To be successful and

famous, you need to be…

• ambitious • optimistic
• cheerful • patient
• creative • pessimistic
• enthusiastic • punctual
• flexible • realistic
• generous • self-confident
• honest • serious
• idealistic • shy
• intelligent • sociable
• loyal • sympathetic
• mature • thoughtful
• modest
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
 Ex. 2. Check the meaning of the adjectives below.

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

outgoing
passionate
sociable
selfless
self-satisfied
shrewd
spontaneous
stingy
stubborn
sympathetic
untrustworthy
vain
 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
footballe
industrious stubborn
politician
computer
singer
actress
author
insecure sympathetic r
programmer
intelligent untrustworthy
judgmental vain
Do you trust horoscopes?
Why/Why not?
Ex. 3. Read the Chinese horoscope. Match each of the
description with two adjectives from the list. (e.g. Tigers:
spontaneous, vain)
 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
Are the personality adjectives similar to those you chose in Ex.
1?

industrious bossy
shrewd cruel
 bad-
outgoing
tempered
creative self-satisfied
cautious stubborn
passionate gullible
Ex. 5. Look at the
year when you
were born.
Which
animal are
you?
Do you
agree with
the
description
?
 Ex. 7. Match the compound adjectives below with definitions.
having confidence in yourself and your
abilities
bad- thinking only about the thing that you
tempered want to achieve
easy-going not easily upset by negative comments
hard-working relaxed and happy to accept things
light-hearted without worrying
open-minded behaving in a way that is acceptable
quick-witted able to think in a fast way
self-confident
single- cheerful and without problems
minded
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
 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

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
Ex. 10. Works in pairs. Look at the personalite adjectives and
discuss the questions below.

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