Lesson 1

Personality Types Vocabulary

Strategy
1. Read and listen to the following conversation. Answer the questions below.
ssociate words with
A: ello, I want to investigate my career options and find out which professions best suit me.
similar meanings
B: ctually, that depends on your personality type. ou might be artistic, realistic,
to increase your
investigative, conventional or social. verybody is different
vocabulary.
A: mmm, and I guess it also depends on what I m interested in and what my abilities are.
B: ell, you re at the right place
Key Expressions
a. o you now about any of these personality types
To suit (someone /something): to fit
b. o you thin it is possible to fit into more than one personality type

2. Listen and complete. Use the Word Bank. Then, match the descriptions with the pictures.

Personality Types
a. Realistic people… b. Investigative c. Artistic people…
• are practical . people… • are .
• li e to use their • are • love to
hands. and in uisitive. themselves by creating
• are • are interested in art.
wor ing with learning, analyzing
animals, tools and and
machines. problems.

d. ocial people e. Conventional people…

• are • are and
and sociable. attentive.
• en oy helping or • li e to
routines and eep trac of
others. details.

Word Bank
• follow • solving • e cient • practical • creative
• express • training • friendly • careful • curious

3. Read and complete. Use some of the words in the Word Bank.
I am a very realistic person and I li e using my hands to he is a person who is very b.) with
build things. I am interested in becoming a carpenter money. y mom is a very social primary school teacher.
because I am a very a.) person. y To be a teacher you have to be c.) and
sister, however, is completely different to me. he en oy helping others. y dad is a musician. e has a very
studies accounting. ver since I can remember she li es d.) personality and loves creating art. I
saving her money and calculating how much she has. admire my family.
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