Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

b) Use the words from page 7, task 2a, and underline the ones you would need to describe your best friend. If you find words you don’t understand, use a dictionary. c) Answer the questions below and describe your best friend. If you don’t have any ideas, use the same patterns as in the example sentences. 1. What does he/she like doing? – He/She likes watching TV commercials. 2. What does he/she do regularly? – He/She calls me twice a day. 3. What can he/she do which you can’t? – He/She can sing much better than me. 4. What don’t you like about him/her? – He/She ignores me sometimes. 5. What is so special about him/her? – I like the way he/she speaks. 3 Describing character a) Turn the positive words below into negative ones by adding a suitable prefix from the blue box. dis- • im- • in- • un- 1. un ambitious 4. happy 7. lucky 10. punctual 2. flexible 5. honest 8. pleasant 11. reliable 3. friendly 6. kind 9. polite 12. sensitive b) Use the words from task 3a to describe the following people. Sometimes you need to use the positive form, sometimes the negative one. 1. My brother’s always on time. punctual 2. She often promises to study maths with me, but half the time she forgets. 3. I’m prepared to work in different places and with different people everyday. 4. She is just never aware of what other people think or feel. 5. Julie wants to be head of department and then move on to a bigger company. 6. Since her boyfriend broke up with her, she hasn’t smiled once. c) Make your own sentences with the words you didn’t use in the sentences above. 8 It’s my life • Identities – what next? 2 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv