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

honest - ________ honesty sincere – ________ sincerity generous - _______ generosity chivalrous - _______ chivalry tolerant - _________ tolerance discrete - ________ discretion

Answer honesty sincerity generosity chivalry tolerance 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 Dobrze

   B - divide the treasure into two equal parts between the two of them Dobrze

   C - divide the treasure into three equal parts between the three of you Dobrze

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 Dobrze

   B - Tell it to your best friend and ask her to keep a secret Dobrze

   C - Report on her to the police Dobrze

4. __________
   You see neighbour X bullying neighbour Y’s child. Do you:

   A - Ring X to inform her. Dobrze

   B - Ignore the scene and go your own way Dobrze

   C - Stand up in the child’s defence Dobrze

5. ________
   Your mother-in-law has presented you with a pair of checked pyjamas for your first wedding anniversary. Do you:

   A - Tell her bluntly that pyjamas is not your favourite item and you prefer sleeping naked Dobrze

   B - Accept the gift with a half-smile and say nothing Dobrze

   C - Thank her profusely with affected elation Dobrze

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 Dobrze

   B - Slip an anonymous letter threatening to blow up their door if they don’t stop into their letterbox Dobrze

   C - Buy yourself earplugs Dobrze

7. _________ 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. Dobrze

   B - Give him nothing. After all he get down to work! Dobrze

   C - Give him all your money hoping that the Good Lord will return you the favour in the afterlife Dobrze

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. 2 If the order of your answers is:
   A-B-B-B-C-A-B you are as common as one can be.
3. 3 If the order of you answers happens to be neither 1 nor 2 consider taking up genealogy studies
Answer
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

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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