Level 1 Student’s Worksheet

Unit 3B Personality and Free Time

A Complete the crossword puzzle. 1 2 3

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4 5
1 Hassan isn’t shy. He feels sure
about things. He’s very … and 6
knows what he can do.
3 I think Marisa has a really nice …
I love going out with her.
5 Jakob really likes other people. 7
He’s an …
6 You’re very …! You love meeting
new people.
8
Across
9
2 Soo-Bong has a lot of friends.
He’s very …
4 Layla always thinks about other people. She’s …
6 Piet is … He gets nervous around people he doesn’t know.
7 Mikhail is an … He is a very quiet person.
8 Issa doesn’t have a lot of friends, but he’s very … to a few close friends.
9 Mika is really … She loves telling jokes.

B Work in pairs. Check your answers.

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C Work in pairs or small groups. Follow the instructions.
1 Match the paper strips to make correct questions.
2 Ask and answer the questions together.
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What do you want to do this evening?
What do you do in your free time?
Who do you go out with in your free time?
What TV shows do you watch every day?
What sports do you play?
Where do you go with your friends?
When do you go to the movies?
Why do you want to learn English?
Where do you like studying?
Who do you like going out with?

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 Level 1 Unit 3B Notes
Teacher’s Teacher’s Notes

Personality and Free Time

Objective: to review personality vocabulary; to practice asking and answering questions
about free time activities
Time: 45–55 minutes
Skills: reading—completing a crossword
speaking and listening—asking and answering questions about free time activities
Vocabulary: personality adjectives
Grammar: simple present information questions
Preparation: hand out one crossword per student; one set of question cards per pair (cut
out and mixed up)

●● After they have made ten sentences, check the

Lead-in» answers with the class, and then have the students
On the board, write funny, confident, considerate. Ask the take turns asking each other the questions.
students to name a celebrity who is well known for having
Answers
each personality trait. Brainstorm other personality traits and
write them on the board. What do you want to do this evening?
What do you do in your free time?
Who do you go out with in your free time?
A What TV shows do you watch every day?
●● Give each student a worksheet. If the students are not What sports do you play?
familiar with crossword puzzles, explain how to do Where do you go with your friends?
them. When do you go to the movies?
●● Ask them to complete the crossword puzzle Why do you want to learn English?
individually. Set a time limit of five minutes. Where do you like studying?
Who do you like going out with?
B
●● Ask the students to check their answers in pairs. Then
Follow-up
check the answers with the class, paying attention to
pronunciation. ●● Ask the students to write five sentences about the
other people in their group, e.g., Miguel wants to go to
Answers the movies this evening.
Down ●● When they finish, ask the students to turn their paper

1 confident face down. Then go quickly around the classroom

3 personality and have each student say (not read) one of their
5 extrovert sentences aloud. Make a note of any errors or
6 sociable misunderstandings to deal with at the end.
Across
2 popular personality description
4 considerate
Put the students into pairs and ask them to imagine they
6 shy
are their partner. Ask them to write 50 words describing their
7 introvert
partner’s personality and preferred free time activities for a
8 loyal
social networking Web site, using the simple present. When
9 funny
they finish, have them swap texts with their partner to read
and discuss.
C
●● Put the students into pairs or groups of three. Give
each group the instructions and 20 strips of paper,
Web homework
having shuffled them. Ask them to work together to Have the students think of a famous person and use
make the ten questions. the Internet to research this person’s hobbies. Warn the
●● As the students play the game, circulate and monitor. students that this may be difficult and that they may
Note that there are only ten correct combinations, so need to change their famous person if they cannot find
the students will need to read very carefully. any information about their hobbies.

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