HAPPY FLATMATES

✃ Vocabulary: describing personality

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Student A
Housemate names
• Sam
• Josh
• Gemma
• Lucy
• Sara
Personality
• a people-person
• a good laugh
• a geek
1 Housemate 2 Housemate 3 Housemate 4 Housemate 5 Housemate • be out until the early hours
name name name name name • be particular about
• be into
• pull one’s weight
Personality Personality Personality Personality Personality
• tight-fisted
1. 1. 1. 1. 1. • be down-to-earth
2. 2. 2. 2. 2. • keep to oneself

• (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
1 Housemate 2 Housemate 3 Housemate 4 Housemate 5 Housemate hours
name name name name name • be particular about
• be into
• pull one’s weight
Personality Personality Personality Personality Personality
• tight-fisted
1. 1. 1. 1. 1. • be down-to-earth
2. 2. 2. 2. 2. • keep to oneself

• 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.

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