I. What do you call the man

1) full of verbal wit? 2) who doesn't keep to his principles? 3) who relies too much on his abilities, influence or other things? 4) who behaves like a slave? 5) who is setting too high a value on himself? 6) who is self-respecting? 7) who is doing good to his fellow men? 8) who can't be relied upon? 9) who is haughty and insolent? 10) who is obstinately or willfully in the wrong? 11) who is avaricious, hoarding money? 12) who can't bear people to have opinions and views other than his own? 13) who is just to everyone? 14) who is not given to pretence? 15) Who is anxious not to hurt other people's feelings? 16) who likes to poke his nose into other people's affairs?

(sincere, philanthropic, arrogant, sensible, impartial, witty, perverse, dignified, inconsistent, con­siderate, greedy, servile, intolerant, conceited, presumptuous, a Nosy Parker, dishonest)

II. Ask 10 more questions of the same type.

III. What people do we call

1) selfish? 2) self-determined? 3) selfless? 4) self-willed? 5) self-conceited? 6) self-important? 7) self-conscious? 8) self-contained? 9) self-centred? Use each word in an example of your own.

IV. Complete these phrases by adding the appropriate word chosen from those at the end of the exercise. Make six sentences of your own using these phrases.

1) as hard as... 2) as bold as... 3) as brave as... 4) as cool as... 5) as cunning as... 6) as obstinate as... 7) as good as... 8) as true as... 9) as proud as... 10) as safe as... 11) as lively as... 12) as wise as... 13) as sweet as... 14) as busy as... 15) as innocent as... 16) as mad as.... 17) as melancholy as... 18) as slippery as...

(an eel, brass, a fox, a cricket, a cat, a mule, gold, nails, a lion, a cucumber, sugar, steel, a bee, a peacock, an owl, the Bank of England, a babe unborn, a March hare)

V. Say which of these adjectives have a positive meaning and which negative.

famous; fussy; cooperative; pedantic; sociable; notorious; elegant; learned; foppish; stubborn; scrupulous; firm; composed; modest; polite; tactless; inquisitive; discreet; officious; enthusiastic; considerate; servile; insolent; ambitious; impartial.

VI. Find adjectives, synonymous to the compound adjectives below. Make up your own examples with the words from the list.

double-faced; tongue-tied; close-fisted; down-hearted; lion-hearted, swollen-headed; chicken-hearted; featherbrained; soft-hearted; hard-boiled; pig-headed; open-handed; long-headed; light-minded; cool-headed; open-hearted.

VII. Say in short what sort of person he (she) is. Choose one of the adjectives or nouns from the list below.

Model: His gloomy remarks and sad face would spoil the mood of any company. He was a killjoy.

1) Robinson Crusoe was very clever in finding a way out of all his difficulties. 2) You could rely upon Maggie. She would never let the cat out of the bag. 3) He was wonderful. Would never grudge you anything, be it money, books, ideas. 4) Rebecca easily won the hearts of all those who met her. 5) Martin never dropped any work half-way. 6) Doctor Chillip hadn't a word to throw at a dog. 7) Dobbin was easy to deal with. 8) June always had her own way in everything. 9) Mike was never good at doing anything about the house. He was always sure to drop or break something. 10) Bart had always a good joke tucked away in his memory. 11) Huckleberry Finn never let a friend down. 12) Christine was a very pleasant companion. 13) Barkis turned out to be a regular miser. 14) There was nothing Tom was afraid of. 15) Oliver was afraid of everybody and everything. 16) He always had a ready answer to every remark.

(easy-going, submissive, reliable, jolly, brave, resourceful, good, cheerful, a loud-mouth, greedy, apprehensive, shy, persistent, generous, kind, courageous, open-handed, timid, sad, hardworking, a butter-fingers, assiduous, obstinate)