Ingls 9 Ano Family Fortunes

Nome: _________________________________________________ Data: ___/___/___ I COMPREHENSION Read the magazine article about how your position in the family affects your personality.

Scientists and psychologists agree that although many factors contribute to forming your personality, for example, your sex, class, culture, or lifestyle, one of the most important is your position in the family. So how have you been affected? Are you a first child, a middle child, the youngest, or an only child?
First-born children. If you are a firstborn child, you are probably self-confident and a good leader - you came first after all. You may also be bossy and even aggressive if you don't get what you want. You are ambitious, and good at communicating, because you learned to speak from your parents, not from brothers and sisters. On the other hand, if you are the oldest and so you have to be the most responsible, and this can make you the kind of person who worries a lot. Middle children are usually independent and competitive. You had to fight with your brothers and sisters to get what you wanted. You are also co-operative as you always had to negotiate with either your older or your younger brothers and sisters. You are sociable, as you always had someone to play with. On the other hand, you may be jealous and insecure or moody if you felt that your parents preferred your older brother or sister. Youngest children are often very charming. You learned very quickly that you could get exactly what you want by being charming - and this can make you manipulative. You are usually affectionate and relaxed because when you arrived your parents were more relaxed themselves. But you are often not very independent as you always had so many people to help Vou. This makes it hard for you to take decisions. And you may be lazy, because your parents probably pushed you less and were less strict with you than with your older brothers and sisters. Only children are often quite selfish. You had the wonderful luxury of not having to share your parents' attention with anybody else. In fact, you received so much attention as a child that you find it difficult to be interested in other people. On the other hand, you are usually organized and responsible, and often imaginative. But you may find it difficult to communicate with others, and are very 55 sensitive to criticism.

Article taken from English File Intermediate

1. Now write (T) for TRUE or (F) for FALSE according to the text. a) Scientists believe that many factors affect peoples personality. b) The parents are not so strict with the oldest children. c) The first-born children are better at communicating. d) The middle children are always very unstable. e) The children are sometimes spoiled if they dont have siblings. f) A lot of help from the people around you can make you lazy.

2. Find words in the text which means. a. The sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual. (Line 02) _______________________________________________ b. Overly authoritative. (Line 07) ___________________________________________ c. The person who likes being with other people. (Line 18) ____________________ d. Temperamental. (Line 19) ________________________________________________ e. Clever at controlling people to get what you want. (Line 22) ______________ f. Characteristic of a person who expects people to obey rules or to do what he/she says. ( Line 27) ___________________________________________________ II GRAMMAR 1. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Perfect. Example: I __________________ my fathers car. (wash) I have washed my fathers car. a) Karen __________________ me as e-mail. (send) b) Dave and Pate __________________ the museum. (visit) c) I __________________ at the pet shop. (be) d) They __________________ already __________________ their bags. (pack) e) Marcus __________________ an accident. (have) f) We __________________ the shopping for our grandmother. (do) g) I __________________ just __________________ my bike. (clean) h) Emily __________________ her room. (paint) i) Lisa and Colin __________________ to a concert. (go) j) My friends __________________ smoking. (give up)

2. Complete using the verbs in brackets with the appropriated tense: present perfect simple or present perfect continuos. Robin: I think the waiter __________________( forget) us. We __________________ (wait) here for over half an hour and nobody __________________ (take) our order yet. Michele: I think you're right. He__________________ (walk) by us at least twenty times. He Robin: probably Look thinks at we ____________________________________ that couple over there, (order, they already). ________________________________(be, only) here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food. Michele: He must realize we __________________ (order, not) yet! We __________________(sit) here for over half an hour staring at him. Robin: I don't know if he ____________________________________ (notice, even) us. He __________________(run) from table to table taking orders and serving food. Michele: That's true, and he __________________(look, not) in our direction once. 3. Form compound adjectives with the words in the box. Use some words twice. Behaved faced headed hearted minded skinned tempered

a) Badly - ___________ c) big - _____________ e) cold - ____________ g) level - ____________ i) narrow - ___________ k) open - ____________ 4. Choose the correct answer.

b) short - ______________ d) strong - ____________ f) thick - _______________ h) two - _______________ j) warm - ______________ l) well - _______________

a) Hes very thick-skinned / strong-minded. He always gets what he wants! b) You cant trust him. Hes two-faced / short-tempered. c) The characters in that film were horrible. They were so cold-hearted / openminded. d) My uncle isnt very strong-minded / level-headed. Hes started smoking again. e) Mu cousins are only five and seven, but I like them. Theyre really thick-skinned / well-behaved. f) Shes very warm-hearted / thick-skinned. She does a lot work of charity. g) That policeman is great in crisis. He is very thick-headed / level-headed. h) Hes really narrow-minded / big-headed. He never accepts others opinions.