These four quizzes help readers to understand themselves better. In the first quiz, readers choose sentences that best describe their personality and character. In the second, readers identify their interests. In the third, readers choose sentences that describe how they feel about their relationships with other people. In the fourth, readers choose sentences that describe how they learn. At the end, the author explains what the readers’ choices say about who they are.
Key Words:
• Character Traits: aspects of personality
• Empathy: the ability to understand someone
else’s feelings
• Influences: powers that have an effect on
the way someone thinks or develops
• Inventory: a list of all the things in a place
• Relationships: the way two people or groups
behave toward each other
• Tolerant: accepting of others
Academic Words:
adult = a grown-up person
➡ The only adult he normally talked to was his teacher.
attitude = opinions and feelings
➡ Generally, she had a good attitude and didn’t let things upset her.
categories = groups or divisions of things ➡ The inventory is divided into four categories.
communication = process of speaking,
writing, etc.
➡ Good communication is an important part of building healthy relationships.
manipulating = making someone do what
you want by deceiving or influencing him
or her
➡ Manipulating friends is not a good idea, as
you may end up losing their friendships.
response = something said, written, or done
as a reaction to something else
➡ There is no right or wrong response to
the question.
Collocations with do
English speakers use do to talk about things connected with work or household tasks, e.g., do your homework, do the dishes. Do is alsoused when the speaker cannot fully describe an activity, as in Somebody do something! Do is often used before a determiner (some, any, the, etc.) +gerund:
I’ll do the shopping. Did you do any sightseeing?
You will encounter do in many fixed expressions, also, as in
Do your best.
Do your duty.
Do someone a favor.
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