Step 4 Vocabulary practice

Task 1. Look at the adjectives below. Which, in your opinion, describe the personal qualities that people working with the public should possess?

ambitious; clever; disorganised; efficient; helpless; honest; motivated; sensible; sensitive; shrewd; thoughtful; timid; trustworthy; zealous

Task 2. What sort of person are you?

tidy; sympathetic; experienced; capable; organised; professional; responsible; friendly; efficient; polite; patient; motivated

Unfortunately, some people are not like that. Use these prefixes to describe people who behave in the opposite way: in-; ir-; im-; un-; dis-

Use other prefixes to form the opposite of all these verbs:

Task 3. Someone who knows a lot about a subject is well-informed:

Add ‘well-’ or ‘self-’ as a prefix to the following adjectives to show a positive quality.

__-behaved __-mannered __-reliant

__-confident __-possessed __-assured

__-organised __-intentioned

Task 4. Read the text and find the words that mean

1. not enough or not good enough;

2. uninterested;

3. new to the job;

4. not polite.