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Personality Words

aggressive - agresivo
ambitious - ansioso
cautious - precavido
competitive - competetivo
confident - confiado
creative - creativo
dependable - fidedigno
dumb - tonto
enthusiastic - entusiasta
extroverted - extrovertido          
generous - generoso
idealistic - idealista
imaginative - imaginativo
intelligent - inteligente
introverted - introvertido
kind - amable
logical - lógico
mean - cruel
nervous - nervioso
observant - observador
optimistic - optimista
outgoing - extrovertido
pessimistic - pesimista
quiet - callado
rational - racional
reckless - atrevido
responsible - responsable
shy - tímido
sincere - sincero
smart - inteligente
sociable - sociable
stubborn - terco
talkative - hablador
understanding - compresivo
wise - sabio

Practice
Study the list of personality words above then select the words that describe you. 
(There are no right or wrong answers.)

 aggressive
 ambitious
 cautious
 competitive
 confident
 creative
 dependable
 dumb
enthusiastic          
 extroverted
 generous
 idealistic
 imaginative
 intelligent
 introverted
 kind
 logical
 mean
 nervous
 observant
 optimistic
 outgoing
 pessimistic
 quiet
 rational
 reckless
 responsible
 shy
 sincere
 smart
 sociable
 stubborn
 talkative
 understanding
 wise

 

Select the words that you think are positive personality characteristics and the words that you think are negative.
(There are no right or wrong answers.)

Positive Negative Personality
Characteristic
  Positive Negative Personality
Characteristic
aggressive   nervous
ambitious   observant
cautious   optimistic
competitive   outgoing
confident   pessimistic
creative   quiet
dependable   rational
dumb   reckless
enthusiastic    responsible
extroverted   shy
generous   sincere
idealistic   smart
imaginative   sociable
intelligent   stubborn
introverted   talkative
kind   understanding
logical   wise
mean        

 

Practice
Select the opposite.

1.  talkative  
2.  smart   
3.  reckless   
4.  optimistic   
5.  outgoing   
6.  kind   

Select the word that is similar to the listed word.

7.  responsible   
8.  quiet   
9.  generous   
10. intelligent   
11. sociable   
12. logical   
13. aggressive   
14. creative   

 

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Participles
Here are this lesson's irregular verbs.  Study the list below and then do the practice sections.

Verb Past Participle 
begin  (empezar) began   begun
break  (romper) broke broken
drive  (manejar, conducir) drove driven
fall  (caer) fell fallen
fly  (volar) flew flown
hit  (pegar) hit hit
know  (saber) knew known  
lose  (perder) lost lost
read  (leer) read read
sit  (sentarse) sat sat

 

Practice
In the spaces provided use your imagination to write creative sentences using the irregular verbs.  (Since there are so many possible answers I can't check this exercise.  This is just for your practice.)

example
go - went - gone

Past

Participle

 

begin - began - begun

Past

Participle

break - broke - broken

Past

Participle

drive - drove - driven

Past

Participle

fall - fell - fallen

Past

Participle

fly - flew - flown

Past

Participle

hit - hit - hit

Past

Participle

know - knew - known

Past

Participle

lose - lost - lost

Past

Participle

read - read - read

Past

Participle

sit - sat - sat

Past

Participle

 

Instructions
Fill in the irregular verb forms. If you type a space after the word the computer will think that it's an error.
(Si escribe un espacio después de la palabra la computadora va a interpretar que es un error al revisar.)

Verb Past Participle
begin    
break    
drive    
fall    
fly    
hit    
know    
lose    
read    
sit

              

If you made a mistake in the chart above, click on the Clear button and try it again.

 

Practice
Write the verb in parentheses in the correct form (present, past, participle) in the sentences below.

example
He's (find) a lot of interesting books at the library.

1.  The children have (read) many books. 
    

2.  They (sit) in the back of the classroom yesterday.
    
3.  He (fall) after tripping over the tree branch.
    
4.  The pilot has (fly) many different kinds of airplanes.
    
5.  He's (drive) over 1000 miles.
    
6.  The baseball player (hit) the ball out of the ballpark in last week's game.
    
7.  She dropped the glass and it (break).
    
8.  You can't interrupt the teacher after the class has (begin).
    
9.  I've (know) him for a long time.
    
10. He's (lose) his wallet.  
     

            

 

Other Vocabulary
can't stand - no soportar
traffic jam - embotellamiento de tráfico
subway - metro
both - ambos
seek - buscar
adventurous - aventurero
faithful - fiel
widow - viuda
partner - companero
sense of humor - sentido de humor
down to earth - con los pies en la tierra
male - varón
female - hembra
dining out - comer en un restaurante
look forward to - anticipar con placer
body builder - persona que levanta pesas
hold hands - tomarse de la maño
sunset - puesta del sol
open-minded - receptivo
witty - chistoso

Practice
Select the correct word to complete the sentence.

1.  I don't like driving downtown at 5:00 PM because there is always a big .
    
2.  Sometimes I drive to work and sometimes I take the .
    
3.  It is very romantic to watch the over the water in the evening.
    
4.  It is important for a manager to listen to his or her employees.  A manager needs to be .      
5.  I don't like traffic at all.  I it.  
    
6.  Her husband died last year.  She is a .  
    
7.  I like .  I eat in a different restaurant every weekend.
    
8.  Men are male and women are .
    
9.  I'm going to Florida next month!  I'm really my vacation.
    
10. He is very muscular because he is a .  
    

 

Pronunciation of the Vocabulary
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