sexta-feira, 24 de junho de 2011

Uma lição de inglês por dia grátis: Adjectivos de Personalidade

What is she like?

Quando fazemos a pergunta "What is she like?", estamos a perguntar como ela é em termos de personalidade/carácter. "She is tall" não é uma boa resposta para a pergunta, porque "tall" é usado para descrever a sua aparência física.

Para evitar qualquer confusão, veja as seguintes frases que parecem semelhantes, mas têm significados diferentes

What is she like? 
Está relacionado com a personalidade da pessoa e pode ser respondido com o seguinte exemplo:
She is outgoing and talkative.

What does she look like?
Esta pergunta sobre a aparência física e pode ser respondido da seguinte forma:
She is short, slim and she has big brown eyes.

What does she like?
Esta questão é sobre os gostos e interesses da pessoa. Pode ser respondido como o exemplo:
She likes talking, reading and eating cheese.


Voltando à pergunta "What is she like?", mostramos uma lista completa de adjectivos de A a Z que podem ser usados para responder a esta questão, com a explicação, em inglês, de seguida: 
A → Active: she likes to play sport or do physical things.
B → Bright: she is intelligent.
C → Cunning: she uses her intelligence secretly/mysteriously to get what she wants.
D → Diligent: she is hardworking.
E → Extroverted: she is very outgoing. She likes to be the centre of attention.
F → Funny: she makes people laugh.
G → Generous: she likes to ‘give’ to help others.
H → Honest: she tells the truth.
I → Imaginative: she has a good imagination.
J → Jealous: (negative) she wants what other people have. She doesn’t like others to succeed
K → Kind: nice, gentle and helpful
L → Lazy: (negative) she doesn’t like to work or exercise. She’s happy doing nothing.
M → Moody: (negative) she often becomes angry and unfriendly because she is unhappy.
N → Naughty: (negative): usually for children) her behaviour is bad.
O → Optimistic: she is a positive person and positive about the future.
P → Pessimistic: she is a negative person. She thinks things will end badly. The opposite of optimistic.
Q → Quiet: she doesn’t say much. She prefers to listen.
R → Rude: (negative) she is not polite and she offends people.
S → Sensible: she has good common sense and judgment.
T → Thoughtful: she carefully thinks about other people and how to help them.
U → Upbeat: she is positive and in a good mood.
V → Violent: (negative) she will hurt you. She is aggressive…so be careful!
W → Wonderful: she is great!
X → Xenophobic: she dislikes people from foreign countries. She is racist.
Y → Youthful: she is young at heart.
Z → Zany: she is a little crazy, but in a fun way.

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