Workbook Exercises

People always think I’m really confident, but being the centre of 1 ________________ is just part of my job.

• conflict

• intuition

• attention

• concept

When they see me talking at an event, everyone thinks I’m a(n) 2 ______________ speaker, but the truth is that it took me a long time to learn to be comfortable.

in front of so many people.

• mesmerising

• characteristic

• abstract

• introvert

As a well-known artist, I’m used to hearing people talk about me and my work. Of course, it’s not all good. I hear a lot of 3 __________________.

• principles

• criticism

• senses

• categories

But, with a bit of 4 ___________________, you learn

to ignore it.

• sensitivity

• willpower

• stability

• emotion

No one can be 5 ___________control of what other

people say about them

• with

• to

• in

• on

and, of course, if an artist wants to be creative, he can’t 6 ____________________just to please critics.

• interact

• exhibit

• concentrate

• conform