Find the job that's right for you! Extra Practice (Optional)

Reading 12 – Unit 10: Find the Job That’s Right for You! (p.69)
Material elaborado por la Prof. Viviana Giménez ©

A. These ideas are in the article, but expressed with different words. Find them (each sentence here is equivalent to one or more sentences in the article). Then, put them in order to have a summary (resumen) of the article.


…… Later Liz discovered she was the Artistic type.
…… Psychologist John Holland believes that there are six types of personalities.
…… Half of the people in America don’t like their jobs.
…… Liz likes her present job very much.
…… Liz thought she wanted to be a school counselor or a lawyer.
…… According to your personality type, there are jobs that will make you happy and jobs that you will hate.
…… If you know what kind of personality you have, it will be easier to choose the right job for you.
…… Liz took film classes and now produces TV programs for kids.
…… Liz didn’t enjoy her counseling and law classes.
…… If you don’t want to have the same problem, try to think carefully about what kind of person you are.




B. Match: Read about Personality types in the article. Then, match the following types of personalities with their descriptions.

1. The Realistic type
2. The Investigative type
3. The Artistic type
4. The Social type
5. The Enterprising type
6. The Conventional type

a. Is an extrovert and a leader
b. Has a friendly personality and enjoys teaching
c. Is analytical and loves problem-solving.
d. Enjoys working with machines
e. Is methodic and likes routines
f. Has a lot of imagination and loves to create art

ANSWERS

A:8-3-1-10-6-4-5-9-7-2
B:
1-d
2-c
3-f
4-b
5-a
6-e






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