A. Look at the
following words and say 1) which of them characterize a good team player; 2) which of them characterize you best of all.
● motivated ● communicative
● honest ● clever
● confident ● energetic
● charismatic ● punctual
● reliable ● helpful
● proud ●
disciplined
B. Match these words
with their definitions.
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charismatic a) can be trusted to behave
well, work hard
and do what is expected
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reliable b) enthusiastic and
determined to achieve
success
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disciplined c) has a strong personal
quality that makes
other people like him and be attracted to him
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honest d) well-organized and
following rules or
standards
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motivated e) does not tell lies or
cheat people, obeys
the law
C. Add prefixes to the following words to form words with the opposite
meaning.
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communicative,
flexible, tolerant, honest, motivated, punctual, reliable, disciplined,
loyal, imaginative, decisive, practical, sociable |
Can you describe the best / worst person you
have dealt with using these adjectives?
D. Match the following
phrasal verbs and idioms to their meanings. Which of them are
used to characterize a good / bad team member?
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1. to get on (well) with smb. |
a) to make smb understand you |
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2. to get through to smb. |
b) to resemble a member of your family |
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3. to get round smb. |
c) to be of the same opinion |
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4. to take after smb. |
d) to be on good terms with smb |
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5. to look up to smb. |
e) to have a close relationship |
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6. to look down on smb. |
f) to persuade smb to let you do smth |
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7. to tell smb. off |
g) to respect, to think highly of smb |
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8. to see eye to eye with smb.
on smth. |
h) to do whatever one feels like doing |
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9. to have one’s own way |
i) to despise smb |
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10. to be close to smb. |
j) to scold, to reprimand smb |
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11. to take smb’s side |
k) to support smb |
E. Use these phrasal verbs and idioms in the sentences.