Talk About Your Personality

THE STUDENT COUNCIL

______Talk about your personality

I/ Get Ready ! Fill in the grid with the correct synonyms or antonyms. Impolite / inexperienced / mean / strict / nervous / unkind / tense / ill at ease / insolent / friendly / happy / authoritarian / intimidating / boring / confident / adventurous / nice / embarrassed / honest / sad / fascinating Positive Negative Polite Shy, anxious

courageous, self-assured

Kind Cruel, selfish interesting

enthusiastic II/ Watch Cameron’s audition (video extract), use the adjectives to describe the characters’ expressions, then recap, using the adverbs on the left:

Members of the jury Cameron Adjectives for their expression s

III/ Listen to Jenny’s audition and fill in the grid :

Name : □ Jenna □ Jenny □ Tina □ Penny Date of birth : □ 4th □ 12th □ 14th □ 24th □ January □ March □ April □ August Age: Address :

Hobbies :

What she can do : …………….. very fast / …………………. quite high / …………………….. very long distances Other qualities:

Favourite subject at □ sport □ dance □ history □ maths school : Subject she doesn’t □ history □ maths □ drama □ cinema like : School club □ history club □ mathematics club □ drama club □ cinema club Tone of voice □ hesitant □ anxious □ shy □ self-assured

IV/ Let’s recap : Do you prefer Cameron or Jenny? (justify your answer) ...... …………… ...... ……………

V/ Grammaire : CAN/CAN’T

Observe les phrases ci-dessous : I can swim very well. I can play football quite well. I can’t play rugby very well. I can’t sing at all.

On emploie CAN pour :  dire ce que l’on sait faire  dire ce que l’on doit faire. On emploie CAN’T pour :  dire ce que l’on ne sait pas faire  dire ce que l’on ne doit pas faire.

VI/ L’accentuation du modal CAN Ecoute ces phrases. Can ou can’t sont-ils accentués ?

a. Steve can talk to students. b. Pete can’t write a speech. c. I can type on my computer very fast.

L’accent de phrase: Exercises :

1. How well can you do these activities ? (use the adverbs you learnt with the video extract to answer the questions):

Ex: Can you play football? Yes, I can play football very well.

a. Can you play the saxophone? d. Can you pilot a plane? b. Can you play basketball? e. Can you speak English? c. Can you run long distances? f. Can you speak French?

2. Compare those two candidates and explain what they can do:

James Keisha Talk well   Organize parties   Create websites  

Exercises :

1. How well can you do these activities ? (use the adverbs you learnt with the video extract to answer the questions):

Ex: Can you play football? Yes, I can play football very well.

a. Can you play the saxophone? d. Can you pilot a plane? b. Can you play basketball? e. Can you speak English? c. Can you run long distances? f. Can you speak French?

2. Compare those two candidates and explain what they can do: James Keisha Talk well   Organize parties   Create websites  