Download this free B1–B2 English worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on a new study about genetics, personality traits and whether people can change their personality over time.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world science and psychology topic about personality, genes, family, environment, personal change and self-development. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, classroom teaching, homework and discussion practice.
The article explains the topic in clear, accessible English. Students read that researchers combined genetic and personality data from more than one million people and found 1,260 common genetic variants linked to the Big Five traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.
This worksheet helps B1–B2 learners discuss personality and change in everyday English. Students talk about how their personality has changed since childhood, which family member they take after, whether work or relationships have brought out new sides of them, and whether personality labels can hold people back.
The PDF includes a B1–B2 reading text, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners build useful vocabulary for talking about inherited traits, stable personality, gradual change, personal tendencies, family influence, confidence, shyness and whether personality is set in stone.
Level: B1–B2
Date: 08 September 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, personality, genetics, change, family and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B1–B2 reading text about personality, genetics and change
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as play a part in, be born with, grow out of, bring out, work on, come out of your shell, take after, hold us back, set in stone and come into play. It also practises vocabulary such as genetic, common, linked, stable, tendency, gradual, influence, permanent, dramatic and develops.
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