The most important quality may be honesty, error-receiving and error-correcting.
Which words can you use to describe yourself? Which adjectives do you think are important qualities for these people?
| a teacher a friend a mother |
Listen to three students having a discussion with their teacher. What are they talking about?
Answer the questions. Listen again and check.
1. Where does Robert Lee get the unwanted food from?
2. Why is it a clever idea?
3. What animals was Edwin Sabuhoro trying to protect?
4. How does his eco-tour company provide a good solution to problems in Rwanda?
5. What opportunities do the bike trips give to city kids?
6. In what countries can you find Marilyn Price's programmes?
Match the adjectives with explanations 1-8. Listen and check.
confident generous heroic honest organised patient sympathetic thoughtful |
Someone who...
1. remembers your birthday
2. is not shy
3. listens to your problems
4. does very brave things
5. plans things carefully
6. gives people more than they need
7. waits for others
8. returns a lost wallet
PRONUNCIATION: Diphthongs
Identify the diphthong sound and put the words in the correct columns. Listen and repeat.
now change chose kind wildlife
wasting mountain homeles
Listen again. Write the adjectives the students use to describe each person.
1. Robert Lee
2. Edwin Sabuhoro
3. Marilyn Price
USE IT! Work in groups. Using the ideas below, talk about people you admire. Use adjectives in exercise 1.
- a member of your family
- a person during the COVID-19 pandemic
- a person at your school
I really admire my cousin because he's so clever.
