Lesson 3 - Vocabulary - BEHAVIOUR AND MANNERS

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ADJECTIVES FOR CHARACTER

I Look at the soup of adjectives below. Tick the ones you have come across in Lesson 2.

arrogant	Tick Dobrze
bad-tempered	Tick Źle
boastful	Tick Dobrze
bossy	Tick Dobrze
broad-minded	Tick Źle
dissatisfied	Tick Dobrze
fastidious	Tick Dobrze
fulfilled	Tick Dobrze
good-natured	Tick Źle
generous	Tick Dobrze
hard-working	Tick Źle
irreverent	Tick Dobrze
malicious	Tick Dobrze
mean	Tick Dobrze
narrow-minded	Tick Źle
nosy	Tick Dobrze
over-confident	Tick Źle
self-centered	Tick Źle
strong-willed	Tick Źle
tactless	Tick Dobrze
tedious	Tick Dobrze
weak-willed	Tick Źle
well-behaved	Tick Źle
well-meaning	Tick Źle

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Look at the adjectives that you haven’t ticked. What do they have in common?

they have positive meaning Źle

they have negative meaning Źle

they are compound Dobrze

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WORD FORMATION

Are you blue-blooded?

Have you ever tried to trace nobility in your family tree? But nobility does not necessarily mean noble ancestors. Nobility of character may understood as a set of features, some of which have been pointed out below. Make nouns out of adjectives by adding suitable suffixes: -y, -ity, -ion, -ce, -ness

E.g.: fair-minded – fair-mindedness
1. honest - ________ honesty
2. sincere – ________ sincerity
3. generous - _______ generosity
4. chivalrous - _______ chivalry
5. tolerant - _________ tolerance
6. discrete - ________ discretion

Do the following quiz keeping track of your answers and match the above nouns to the points.

1. fair-mindedness You see two people quarreling over a treasure they’ve found. Do you:
   A get rid of them and keep the treasure to yourself B divide the treasure into two equal parts between the two of them C divide the treasure into three equal parts between the three of you
2. __________ You find a library book that is three months overdue. Do you:

   A Return it and pay the fine Dobrze

   B Keep the book Dobrze

   C Sneak it into the library and pretend you returned it on time if questioned by the library Dobrze

3. __________ A friend has confided in you that she’s found a large sum of money and kept it. Do you:
   A Decide not tell anybody about it B Tell it to your best friend and ask her to keep a secret C Report on her to the police
4. __________ You see neighbour X bullying neighbour Y’s child. Do you:
   A Ring X to inform her. B Ignore the scene and go your own way C Stand up in the child’s defence
5. ________ Your mother-in-law has presented you with a pair of checked pyjamas for your first wedding anniversary. Do you:
   1. Tell her bluntly that pyjamas is not your favourite item and you prefer sleeping naked
   2. Accept the gift with a half-smile and say nothing
   3. Thank her profusely with affected elation
6. _________ Your neighbours are going at it hammer and tongs for days on end. Do you:
   A Visit them and complain about it in very strong terms B Slip an anonymous letter threatening to blow up their door if they don’t stop into their letterbox C Buy yourself earplugs
   1. _________ You’ve just received your breadline salary and you come across a beggar in the street. Do you:
      A Give him a penny to calm your guilty conscience. B Give him nothing. After all he get down to work! C Give him all your money hoping that the Good Lord will return you the favour in the afterlife

   Solutions to the quiz: 1 If the order of your answers is: B-A-A-C-A-C-C you are a TOP KNIGHT. Surely you have Sir Lancelot among your ancestors. 2 If the order of your answers is: A-B-B-B-C-A-B you are as common as one can be. 3 If the order of you answers happens to be neither 1 nor 2 consider taking up genealogy studies Answers: 2 honesty 3 discretion 4 chivalry 5 sincerity 6 tolerance 7 generosity

   Source: Point 2 of the quiz coming from http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/read_this/cracking_crime/honesty_quiz.shtml, 30.07.2006

   VIII Make sure that you understand the content of the quiz. If necessary check some words and phrases with a good English-English dictionary or an on-line dictionary e.g.: http://www.wordreference.com/. Here is the list of items that might need checking: 1 Sneak [v] 2 bully [v] 3 bluntly [adv] 4 profusely [adv] 5 affected [adj] 6 elation [n] 7 hammer and tongs 8 on end 9 in … terms 10 breadline

   
   

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