Assessment
1. Match the halves and use the words in your own sentences.
1. about (2)
2. in
3. with
4. to
5. of
1. object
2. get excited
3. believe
4. worry
5. be afraid
6. talk
7. cope
2. Group adjectives describing personalities positively or negatively.

annoying | funny | gifted | modest | smart | naughty

friendly | talkative | impolite | easygoing | helpful | serious

professional | silly | offensive | moody | passionate | cheerful

Negative
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Positive
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3. | Write a paragraph about your personality. Tell something about yourself and say where your personality traits come from-nature, nurture or astrology.

4. Write a paragraph on one of these comments giving your ideas.

1. You have to be practical. Probably there will be some problems in life that you can solve and some you can’t. What’s important is realizing when something is beyond your control. Then it’s better just to move on.

2. Life is likely full of hard times. You just have to accept the fact that bad things happen and there’s very little you can do about it.

3. It’s important to see a problem as both a challenge to be faced and an opportunity for success. Difficult experiences can make a person stronger.

5. Think and match the words and phrases given in two columns.
a) a person’s usual pattern of behaviour
b) what we feel, such as anger, love and happiness
c) the source of traits we inherit from our parents
d) the world around us
e) the belief that learning determines personality
f) the belief that genetics determines personality
1. genes
2. environment
3. emotions
4. the “nature school”
(of thought)
5. personality
6. the nurture school
(of thought)