1 self-assembly furniture

a. furniture that you can only buy online

b. furniture you have to build at home from a set of prepared parts

2 self-awareness

a. feeling very upset about something you have done

b. good knowledge and judgment about yourself

3 self-doubt

a. a lack of confidence in your abilities and opinions

b. doing what you want and not thinking about others

4 self-image

a. what you think about your appearance, personality and abilities

b. a photograph someone has taken of your face

5 self-pity

a. happiness about something you have achieved

b. feeling sorry for yourself because you think you have a lot of problems

6 a self-portrait

a. a still image from a video

b. a painting an artist paints of himself

Self adjectives

Would you use any of these adjectives to describe yourself?

1 self-important

a. pretending you know something when you don't

b. having a high opinion of yourself when it isn't deserved

2 self-centred

a. thinking about other people all the time

b. thinking only about yourself at all times

3 self-confident

a. having no doubts about what you know or what you can do

b. thinking that you are wrong all the time

4 self-reliant

a. asking people to help you all the time

b. needing no help or support from other people

5 self-satisfied

a. very stressed and unhappy

b. very pleased with yourself

6 self-willed

a. having no confidence in something you must do

b. determined to do what you want without listening to advice from others

Complete the conversations

Complete these conversations putting one of the self nouns or adjectives in the space.

1 My old grandma never asks for help from anyone.

- I wish my grandparents were so .................

2 I am useless at do-it-yourself.

- Then why have you bought some .............. chairs for the kitchen?

3 She is always determined to do exactly as she wants. She never listens to my advice.

- You can be very ............. at times as well, you know.

4 That is one of my favourite paintings.

- You mean the .............. by Van Gogh?

5 Did you know Maggie has just got a promotion?

- That explains the .......... look on her face.

6 She never ever thinks about anyone else but her self.

- I agree. She is the most ............... person I know.

And finally ...

Choose the correct word

1 To do well in an interview you need to have a positive (self-portrait/self-image).

2 He thinks he runs the company, but he doesn't. He's a useless boss but he always appears so (self-willed/self-important).

3 Don't be so sad! It will all turn out okay. It isn't like you to be so (self-pitying/self-confident) like this.

4 Good! You are showing a lot of (self-doubt/self-confidence). That's excellent.

Answers on page 11 next Wednesday

Answers

May 6

Page 2: Icy nouns: 1. a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. a, 5. b, 6. a

Breaking the ice: 1. b, 2. b, 3. a, 4. a, 5. b, 6. b

Fill in the blanks: 1. iced over, 2. break the ice, 3. as cold as ice, 4. cuts no ice

Icy mixture: 1. a, 2. a, 3. a, 4. b