Solutions 2nd edition Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • PHOTOCOPIABLE
A Look at the personality adjectives in the table. If the adjective is positive, put a + next to it. If the adjective is negative, put a – next to it.
Zodiac Sign Personality
Aries21 March – 20 April
impatient selfish confident brave
Taurus21 April – 20 May
greedy lazy patient loyal
Gemini21 May – 21 June
outgoing moody lazy funny
Cancer22 June – 22 July
oversensitive romantic moody kind
Leo23 July – 22 August
generous intolerant creative arrogant
Virgo23 August – 22 September
gentle modest fussy conservative
Libra23 September – 22 October
easy-going outgoing indecisive impatient
Scorpio23 October – 21 November
stubborn passionate unkind patient
Sagittarius22 November – 21 December
honest impatient immature generous
Capricorn22 December – 19 January
ambitious conservative modest mean
Aquarius20 January – 18 February
creative loyal rebellious cold
Pisces19 February – 20 March
kind weak gentle oversensitive
B Look at the photos of the famous artists and discuss with your partner what kind of personalities you think they have.
1E Zodiac personality
Justin Bieber1 March 1994
Lady Gaga28 March 1986
Kylie Minogue28 May 1968
Beyoncé Knowles4 September 1981
Justin Timberlake31 January 1981
Enrique Iglesias8 May 1975
C Now find out which zodiac sign each artist is. How well do you think the adjectives describe them?
Solutions 2nd edition Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1E Zodiac personalityAims To recycle adjectives of personality from Lesson E and the unit. To encourage students to express their opinion.Time 15 minutesMaterials 1 handout for each student• Before distributing the handout, ask students if they think
personalities can be determined by date of birth and what they know about zodiac signs and personality.
• Give each student a copy of the handout and focus on the adjectives of personality in the right-hand column. Almost all of these appeared in Lesson E, earlier in the Student’s Book unit or in the photocopiable for Lesson A. The only new adjectives are fussy, conservative, cold and oversensitive.
• Students now complete task A by reading the adjectives and marking each one with + (positive) or – (negative).
ANSWER KEY
Zodiac Sign Positive meaning Negative meaning
Aries brave, confident selfish, impatient
Taurus patient, loyal greedy, lazy
Gemini outgoing, funny moody, lazy
Cancer kind, romantic moody, oversensitive
Leo generous, creative intolerant, arrogant
Virgo gentle, modest fussy, conservative
Libra easy-going, outgoing
indecisive, impatient
Scorpio passionate, patient stubborn, unkind
Sagittarius honest, generous impatient, immature
Capricorn ambitious, modest conservative, mean
Aquarius loyal, creative rebellious, cold
Pisces gentle, kind weak, oversensitive
• In task B, working in pairs, students discuss the personalities of the artists in the photos.
• For task C, students look at the photos again, determine the zodiac signs and look in the table for the list of adjectives which describe the signs. They should then discuss with a partner, or in a small group, to what extent they agree.
ANSWER KEYJustin Bieber Pisces Lady Gaga AriesKylie Minogue Gemini Beyoncé Knowles VirgoJustin Timberlake Aquarius Enrique Iglesias Taurus• Ask students how accurate they think the zodiac
personalities are.
