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This document covers personality types. It includes definitions of different personality characteristics, matching exercises, and questions to gauge individual characteristics. The document also includes exercises on related topics, and provides vocabulary for those.

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Do you like meeting new people? Is making new friends easy for you? Do you enjoy participating in team-based activities? How do you like to spend your weekends? Do you prefer one on one conversations or group discussions? Personalities Tr. Thu Match words 1-8 with definitions a-h. 1....

Do you like meeting new people? Is making new friends easy for you? Do you enjoy participating in team-based activities? How do you like to spend your weekends? Do you prefer one on one conversations or group discussions? Personalities Tr. Thu Match words 1-8 with definitions a-h. 1. sociable a)likes talking a lot 2. outgoing b)not confident with other people 3. talkative c)full of energy 4. shy d)quiet and doesn’t laugh a lot 5. reserved e)likes being with other people 6. lively f)feels emotion deeply and often easily upset 7. serious g)doesn’t show what they are feeling and thinking 8. sensitive h)friendly and interested in meeting new people Check your answers here. 1. sociable h)friendly and interested in meeting new people 2. outgoing e)likes being with other people 3. talkative a)likes talking a lot 4. shy b)not confident with other people 5. reserved g)doesn’t show what they are feeling and thinking 6. lively c)full of energy 7. serious d)quiet and doesn’t laugh a lot 8. sensitive f)feels emotion deeply and often easily upset Read about these people. Which adjective would describe them? Sometimes, more than one answer is possible. 1.Lisa loves romantic poetry. It oftens makes her cry. ____ 2.Louis doesn’t say much when he’s with people he doesn’t know.____ 3.Stephen always has something to say.____ 4.Jon loves parties and meeting new people. 5.Anna doesn’t talk to many people, but you can have an interesting discussion with her.____ Let’s check. 1. sensitive 2. reserved, shy 3. talkative 4. sociable, outgoing 5. serious Listening Task https://youtu.be/nQv_mUdoltM? si=PYjpwXahuPoTIzPl Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. 1.Having or showing the ability to easily learn or understand. A.confident B.friendly C.creative D.intelligent 2.Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed. A.ambitious B.aggressive C.generous D.brave 3.Having a quality of anger and determination that makes a person ready to attack other people. A.easygoing B.friendly C.humble D.aggressive 4.Feeling sure about one’s own abilities, qualities, or ideas. A.optimistic B.enthusiastic C.confident D.arrogant 5.Being relaxed and unworried A.kind B.easygoing C.anxious D.honest 6.Causing laughter and amusement A.lazy B.humorous C.honest D.cheerful 7.Being free from outside control; not depending on another's authority. A.hardworking B.ambitious C.cheerful D.independent 8.A person who thinks that the best possible things will happen in the future is called ____ person. A.pessimistic B.optimistic C.independent D.honest 9.A person who is kind, caring, and make you feel comfortable is called ____ person. A.friendly B.creative C.generous D.brave 10.A person is not proud and does not believe that he/she is better than other people is called ____ person. A.creative B.humble C.extroverted D.sociable Defining 11.Having the ability to invent and develop original Idioms ideas, especially in the arts. A.enthusiastic B.generous C.creative D.hardworking 12.Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval. A.enthusiastic B.generous C.honest D.anxious 13.Willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual or expected. A.hardworking B.cheerful C.independent D.generous 14.Being happy or in good spirits A.honest B.cheerful C.considerate D.gentle 15.Being afraid or nervous about what may happen A.helpful B.patient C.brave D.anxious 16.Being faithful to one’s commitments or obligations A.loyal B.responsible C.ambitious D.empathetic 17.A person whose feelings and behaviour change frequently, and in particular that he often becomes depressed or angry without any warning. A.cheerful B.moody C.helpful D.patient 18.Being very active and does not feel at all tired A.cheerful B.ambitious C.patient D.energetic 19.Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. A.considerate B.arrogant C.honest D.generous 20.Being careful not to cause inconvenience or hurt to others A.considerate B.aggrogant C.aggressive D.patient 21.Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of others A.energetic B.hardworking C.empathetic D.honest 22.Being reliable, dependable, and trustworthy, and living up to one’s promises A.honest B.responsible C.patient D.optimistic Answers 1.D intelligent 12.A enthusiastic 2.A ambitious 13.D generous 3.D aggressive 14.B cheerful 4.C confident 15.D anxious 5.B easygoing 16.A loyal 6.B humorous 17.B moody 7.D independent 18.D energetic 8.B optimistic 19.B arrogant 9.A friendly 20.A considerate 10.B humble 21.C empathetic 11.C creative 22.B responsible Let's learn idioms! Lone wolf - someone who prefers his own company and does not like socialising. We can also say a lone bird. Eg : Jack became a real lone wolf since his wife passed away last year. He never goes out. Chatterbox -a person who talks a lot Eg : My son always gets warnings in school for talking in class, he is such a chatterbox. Creep - an unpleasant person Eg : He’s such a creep. Daydreamer - someone who is having dreamlike thoughts when they should be focusing on the present Eg : I’ve always been a bit of a daydreamer in school. Big mouth - someone who is not able to keep a secret Eg : Sarah will tell everybody, she’s such a big mouth. Nothing I tell her is going to be a secret. Social butterfly - someone who's socially oriented, outgoing, and often charming Eg : She was a social butterfly who attended all the best parties in town. Early bird - a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time. Eg : My Mum is the early bird in our family, she gets up at 5 o’clock in the morning. Night owl - a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night. Eg : My son’ a night owl, but I like to be in bed by 10 o'clock. Nerd - someone who is very interested in science or technology, particularly in computers Eg : He spends all weekends at his laptop, he is such a nerd. Cheapskate - a stingy person, especially : one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs or expenses. Eg : He was always a cheapskate even though he was earning $200,000 a year. Party animal - someone who likes to attend parties often Are you going out again tonight? You are such a party animal. Couch potato - a person who spends little or no time exercising and a great deal of time watching television. Eg : It seems that we are producing a whole new generation of couch potatoes. People person - a person who enjoys or is particularly good at interacting with others Eg : She's an extrovert, a real people person. People pleaser - someone who cares a lot about whether other people like them, and often wants others to approve of their actions Eg : He's a people pleaser; he's just horrified if people don't love him. Final Session Choose one of the topics below. Make notes about that person. Include some of the vocabularies that we have learned today. A friend that you have known for a long time A famous person you admire (it could be best friend or whatever) Who the person is How long you have known him / her What he/she is famous for How you met him / her His / her personalities and characters His / her personlaities and characters Why you admire him / her What you have in common What lessons you have learned from What you like doing together him / her The End

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