Desirable Qualities, Jobs, and Vocabulary

Desirable Qualities:

• Dedicated (works very hard at something that is important to them)
• Dependable (is always there when you need them)
• Enthusiastic (is interested and excited about things)
• Kind (is nice, friendly, and generous)
• Optimistic (has a positive attitude to life)
• Outgoing (likes meeting and talking to new people)
• Sensible (is practical and rational)
• Supportive (gives you help when you are having a difficult time)
• Sympathetic (cares about other people's problems)
• Truthful (is always honest)
• Sensitive (understands other people's feelings or is easily offended)

Jobs:

• Clothes shop assistant
• Farm helper
• Hotel receptionist
• Summer camp monitor
• Supermarket cashier
• Waiter

Vocabulary:

• Character Adjectives: active, confident, dedicated, punctual, reliable, sociable
• Compound: low-priced, wide-ranging, long-term, ready-made, labor-serving, self-service
• Aisle, checkout (caja), counter, goods, packaging
• Countable Nouns: enough, too many, few, a few, lots of, plenty of
• Uncountable Nouns: enough, too much, little, a little, lots of, plenty of
• Vocabulary Pairs: bargain-bargain, bid-bid, browse-browser, charge-charge, consume-consumer, purchase-purchase, refund-refund, select-selection, supply-supplier, discount-discount, increase-increase
• Verbs: appeal/recommend, inform/advertise, exaggerate/claim, promote/convince, promote/broadcast, inform/advertise
• The Wild: packs, banks, dams, shade