Exercise 34

Answer these questions.

1 . Which animal represents you? To what extent do the characteristics apply to you?

2 . Think of a friend and find their animal in the chart (page….). Give examples of why you think each characteristic is appropriate or not.

EXAMPLE: My friend is a rooster. I think he is industrious, because he worked very hard to find a lot of information for a research project he had to complete at college. I don’t think he is shrewd because someone tricked him into investing in a non-existent company.

Exercise 35

Which people does the speaker have a positive opinion of and which a negative one?

Let me tell you about my new colleagues. Pat, my boss, seems very astute and witty. I find her deputy, Vince, a bit parsimonious and work-obsessed. I share an office with Julie who's a bit sullen and mulish. I also do a lot of work with Sam who's very tolerant and generous.

Exercise 36

Now imagine that someone else is talking about the same people, but sees them in a different light. How might he or she describe them?

EXAMPLE Pat" is very sly and terse.

Exercise 37

What are the abstract nouns from these adjectives? Use a dictionary if necessary.

1 altruistic 2 diligent 3 industrious 4 gallant 5 morose

6 parsimonious 7 placid 8 sagacious 9terse 10 unscrupulous

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