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PHOTOCOPIABLE

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Vocabulary: describing personality

HAPPY FLATMATES

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Student A

Housemate names
• Sam
• Josh
• Gemma
• Lucy
• Sara
Personality
• a people-person
• a good laugh
• a geek
• be out until the early hours
• be particular about
• be into
• pull one’s weight
• tight-fisted
• be down-to-earth
• keep to oneself

1 Housemate

name

2 Housemate

name

3 Housemate

name

4 Housemate

name

5 Housemate

name

Personality

Personality

Personality

Personality

Personality

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• (Start) Josh thinks Sam’s glasses make him look like

a geek, and he really is one!

• Lucy is always realistic about things.
• The two male housemates are next to each other.
• The housemate who gets home late is next to the

housemate who keeps to himself.

• The housemate who’s fun to be with is standing up.
• Josh is a people person and is next to Gemma.
• The tight-fisted housemate is next to the housemate who

feels it’s very important to never leave washing-up in the
sink.

• The housemate who is really into theatre is between a

male and female housemate.

Student B

Housemate names
• Sam
• Josh
• Gemma
• Lucy
• Sara
Personality
• a people-person
• a good laugh
• a geek
• be out until the early

hours

• be particular about
• be into
• pull one’s weight
• tight-fisted
• be down-to-earth
• keep to oneself

1 Housemate

name

2 Housemate

name

3 Housemate

name

4 Housemate

name

5 Housemate

name

Personality

Personality

Personality

Personality

Personality

1.

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• The housemate who doesn’t pull her weight with

cleaning the house is not sitting on the sofa.

• All the housemates think the person lying on the floor is

mean with money.

• The boring housemate who’s obsessed with computers is

next to the housemate who’s a good laugh.

• The down-to-earth housemate hates Sara and is as far

away from her as possible.

• The housemate who really likes theatre is next to the

housemate who doesn’t do their share of the housework.

• The housemate who is out until the early hours is in

the middle.

• The housemate who’s particular about the washing-up

is next to the sociable person.

• The introverted housemate is next to Lucy.