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Unit 1 Review

Unit 1

  • I CAN review personality vocabulary and the present perfect
Unit 1 Review
Lesson Review

Lesson Review

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Welcome to your Unit 1 Review! Over the past few lessons, you have built two important tools for speaking and writing about people: a strong set of personality adjectives, and the present perfect tense. In this final lesson, you will practise both, then bring them together in a short piece of writing.

Personality vocabulary describes how a person behaves, not how they look. We use these adjectives with be or with nouns like person or friend. Common positive personality adjectives are: kind (helpful and caring), friendly (easy to talk to), outgoing (enjoys meeting new people), funny (makes people laugh), generous (happy to share), patient (able to wait calmly), hard-working (puts in a lot of effort), ambitious (wants to succeed), honest (tells the truth), and easy-going (relaxed and not easily worried). Common negative ones include shy (quiet with strangers), lazy (does not like to work), rude (not polite), mean (unkind), and bossy (always telling others what to do). Example: 'My brother is very kind, but he can be a bit lazy at the weekend.'

The present perfect has the form have / has + past participle. We use it to talk about experiences in life, especially with words like ever, never, already, yet, and just. For example: 'I have visited London three times.' 'She has never tried Indian food.' 'Have you ever met anyone famous?' 'They have just arrived.' 'We haven't finished yet.' Short answers: 'Yes, I have.' / 'No, I haven't.' The past participle of regular verbs is verb + -ed (worked, lived, finished). Common irregular ones are: be → been, do → done, eat → eaten, go → gone, see → seen, meet → met, write → written.

When we describe a person, we often combine personality adjectives with the verb be: 'She is friendly.' 'He is a hard-working student.' We can also use them after nouns: 'a generous person', 'a funny story about my bossy sister'. Adjectives can be made stronger with very ('She is very patient') or weaker with a bit ('He is a bit shy'). Two adjectives can be joined with and: 'My friend is kind and patient.' Using this range of patterns makes your speaking and writing sound more natural and confident.

Writing task: Write a short profile of a friend or family member (about 80–120 words). Describe their personality, say what you have done together, and mention one experience you have had with them.

Using paragraphs is a great strategy. Start a new paragraph for each new idea: Paragraph 1 — who the person is. Paragraph 2 — their personality. Paragraph 3 — things you have done together (present perfect).

أهلاً بيوك في ريفيو الوحدة الأولى! النهاردة هنلم مع بعض حاجتين مهمين اتعلمتهم قبل كده: صفات الشخصية (personality adjectives) والمضارع التام (present perfect). وآخر حاجة هنكتب بيهم profile قصير عن حد بتحبه.

صفات الشخصية (Personality Adjectives)

الصفات دي بتوصف سلوك الشخص، مش شكله. وبنستخدمها مع be أو بعد noun زي person أو friend.

صفات إيجابية:

  • kind = طيب وبيساعد الناس
  • friendly = سهل تتكلم معاه
  • outgoing = بيحب يقابل ناس جديدة
  • funny = بيخلي الناس تضحك
  • generous = بيحب يشارك
  • patient = صبره طويل
  • hard-working = بيشتغل بجد
  • ambitious = عايز ينجح
  • honest = بيقول الحقيقة
  • easy-going = مرتاح ومش بيتقلق بسرعة

صفات سلبية:

  • shy = خجول
  • lazy = كسلان
  • rude = مش مؤدب
  • mean = قاسي
  • bossy = بيأمر الناس كلها

أمثلة على الاستخدام:

  • She is very kind.
  • He is a hard-working student.
  • A generous person / a funny story about my bossy sister

عشان تقوي الصفة بنحط very قبلها: She is very patient. ولما عايز تخففها بنستخدم a bit: He is a bit shy. ويمكن نجمع صفين بـ and: My friend is kind and patient.

المضارع التام (Present Perfect)

القاعدة: have/has + past participle

  • مع he / she / it → بنستخدم has
  • مع I / you / we / they → بنستخدم have

بنستخدمه لما نتكلم عن تجارب في حياتنا لحد دلوقتي، ومع الكلمات المهمة دي:

  • ever = هل من قبل؟ → Have you ever met anyone famous?
  • never = أبداً → She has never tried Indian food.
  • already = خلاص اتعمل → I have already finished.
  • yet = لسه (في النفي والسؤال) → We haven't finished yet.
  • just = لسه دلوقتي → They have just arrived.

الأفعال المنتظمة بنزودلها -ed: work → worked, live → lived, finish → finished.

الأفعال الشاذة لازم تحفظها:

  • be → been, do → done, eat → eaten
  • go → gone, see → seen, meet → met, write → written

الموديل سينتنس

My best friend has lived in this town for ten years. يعني صاحبك ساكن في البلد دي من عشر سنين لحد دلوقتي (وممكن لسه ساكن). لاحظ استخدام has عشان friend مفرد، وlived كـ past participle من live.

التاسك بتاع الكتابة

اكتب profile قصير (80-120 كلمة) عن صاحب أو حد من العيلة، واستخدم 3 paragraphs:

  1. مين الشخص ده
  2. شخصيته (بالصفات)
  3. حاجات عملتوها مع بعض (بالمضارع التام)

ابدأ بالكروت الأول عشان تفتكر كل حاجة، وبعدين اكتب بالتوفيق! 💪

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She ___ (visit) Paris three times.

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I ___ (never / try) Indian food.

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___ you ever been to London?

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Put the words in order to make a present perfect question.

  1. Have
  2. you
  3. ever
  4. a
  5. concert
  6. to
  7. been
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Drag the correct word (ever, never, just or already) into each gap to complete the present perfect sentences.

  • never
  • already
  • ever
  • just

Have you eaten sushi?

She has been to Asia.

They have arrived home.

I have finished my homework.

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Match each personality adjective to its meaning.

Match each personality adjective to its meaning.

  • kind
  • outgoing
  • generous
  • patient
  • shy
  • helpful and caring
  • enjoys meeting new people
  • happy to share with others
  • able to wait calmly
  • quiet with strangers
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He always shares his time and money with other people. He is ___.

  • generous
  • lazy
  • rude
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She finds it hard to speak in front of the class and feels nervous with new people. She is ___.

  • outgoing
  • shy
  • bossy
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Sort these personality adjectives into positive and negative.

  • kind
  • friendly
  • honest
  • patient
  • rude
  • lazy
  • mean
  • bossy

Positive personality

Negative personality

My best friend has lived in this town for ten years.

Notice the present perfect 'has lived'. We use it for a situation that started in the past and continues now.

PREPARE — gather your ideas. Before you write, choose a friend or family member. Make a small list: their name, how you know them, 2–3 personality adjectives that describe them, and 1–2 experiences you have shared together. You will use this list to plan three short paragraphs.

WRITE — the task. Write a short profile of this person in 80–120 words. Follow your plan from PREPARE. Use the verb be + personality adjective to describe them, and use the present perfect (have/has + past participle) to talk about experiences you have shared. Remember to start a new paragraph for each new idea.

REVIEW — check your writing. Read your profile again and check: 1) Did I use at least two personality adjectives correctly? 2) Did I use the present perfect (have/has + past participle) in the right places? 3) Did I start a new paragraph for each new idea? 4) Did I check spelling, capital letters and full stops?

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