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Unit 1:

Expand your Vocabulary :                                                                    Gifts of youth

1.      Qualities of youth:

 

a)      Definition:

·         Adventure: willingness to take the risk.

·         Imagination: the mental ability to form new ideas.

·         Passion: intense enjoyment, interest, or excitement.

·         Ambition: a strong desire to do or achieve something.

·         Vigor: physical strength or good health.

·         Creativity: the ability to generate new methods or innovative ideas.

·         Vitality: the state of being strong and active.

·         Talent: natural aptitude, ability or skill.

·         Audacity: courage, fearless, disposition to do something.

b)      Adjectives from Nouns:

 

NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

patience

patient

audacity

audacious

perseverence

perseverant

cooperation

cooperative

adventure

adventurous

maturity

mature

innovation

innovative

efficiency

efficient

talent

talented

self-confidence

self-confident

creativity

creative

strength

strong

enthusiasm

enthusiastic

competence

competent

energy

Energetic

reliability

reliable

flexibility

flexible

responsibility

responsible

sociability

sociable

vitality

vital

optimism

optimistic

ability

able

vigour

vigourous

punctuality

punctual

imagination

imaginative

persuasion

persuasive

ambition

ambitious

autonomy

autonomous

inquiry

inquisitive

rebellion

rebellious

 Some Youth think adults are: old-fashioned, intolerant, severe, bossy, undemocratic, mean, nosy, authoritarian.

Some Adults think youths are: rebellious, intolerant, strong-headed, thoughtless, careless, immature, untidy, disobedient, adventurous.

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