Lesson 3 - Vocabulary - BEHAVIOUR AND MANNERS

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ADJECTIVES FOR CHARACTER

Look at the 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 sincere generous chivalrous tolerante discrete

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. 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
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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