To be successful and famous, you need to be

1.

ambitious
cheerful
creative
enthusiastic
flexible
generous
honest
idealistic
intelligent
loyal
mature
modest
optimistic
patient
pessimistic
punctual
realistic
self-confident
serious
shy
sociable
sympathetic
thoughtful

2.

Ex. 1. Look at the photos. Can you identify the people and their
occupations? What have they done to become famous?
J.K.
author
Rowling
Angela
politician
Merkel
computer
Mark
programmer
Zuckerberg
Keira
actress
Knightley
Alicia
singer
Keys
Lionel
footballer
Messi

3.

Ex. 2. Check the meaning of the adjectives below.
bad-tempered
bossy
cautious
considerate
creative
cruel
eccentric
gullible
industrious
insecure
intelligent
judgmental

4.

Ex. 2. Check the meaning of the adjectives below.
outgoing
passionate
sociable
selfless
self-satisfied
shrewd
spontaneous
stingy
stubborn
sympathetic
untrustworthy
vain

5.

Which qualities would you need to be successful at each occupation?
bad-tempered
outgoing
bossy
passionate
cautious
sociable
considerate
selfless
creative
self-satisfied
cruel
shrewd
eccentric
spontaneous
gullible
stingy
industrious
stubborn
insecure
sympathetic
intelligent
untrustworthy
judgmental
vain
footballer
computer
politician
singer
actress
author
programmer

6.

Do you trust horoscopes?
Why/Why not?

7.

Ex. 3. Read the Chinese horoscope. Match each of the description
with two adjectives from the list. (e.g. Tigers: spontaneous, vain)

8.

Ex. 4. Using the years they were born, match the people in Ex. 1 with
an animal from the Chinese horoscope.
rooster
snake
horse
rabbit
ox
rat

9.

Are the personality adjectives similar to those you chose in Ex. 1?
industrious
bossy

10.

shrewd
cruel

11.

outgoing
bad-tempered

12.

creative
self-satisfied

13.

cautious
stubborn

14.

passionate
gullible

15.

Ex. 5. Look at the
year when you were
born.
Which
animal are
you?
Do you
agree with
the
description?

16.

Ex. 7. Match the compound adjectives below with definitions.
bad-tempered
easy-going
hard-working
having confidence in yourself and your
abilities
thinking only about the thing that you want
to achieve
not easily upset by negative comments
light-hearted
relaxed and happy to accept things without
worrying
open-minded
behaving in a way that is acceptable
quick-witted
able to think in a fast way
self-confident
single-minded
cheerful and without problems
thick-skinned
rude and not showing respect
well-behaved
willing to accept other ideas and ways of
doing things
putting a lot of effort into something

17.

Ex. 8. Listen to three speakers talking about different life
experiences. What are the experiences?
Which qualities each speaker say are important?
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3

18.

Ex. 9. Read the Recycle box. Then listen again and complete the
sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Recycle!
has given
didn’t have
has made
tasted
didn’t find
has had

19.

Ex. 10. Works in pairs. Look at the personalite adjectives and discuss
the questions below.
Which qualities are the most
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