Skillful 2 R&W - Unit 5 - Reading 1 Comprehension Questions

Match the following

• The importance in believing in what you

• Paragraph 2

• The importance of trying to continue

• Paragraph 4

• Changing our feelings about failure

• Paragraph 5

• How to react to failure

• Paragraph 3

by convincing others of it (paragraph 1)

• ability

• others

• people

• value

do better in the next one (paragraph 2)

• they

• job interview

• someone

• people

3 While these are ways to measure your success (paragraph 3)

• ideas (fame & money)

• achievements

• charity

• success

He then went on to become (paragraph 4)

• Writer

• Movie

• Professional

• Steven Spielberg

each one can make us stronger (paragraph 4)

• directors

• attempt

• ability

• personalities

Jobs that take a long time to succeed in

• Doing badly on a job interview

• They are doing it for themselves or something they believe in

• success takes time

• working in movies

2 Why people who love what they do are motivated to succeed

• Doing badly on a job interview

• They are doing it for themselves or something they believe in

• success takes time

• working in movies

3 Why people give up before they reach their goals

• Doing badly on a job interview

• They are doing it for themselves or something they believe in

• success takes time

• working in movies

4 Jobs that take a long time to succeed in

• Doing badly on a job interview

• They are doing it for themselves or something they believe in

• success takes time

• working in movies