Lesson 19 – What kind of friend are you?

Warm up

1. Let’s discuss it! what you think is important in a friend’s personality. Example:
   They should be friendly. Write friendly on the board. And what other things you think
   are important and write them up.
2. Your teacher will write a few important words about this topic, think of the opposites of the adjectives, and write them beside positive words.

Main Activity

1. You are going to find out about your own personality. Do it in pairs.
2. You do not answer the questions but read them and underline any words you do not understand. Ask your partner to explain any words they do not understand.
3. You can ask if there are any words you still do not know.
4. What do most people do?
   What should they do?
   talk about these two questions in relation to the questions in the questionnaire, and then choose the true answers for yourself.

   What kind of friend are you?

   For every a, score 1. For every b, score 5. For every c, score 10.

   Check your scores:
   How friendly are you? Questions 1, 4, 8
   3-7 Perhaps you feel that you do not need other people, but some people might think you are a bit cold sometimes.
   8-20 You are a friendly person and you are naturally polite. You like to get to know people.
   21-30 You are a very friendly person. Shy people might think you are too friendly sometimes!

   How confident are you? Questions 2, 3, 5
   3-7 You are not shy! Perhaps you do not like to be alone very much and need to have people around to have a good time.
   8-20 You are not usually shy, but you are sometimes. You like being with other people, but you can have fun alone too.
   21-30 Some people think you are a bit shy sometimes. You are a very quiet person, and you do not enjoy meeting too many new people.

   How reliable are you? Questions 6, 9, 11
   3-7 You do not plan to be unreliable, but perhaps some people might feel that they can not rely on you.
   8-20 You are usually reliable, and you try to do the right thing if you can.
   21-30 You are a very reliable person. You always try to keep your promises and do the best thing for other people
   .
   How generous are you? Questions 7, 10, 12
   3-7 You are a really kind and generous person. Your friends are lucky to know you!
   8-20 You are a generous person, but you think about what is good for you too.
   21-30 Some people might think you should be more generous sometimes. What do you think?

5. Please check your score.
6. Discuss, do you agree with the description of yourself and of your partner.
7. Which questions had a big difference between what people should do and what people really do? What is your answer? Tell the reason.

Follow up

• The class chose four adjectives of good personality from the list students produced during the Warm-up session at the beginning of the lesson.
• Students will be formed into three groups. Each group thinks of one question, with a, b, c answers like in the questionnaire, for each of the four adjectives. For easy scoring:
  – Make “a” the most positive/best answer, scoring 10.
  – Make “b” the medium answer, not so good and not so bad, scoring
  – Make “c” the negative/worst answer, scoring
• Each group writes each question on a separate piece of paper, making a class set of
  12 questions altogether, like in the original questionnaire.
• Your teacher will combine all the questions into a single questionnaire by putting them
  on the wall under the four adjectives you chose.
• Each group writes a short score sheet in their own words for one of the adjectives. As a guide:
  3-7: personality description not very good
  8-20: personality description = better
  21-30: personality description = good
• You do the questionnaire and check your scores.

Exercises