9th form, PREPARE, DIAGNOSTIC TEST, Unit 1-2.

Listening. Choose True or False.

Personality only refers to a person's ability to get along socially.

Psychologists study personality by examining patterns of behavior, emotions, and thought processes.

Hippocrates believed that personality differences were influenced by body fluids.

Carl Jung classified people as either sanguine or melancholic.

According to Jung, introverts are more focused on the external world than their own thoughts and feelings.

In normal individuals, a balance between introversion and extroversion is maintained.

VOCABULARY Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

I was really pleased when the shop assistant gave me a cloth bag and said there was no extra charge / discount.

Shop assistants hate having to serve / shop rude customers.

I find it really annoying / anxious to have to queue to pay for things in shops.

Mary’s very loyal / sociable and likes going to the mall with lots of friends.

I was so silly / disappointed! There were no T-shirts I liked in my size.

My friend isn’t very reliable / talented; he often loses his shopping list and buys the wrong things at the supermarket.

That present was exactly what I wanted – thank you for being so thoughtful / jealous!

I did badly in my last exams, but I’ll try and do better in future / in advance.

The head teacher said she wouldn’t wait until the following day to do something about the problem, she’d do it at once / at present.

In future / In general, primary schools in my country are very good.

When my school broke up for the summer holidays, I was very pleased at last / at first but now I’m actually feeling a bit bored!

Add a prefix (un- or dis-), or a suffix (-or, -er or -ist) to the words in brackets to complete the sentences.

I never eat apples because I really (like) them.

If you’re a good (swim), you can jump into the water from this rock.

My cousin watched me playing football – it was raining, so he was nearly the only

(spectate)!

Jo is very nice and never says anything (pleasant) to anyone.

I said something very silly in class, and then I just wanted to (appear)!

We spent ............ hours looking for a good present for Angela.

Not................... teenagers buy clothes in that shop.

If you see / will see a rare bird, please send me a picture of it.