ESPABILA-T
La inteligencia emocional mejora las posibilidades de éxito académico y profesional
Castilla-La Mancha
Islas Baleares
Madrid
1-Organise these adjectives of personality in the chart below. Try to organise them in of opposites
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
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BOTH (DEPEND ON SITUATION)
2- Choose an adjective from exercise 1 to describe the people below. People who… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Don´t like spending money Don´t talk about their abilities and achievements Are happy and smile a lot Don’t consider how their actions affect others Don´t talk easily to people they don’t know. Don´t like working or making an effort.
__________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________
3-Which five character traits from exercise 1 do you like most in a friend? Which do you dislike most? Discuss with a partner
NEGATIVE PREFIXES
Read the examples. What are the three negative prefixes? She isn´t happy = She´s unhappy. He isn´t patient = He´s impatient. They aren´t sensitive= They´re insensitive
Copy and complete the table with the opposites of these adjectives. happy capable
patient healthy
sensitive polite comfortable tolerant possible
UN-
capable
IM-
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active
practical
kind
IN-
PRONUNCIATION: un-, im, - ina. Listen and repeat. Do we stress the prefix? unhappy uncomfortable
impatient impractical
insensitive inactive
b. Listen. Which syllable is stressed? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
im-po-lite un-kind in-tol-er-ant un-health-y in-ca-pa-ble
Realizado por Remedios Roldรกn Lozano profesora del CEPA Villaverde (Madrid)
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