Unit 1 | Lesson 1

What’s your personality?

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about people’s personalities
 Unit 1 | Lesson 1
What’s your personality?
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about people’s personalities

Lesson overview

1 GET STARTED: First Impressions

2 VOCABULARY REVIEW: Describing personality
3 SPEAKING TASK 1: What words describe you?
4 GRAMMAR REVIEW: Information questions
5 SPEAKING TASK 2: Introduce yourself to your group!
6 PROGRESS CHECK
GET STARTED
First impressions
When you first meet someone, what is
important to you?

• nice clothes
• an honest face
• a friendly voice
• a cheerful personality
• something else
GET STARTED
First impressions
Look at the photos below. What are your first impressions of the people? What words can you use
to describe them?

They look like college students. They’re

Yes, and she looks…
happy and friendly.
VOCABULARY REVIEW
Describing personality
Which words describe the people in the photos? More than one answer is possible.

cheerful easygoing generous helpful

intelligent nervous serious sociable

1 2
SPEAKING TASK 1
What words describe you?
Tell your partner three words that describe you and give reasons for your choices. Can you find a
word below that does not describe you?

brave cheerful easygoing generous

helpful honest intelligent nervous
reliable selfish serious sociable

I’m serious, reliable, and easygoing. I’m

easygoing because I don’t argue with other
people. I’m not selfish. I have three brothers,
and we share everything!
SPEAKING TASK 1
What words describe you?
How are you and your partner similar?
Share with the class.

brave cheerful easygoing generous

helpful honest intelligent nervous

reliable selfish serious sociable

Veronica and I are easygoing, and we aren’t

selfish. We both have big families and share
our clothes and computers with our brothers
and sisters.
GRAMMAR REVIEW
Information questions
How would you answer these questions?

What are you doing these days?

How did you meet your best friend?

Where do you go for fun?

What is one of your favorite movies?

GRAMMAR REVIEW
Information questions
Choose an option in bold to complete each question. Then ask and answer the questions with a
partner.

1 What sports TV shows do you like?

2 What do you study? do in your free time?
3 Who do you follow on social media? want to meet?
4 What is your favorite color? class?
5 Where did you grow up? go last summer?
6 What did you do last night? have for dinner?
7 Which time of day is the best for you? the worst for you?
8 How was your last restaurant meal? party?
GRAMMAR REVIEW
Information questions
Complete the questions with the words in the
box.

are did do
does is was were

1 Where ___ your family live?

2 What ___ you like to do as a child?
3 Who ___ your favorite music group as a child?
4 When ___ your next class?
5 What ___ your interests these days?
6 Which sport ___ you like: soccer or basketball?
SPEAKING TASK 2
Introduce yourself to your group!
PROGRESS CHECK

Now I can...

❑ talk about people’s personalities.

❑ use information questions to get to know someone.

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What’s your personality?
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about people’s personalities

Thank you!