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New Language Leader
Grade 11
First Semester
Unit1 – Personality
Lesson 1.1- Personality Types
(pages 6-7)
ENG812 – New Headway
Academic Skills (RWSS)

Objectives

By the end of lesson, you will be able to

• identify adjectives and compound adjectives related to
personality.
• extract specific information from a reading text.
• Use adjectives and compound adjectives in a short
paragraph.
 What does personality mean ?

Personality is a special combination of qualities in a

person that makes that person unique and different from
others, as shown by the way the person behaves, feels, and
thinks.
 How do you know personality you have?

What do we mean when we say that someone has a great,

strong or a horrible weak personality?

Do you think there are advantages of having a good strong

personality?

Do the exercises on the next slides to find out

02:00

Use the adjectives from the box to complete the sentences in the table.

friendly patient helpful funny outgoing

reliable kind organized energetic sociable

I think …………
kind reliable
1. A good friend is…………………and……………………..
friendly patient
2. A good teacher is………………..and…………………..
organized energetic
3. A good student is………………..and……………………
Helpful reliable
4. A good partner is…………………and……………………

This is a suggested answer key, you may use different adjectives

Below are adjectives that are used to describe personality. Which ones are
positive, which are negative and which are neutral?

adventurous ambitious assertive bossy cautious creative

energetic likeable organized moody quiet sensible
sensitive serious sociable thoughtful

Positive Negative Neutral

adventurous - sociable bossy - moody assertive – cautious
ambitious - creative serious
energetic - organized
reliable - sensible
sensitive - thoughtful
 To describe personality we use different adjectives:

Positive adjectives are used Negative Neutral

to describe good qualities in adjectives are used to adjectives are used to
a personality describe bad qualities in describe both
a personality

I am an ambitious person. The waiter is slow and The little boy is cautious.
unhelpful.
 To describe personality we aslo use compound adjectives.

 A compound adjective is a single adjective made up of more than one word. The

words in a compound adjective are often linked together with a hyphen to show
they are part of the same adjective.

1. If you don't accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own,
you are a narrow-minded person.
2. Layla is a big-hearted person, she is always willing to help other people.
02:00

Match words 1-8 with words a-h to make compound adjectives connected
with characters. Look at the given example

Words 1-8 Answers words a-h

1 easy - 1 - c easy – going a working
2 open- open-
2 - h open-minded b confident
3 even- 3 - e even-tempered
even- c going
4 hard- 4 - a hard- working d hearted
5 self- self-
5 - b self-confident e tempered
6-f strong-
strong-willed f willed
6 strong-
7 - d warm- hearted g headed
7 warm-
h minded
8 level- level-
8 - g level-headed
 04:00 Now, use the compound adjectives from the previous exercise to
easy – going complete the below table.
open-minded
even-tempered A person who …….
hard- working 1 does not easily become angry even –tempered

self-confident 2 is determined to do what they want strong – willed

strong-willed 3 is not easily upset or annoyed easy – going

warm- hearted 4 accepts other ideas and opinions open - minded

level-headed 5 makes a lot of efforts hard- working

6 believe in their own success self-confident
7 behaves in calm way even in a difficult situations level-headed
8 is friendly , kind and generous warm- hearted
Read the following text about personality types, then
answer the activities in next slides in your notebook .
People have different personalities. Personality is what makes people individuals and unique. However,
the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961) introduced two types of personality; extroverts and
introverts. Accordingly, most people have both types, but often they are more one type than the other.

Extroverts are individuals who feel energized and renewed by interactions and conversations with
other and by joining social events. In another words, they are outgoing and interested in meeting new
people. They are also friendly, sociable, talkative, enthusiastic, self-confident. Extroverts tends to act
first then think later. Thus, when they are not feeling good, they might call a friend or go shopping.
Sales, teaching, and management are some fields where typical extroverts work.

In contrast, introverts describes persons who tend to turn inward mentally. They avoid large groups of
people, feeling more energized and more comfortable by spending time alone where they enjoys ideas
and thinking. Introvert individuals are usually quiet, thoughtful and may be shy people. Thus, in
situations, they think, anlayse and consider before talking or taking any action. However, when
introverts are feeling bad or stressed, they look deep inside themselves for motivation and energy.
Introverts work as engineers, writers and inventors.
3:00

Are these statements true, false or Not given

1. The text describe a person’s way of looking at life. True

2. Extroverts work as writers and engineers . False

3. Extroverts prefer to be surrounded by people rather than be on

their own. True

4. Introverts don’t think carefully before they do things. False

5. Scientists agree that extroverts are born like that. Not

given

6. Introverts tends to be happier than extroverts Not

given
 2:00 Divide the adjective into two groups according to personality
types mentioned in the reading text.

Quiet Cautious
Talkative Thoughtful
Enthusiastic

Self-confident Reserved Adventurous

rs on a li t y t yp e s
Pe
Extrovert Introvert

Talkative Quiet
Enthusiastic Cautious
Adventurous Reserved
Self-confident Thoughtful
 3:00
Now, divide jobs into the two personality types.

Artist Journalist Musician Athlete

Librarian Police officer

Researcher

Computer programmer Film director

rs on a li t y t yp e s
Pe
Extrovert Introvert
Artist Computer programmer
Athlete Librarian
Film director Researcher
Police officer
Musician
Journalist
4:00
Use adjectives and compound adjectives to describe your
personality. Give examples. The below example might help you

My name is Mariam. I am a manger and I own an internet company. I am

a hard-working person. I am serious and I like to be in control, I plan
everything very carefully. I don’t like a lot of changes in my life.
Consequently, my friends say that I am reliable and I have got high
standard which makes me a good friend.

Adjectives describing Examples

Name + Job personality
 End of the lesson
Thank you for your perseverance
and hard work