And match them with their definitions (a-f).

1 selfish afeeling sure of their abilities and worth

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2 self-disciplined

3 self-interested

4 self-confident

5 self-educated

6 self-possessed

bare able to control themselves and make themselves work hard or behave in a particular way without needing anyone else to tell them what to do

c always want to do what is best for

themselves rather than for anyone else

dcare only about themselves , and not about other people

eare calm and confident and in control

of their emotions

fhave learnt a skill by themselves

b) Say which of the characteristics above are positive? Why?

sed in English to form nouns and adjectives. = respect for yourself oven that cleans itself a Jot of self-control to keep from crying.

se -confident or e f-assured? The words self-confidentand self-assuredare very close in meaning. They both are used to show that a person can deal with a situation successfully and is not worried that he/she could do something wrong or fail. The adjective self-assured Self-confidentpeople are sure usually stresses that people are that they have abilities and are very confident in the way they attractive and that other people deal with other people, especially like them . in public situations when other Self-confident people are not people's attention is fixed on afraid or nervous in social them. situations.

Dr Lauren was a very selfAs a child he was always self

assured woman. She answered confident,happily joining in adult the difficult questions of the conversations. audience in a very assured way.

VOCABULARY

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......,., This prefix self- is often u For example: self-respect

a self-cleaning oven = an

When I hurt myself, it took

VOCABULARY

2 Find Ukrainian equivalents for these words and word combinations.

a self-addressed self-discipline 10 self-mockery

envelope self-educated 11 self-neglect

self-admiration self-importance 12 self-pity

self-centred self-love 13 self-reproach

self-coloured self-made 14 self-sacrifice

3 Think about word-formation in English language and say what the antonyms to the following adjectives are.

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1 tolerant 6 dependent

2 flexible 7 civilised

3 patient 8 controlled

4 tidy 9 fair

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ashamed 10 polite

Work in pairs.

11 supportive

12 reasonable

13 willing

14 moral

15 balanced

A) Read and explain the meanings of the following words.

Use synonyms.

It is generally believed that teenagers tend to become :

• rebellious

• ill-mannered, impertinene or cheeky

• aggressive and violent

• skeptica l or cynical

• intolerant and inflexible

• impatient and flighty

• clums/ and awkward

• untidy or scruff/

• too self-assured or cocky

• over-amb itious

• shy of talking about their problems

• afraid to be seen as losers

• scared of being lonely, bullied or rejected
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