Part II. Personality

I. Warm-Up.

1. Do the following personality quiz. Personality quiz.

What sort of person are you?

1. Are you usually and happy? 2. Do you enjoy the company of other people? 3. Do you find it difficult to meet new people? 4. Is it important to you to succeed in your career? 5. Does your mood change often and suddenly for no reason? 6. Do you notice other people's feelings? 7. Do you think the future will be good? 8. Can your friends depend on you? 9. Is your room often in a mess? 10. Do you get annoyed if you have to wait for anyone or anything? 11. Do you put off until tomorrow what you could do today? 12. Do you work hard? 13. Do you keep your feelings and ideas to yourself? 14. Do you often give presents? 15. Do you talk a lot? 16. Are you usually calm and not worried by things?

               

Work in pairs.

a) Do the personality quiz above to discover what type of person you are. Use a dictionary to check any new words. Write Y for Yes, N for No, and S for Sometimes.

b) Ask your partner to do the quiz about you. look at your ideas and your partner's ideas about you. Are they the same?

c) Match these adjectives with the questions in the quiz.

a. untidy 9 b. optimistic c. sociable d. talkative e. reserved f. shy g. impatient h. ambitious

i. lazy j. generous k. moody l. hard-working m. easy-going n. reliable o. cheerful p. sensitive

Which are positive qualities and which are negative?

Which could be both?

d) What is the opposite of each of the sixteen adjectives in Exercise c)?

Remember that the prefixes in- and un- can sometimes be used to make negatives. Which of the adjectives above can use these?

e) Describe someone in the class to your partner but don't say who it is. Can your partner guess who it is?

2. Do the following questionnaire. Questionnaire: Are you an extrovert or an introvert?

In pairs, discuss these questions, then answer them.

1. If you moved to a new town, would you make friends

a) through work?

b) through other members of your family?

c) by joining clubs?

d)through friends of friends?

2. If you disagreed with the building of a motorway through your town, would you

a) do nothing?

b) talk to friends about it?

c) write to the newspapers?

d) organize a demonstration?

3. If you thought you should be promoted in your job, would you

a) say nothing?

b) wait until the next salary review?

c) write to the manager?

d) go and see the manager immediately?

4. If you saw someone drop a letter in the street, would you

a) ignore it?

b) hope someone else picks it up?

c) pick it up, run after the person and say, 'Excuse me …'?

d) pick it up and shout, 'Hey!'?

5. If at a party you found yourself standing alone, would you

a) leave?

b) look out of the window?

c) look for someone you know to talk to?

d) look around and go and speak to the most interesting looking stranger?

6. Which colour would you paint your kitchen?

a) white

b) blue

c) yellow

d) red

Your results

If you have mainly answered with c) and d), you have an active conscience and will probably be in a senior position in your job. You have lots of friends and you like meeting people. You are a social butterfly.

If you have mainly a) and b), you are an introvert, reserved, and you keep yourself to yourself. You are probably reliable and have a few really good friends rather than lots of acquaintances.

Discuss your choices with the rest of the class.

Do you think this type of questionnaire has any value?

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