Intermediate Conversation Preparation
Level: A2
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Personality
Time: 25–30 minutes
Q1 – What kind of person do you think you are?
Use five vocabulary words – make three positive statements and two negative statements.
“I think I am … .”
“I don’t think I am … .”
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q1b – How … do you think you are?
Add a degree to each statement from Q1.
I think I am slightly … .
I think I am somewhat … .
I think I am quite … .
I think I am very … .
I think I am extremely … .
I barely think I am … .
I don’t think I am very … .
I don’t think I am … at all.
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q2 – What do you think is the best thing about your personality?
Use present perfect.
Make two statements — say what it is and how long you have been this way.
“I think the best thing about my personality is that I have always been … .”
“I think I have become more … over time and I think that is important.”
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q3 – What kind of people do you think you like?
Use present simple and present perfect.
Make a statement for seven vocabulary words.
I think I like people who are … .
I think I have always liked people who are … .
I don’t think I have ever liked people who are … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q4 – What kind of friends do you think you have?
Use present simple and present perfect.
Make five statements.
I think I have always had … friends.
I think my friends are … .
I think my friends have always been … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q5 – What kind of partner do you think you usually like?
Use present simple and present perfect.
Make five statements — four positive, one negative.
I think I have always liked a partner who is … .
I don’t think I have ever liked a partner who is … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q6 – Do you think personality can change over time?
Use present simple and present perfect.
Make two statements — one for each side of the argument.
I think personality can change because I have become … .
I don’t think personality changes much because I have always been … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q7 – Is there anything about your personality you think you would like to change?
Use present perfect and present simple.
Make three statements.
I think I have always been … but I would like to be more … .
I don’t think I have ever been … and I would like to change that.
I think I have become more … but I would still like to be … .
