English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate (Unit 11: Describing character)


A. What are you like?

1 what you are like as a person
2 believe that good things will happen
3 can be trusted to do what people expect you to do
4 feeling sure about yourself and your abilities
5 not confident, especially about meeting or talking to new people
6 putting a lot of effort into your work and spending a lot of time on it
7 the ability to laugh and understand when something is funny
8 a serious person is quiet and doesn’t laugh very much
9 able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when things take a lot of time

Common mistakes

A: What’s he like? (NOT How is he like?)
B: He’s very nice. (NOT He’s like very nice.)

B. Opposites

Positive Negative
generous [happy to give more money or help than is usual] mean
honest [an honest person tells the truth] dishonest
clever, intelligent [able to learn and understand things quickly] stupid
calm [relaxed and not worried or frightened] nervous, anxious

Language help

We use kind to describe someone who wants to help people a lot, and nice, friendly or pleasant for someone who is happy to talk to people. The opposites are unkind, unfriendly and unpleasant.

C. Describing a friend

The first thing I would say about my best friend is that she’s very sensible1. I’ve never known Emilia to do anything silly2, and I know I can always trust3 her. She’s also very creative4; she makes things,and she’s a very talented5 artist. I wish6 I had her talent.

1 practical; doesn’t do stupid things
2 not sensible, a bit stupid
3 be sure that she is honest
4 good at thinking of new ideas and using her imagination.
5 has a natural ability
6 I would like to have her talent but I haven’t got it.



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