Please read the passage about life coaches and answer the questions.
What is a life coach?
Just as a football or basketball coach helps you to play your sport well, a life coach helps you to live your life well. The
difference is usually that a sports coach tells you what to do, but a life coach doesn’t. One good way to know yourself is
to ask others what they think about you. However, some people don’t like doing this, so they pay a life coach. The main
job of a life coach is to ask specific questions which you need to answer. It works like this: by answering the questions as
honestly as possible, you begin to understand some things about yourself. The life coach usually doesn’t tell you to make
changes in your life. But their job is to help you realize for yourself that you need to make changes. For example, the life
coach might ask you if you enjoyed seeing an old friend last week. If your answer is yes, you might choose to go out
more and see more friends and, as a result, you are happier. Nobody tells you what to do, but the life coach asks the
right questions and your answers to those questions help you to know yourself a little better. When you start to
understand yourself, you choose things that make you a happier and better person.
1 What does the writer say about life coaches in the first 2 The main difference between a life coach and a sports coach is
sentence? that a life coach
A They can help you play sports well. A tells you what you must do.
B They can improve your life. B doesn’t give instructions.
C They need to understand sports. C asks easier questions.
3 According to the passage, some people are not keen on the 4 What happens if you answer a life coach’s questions honestly?
idea of A You start to know yourself better.
A playing sports. B Your life coach is happy with you.
B giving their opinions. C Your life coach can tell you what changes to make.
C asking people to describe them
5 The writer says that if you enjoyed seeing an old friend, 6 What does the writer think of life coaches?
A you might do it more often. A Their questions help you make good choices.
B you don’t have any problems. B They ask too many questions.
C it doesn’t mean you are happy. C They tell you what to do and this makes you happier.
Now take turns being your partner’s life coach. Work using your answers and your partner´s answers in the self-awareness
worksheet. Ask him or her questions about his strengths and things to improve. Then write what you think your partner is like and
what they could do to be happier and to make their lives better. You can use some of these phrases...
Describing a person Making changes
He/She prefers ... He/She should ...
He/She is a ... person, who is .... He/She could try ...
He/She seems to ... It would be a good idea if he/she ...
He/She is (not very) good at ... One change which would help ...
