Personality and Hypothetical Situations

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Course Outline

  1. Personality Traits and Animal Metaphors
  2. Leila’s Profile and Hypothesis

1. Personality Traits and Animal Metaphors

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Happy-go-lucky: someone who is not worried about the future and lets things come

★ Must-know

  • Personality traits can be intensified using the expressions “not at all,” “not very,” “a bit,” “quite,” “extremely,” and “too.”

  • The positive personality adjectives are:

    • responsible
    • patient
    • caring
    • outgoing
    • honest
    • flexible
    • easy-going
    • hard-working
    • polite
    • bold
  • The negative personality adjectives are:

    • impatient
    • irresponsible
    • selfish
    • shy
    • dishonest
    • stubborn
    • touchy
    • lazy
    • impolite or rude
    • easily scared

Further detail

  • A lion represents a born leader, while a dove represents someone with a happy-go-lucky approach to life.

Memory Hook

Positive traits such as responsible and caring contrast with negative traits such as irresponsible and selfish.

2. Leila’s Profile and Hypothesis

  • Leila is quiet, irresponsible sometimes, a little touchy, quite outgoing, silly, and easily scared.

📌 Leila would be a dove because she has a happy-go-lucky approach to life.

📌 The hypothetical structure “If she, he, or it were …, she, he, or it would + base verb” expresses a hypothetical situation.

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Practice quiz preview

1. Which expression indicates that a personality trait has a very high degree?

2. Which adjective describes someone who shows courage or confidence?

3. What does “happy-go-lucky” describe?

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Flashcard preview

Which expressions intensify personality traits?

Not at all, not very, a bit, quite, extremely, and too.

Name three positive personality adjectives from the quiz.

Responsible, patient, and caring.

Name three negative personality adjectives from the quiz.

Impatient, irresponsible, and selfish.

What does 'happy-go-lucky' describe?

Someone not worried about the future who lets things come.

What animal represents a born leader?

A lion.

What animal represents a happy-go-lucky approach to life?

A dove.

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