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The passage discusses the relationship between personality, activities and suitability for different jobs such as nursing, science and music.

Friendly and outgoing personalities are described as suitable for nursing, while quiet and shy personalities as well as enjoying thinking and reading alone are described as suitable for science. Creative personalities that enjoy playing music with others are described as suitable for music.

Gladys is described as a nurse who is friendly and outgoing and enjoys meeting people and talking to nurses and patients. Phuong is described as a scientist who enjoys thinking about hard questions and reading alone, and is quiet and shy. Benito is described as a musician who is creative and enjoys playing music with friends and writing new songs.

Unit 1 Personal information Name:

Lesson D Reading ✓
A Write the words in the correct column.

architect friendly nurse scientist think


creative imagine quiet talk

Jobs (nouns) Personality (adjectives) Activities (verbs)

architect friendly think

B Read the title. What is the topic of the article? Circle the correct answer.
a. the right personality b. the right job c. the right personality for the job

The Right Kind of Person for the Job


Gladys is a nurse. She is friendly and outgoing. She likes meeting new
people. She gets along well with the nurses and patients. She enjoys talking
to them.
Phuong is a scientist. She enjoys thinking about hard questions. She likes
reading, and she doesn’t mind working alone. She is quiet and shy.
Benito is a musician. He likes playing music with his friends. He is creative.
He loves writing new songs. His songs are different and interesting.

C Read the article in Exercise B. Then match.


1. Gladys likes e a. nurses and patients.
2. Gladys enjoys talking to b. reading.
3. Phuong enjoys thinking about c. new songs.
4. Phuong likes d. his friends.
5. Benito loves writing e. meeting new people.
6. Benito likes playing music with f. hard questions.

D Complete the sentences with information about you.


Example: I am creative.
1. (personality) I am .
2. (activities) I like .
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Unit 1 Personal information Name:

Lesson D Reading ✓
A Write the words in the correct column.

architect dancer imagine nurse scientist talk


creative friendly meet quiet shy think

Jobs (nouns) Personality (adjectives) Activities (verbs)

architect

B Read the title. What is the topic of the article? Circle the correct answer.
a. the right personality b. the right job c. the right personality for the job

The Right Kind of Person for the Job


Gladys is a nurse. She is friendly and outgoing. She likes meeting new
people. She gets along well with the nurses and patients. She enjoys talking
to them.
Phuong is a scientist. She enjoys thinking about hard questions. She likes
reading, and she doesn’t mind working alone. She is quiet and shy.
Benito is a musician. He likes playing music with his friends. He is creative.
He loves writing new songs. His songs are different and interesting.

C Read the article in Exercise B. Then answer the questions.


1. What does Gladys like doing? Meeting new people.
2. Who does Gladys enjoy talking to?
3. What does Phuong enjoy thinking about?
4. What does Phuong like doing?
5. What does Benito love writing?
6. Who does Benito like playing music with?

D Complete the sentences with information about you.


Example: I am creative and friendly.
1. (personality) I am and .
2. (activities) I like and .

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Unit 1 Personal information Name:

Lesson D Reading ✓
A Write the words in the correct column. Add one more word in each column.
Use your dictionary if necessary.

architect designer imagine outgoing shy


creative enjoy meet quiet talk
dancer friendly nurse scientist think

Jobs (nouns) Personality (adjectives) Activities (verbs)

architect

B Read the title. What is the topic of the article? Circle the correct answer.
a. the right personality b. the right job c. the right personality for the job

The Right Kind of Person for the Job


Gladys is a nurse. She is friendly and outgoing. She likes meeting new
people. She gets along well with the nurses and patients. She enjoys talking
to them.
Phuong is a scientist. She enjoys thinking about hard questions. She likes
reading, and she doesn’t mind working alone. She is quiet and shy.
Benito is a musician. He likes playing music with his friends. He is creative.
He loves writing new songs. His songs are different and interesting.

C Read the article in Exercise B. Then write questions.


1. (What / do) What does Gladys like doing ? Meeting new people.
2. (Who / talk) ? Nurses and patients.
3. (What / think) ? Hard questions.
4. (What / do) ? Reading.
5. (What / write) ? New songs.
6. (Who / play music) ? His friends.

D Complete the sentences with information about you.

I am and . I’m not .


I like . I don’t like .
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