COMPOUND WORDS WITH SELF-

Eleanor Ricci entered the auditorium with her usual __________

and began her presentation.

• Self-confidence

• Self-esteem

• Self-pity

• Self-image

Even though my brother Martin always wears great clothes, he feels _________

and usually asks me to tell him if he looks OK.

• self-conscious

• self-confident

• self-critical

• self-centered

They say that children’s _______ is built by receiving

parental praise for their accomplishments.

• self-pity

• self-image

• self-esteem

• self-confidence

A positive _______ can help people through the difficulties of

life without feeling like failures when things go wrong.

• self-pity

• self-esteem

• self-confidence

• self-image

People who spend a lot of time talking about themselves are ________

.

• self-critical

• self-centered

• self-confident

• self-conscious

I don’t know why Paul is so _______. He’s great at everything

and more successful than almost everyone else.

• self-confident

• self-conscious

• self-centered

• self-critical

We tried to encourage Sylvie to look on the bright side, but after she lost

her job, she just couldn’t stop wallowing in _______.

• self-image

• self-pity

• self-esteem

• self-confidence

_________ people don’t just sit around worrying about not

being able to do things. They try their best and assume their best is good

enough.

• self-confident

• self-conscious

• self-critical

• self-centered