Adjectives of personality opposites storytelling and tennis games

Worksheet 1

Warmer- Opposites Tennis
Play a game of “opposites tennis”. The person serving has to say a word that has an opposite, e.g. “hot” (cold), “black” (white) or “right” (wrong, incorrect or left). The person returning has to say any word which is the opposite that word. If they can’t think of an opposite but the person who served knows one, the server scores points tennis style. If they do give an opposite within the time limit, the server must continue the rally by giving another word that has an opposite within 20 seconds.
Unlike tennis, in this game service changes sides after every point.

Adjectives of personality opposites

What are the opposites of the following words (more than one answer might be possible for some words)?

Intelligent
Hard-working
Thin
Popular
Helpful
Easy going
Stupid
Boring
Considerate
Patient
Honest
Reliable
Mature
Ambitious
Friendly
Happy
Organised
Polite

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Adjectives of personality opposites
Worksheet 2- Adjectives of Personality Storytelling
Using one personality adjective word in each line of the story, tell a story about the following characters, e.g. “Because Darren is disorganised, he accidentally left the door unlocked”, “Because she is dishonest, Trudy let her friends steal everything inside the restaurant”, etc. Tick off the adjectives as you use them.
Lydia Blake, the mother, owner of the Full Moon restaurant

Clive Blake, the father, chef of the Full Moon

Darren Blake, the eldest son, waiter at the Full Moon

Trudy Blake, the youngest daughter, unemployed

Kathy Blake, Darren’s wife (=Lydia and Clive’s daughter-in-law= Trudy’s sister-in-law), a housewife

Elizabeth, Darren and Kathy’s 3-month-old daughter (= Lydia and Clive’s granddaughter= Trudy’s niece)

Eve King, owner of the rival “The Angel Restaurant”

(This worksheet was written to tie in with Face2Face Pre-Intermediate Units 6B and 6C, but can easily be used without the book. If students do have the book, they don’t have to use the same personality words for each person as are written in the book. After all the activities here, they can listen to Tapescript 6.5 and check if anything happens the same in the real story and their stories)