Description of a person

positive
negative
accusing
complimentary
enthusiastic
grateful
miserable
nostalgic
optimistic
calm
pessimistic
bitter
sarcastic
sympathetic
arrogant
urgent
aggressive

complimentary
praising or expressing admiration for someone
bitter
someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in the past
arrogant
unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people
accusing
suggesting that you think someone has done something bad
urgent
very important and needing attention immediately
grateful
showing or expressing thanks, especially to another person
miserable
very unhappy

Listen to four speakers. Which speaker sounds:
a) urgent
b) calm
c)enthusiastic
d) arrogant
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4

Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4

Test
What is each speaker’s attitude?
‘Quick! Shut the door, before it’s too late!’
aggressive
sarcastic
calm
urgent
‘This town was wonderful when I was a boy.’
optimistic
miserable
accusing
nostalgic
‘Poor you. I hope you feel better soon.’
urgent
grateful
bitter
sympathetic