Unit 15: Describing People | Vocabulary | B2

EXERCISE 1       |       Appearance

Sort the following words into two groups and complete the table accordingly:

Describe somebody you know, using any of these words.

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EXERCISE 2        |          Hairstyles

Match the following descriptions with the corresponding sketches:

EXERCISE 3        |    Distinguishing features

Label the sketches below using the following vocabulary:

EXERCISE 4    |      personality

Look at the following list of adjectives. Then form the opposites using the prefixes provided in the box:

Use three of the words from the previous table to complete the following sentences:

1. He won an award for bravery but he¹ s too________ to talk about it.

2. The judge condemned the joyrider's behaviour as_________ ; it was a miracle that nobody had been injured when he crashed the car.

3. He gave a considered analysis of the problem and proposed a solution based on a________ argument.

EXERCISE 5

Form adjectives from the following nouns using the suffixes provided in the box:

Use three of these words to complete the following sentences:

1. Someone has been tampering with your sales figures; are you sure your employees are entirely____________ ?

2. His unique display of ____________ when faced with great danger won him a medal.

3. I never tell lies. I was brought up to be ____________ at all times.

Now fill the gaps in the table to form the verb, noun and adjective in each case:

Now match the sketches with the correct captions:

A. a friendly greeting         B. a difficult decision         C. an award of courage
D. Who's responsible for this mess?          E. complete trust

EXERCISE 6

Complete the sentences below using the words in the box:

1. He's so                      _; he can't pass a shop window without stopping to admire his reflection.

2. I admire her because she's                      ; she wants to own her own company by the time she's thirty years old.

3. He talks to his plants and wears strange clothes; some people find him rather                      .

4. You only think about yourself - you' re the most                      person I know!

5. You have to be very                      with young children, especially when they ask you the same question twenty times.

6. He never thinks about anything except money and all the things it canbuy - he's extremely                       .