVDs.

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