Vocabulary: Identity p. 17 #616110 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

STEP 1 Revise with word definitions

Write the correct word or phrase.

appearance ● relationships ● personality traits ● personal experiences ● nationality

Your identity is made up of…
character: ________
the way you look: ________
your origin: ________
the people you love and the life you've lived: ________ and ________

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STEP 3 Find the opposite personality traits

Complete the list.

1 narrow-minded vs ________
2 careful vs ________
3 attentive vs ________
4 restless vs ________
5 thoughtless vs ________
6 soft-hearted vs ________
7 humble vs ________
8 extroverted vs ________

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STEP 5 Word formation

Look at the word formation box on noun suffixes. Then use the noun suffixes given to create new words. One of the suffixes must be used twice.

-ness ● -ance/-ence ● -sion/-tion ● -ism ● -ty/-ility

1 precise → ________
2 race → ________
3 conscious → ________
4 safe → ________
5 tolerant → ________
6 exaggerate → ________
7 possible → ________
8 aware → ________

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STEP 2 Find out Maya's identity

Complete the sentences with the words given.

beliefs ● upbringing ● fingerprints ● relations ● education ● ethnicity ● citizenship

1 Maya is British and she's got British ________.
2 She is of Indian ________.
3 She's had a traditional ________. She's learned to respect her elders and value family bonds.
4 This is also why her ________ are so important for her.
5 Her friends and family share Maya's ________.
6 She's received a good ________. She's studied hard and is very proud of it.
7 She believes her identity is much more than her physical body – she's not only the ________ on her passport!

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STEP 4 Find out Maya's personality traits

Complete the sentences with some of the words from STEP 3.

1 Maya is ________ and accepts other people's ideas.
2 She doesn't like speaking to people she doesn't know well because she's ________.
3 She's usually relaxed and quiet, she's definitively a ________ person.
4 She's also extremely ________: she always thinks of what she can do to make her friends happy.
5 She's got a strong character and doesn't like ________ people, who believe they're superior to everybody.
6 She can't stand ________ behaviour either, when someone isn't concerned and cares about nothing.

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