Discussion point Discuss these questions with a partner. 1 Look at the picture. How does it make you feel? It makes me feel … 2

READING 1

 Fears, reactions, coping

Before you read

Look at these common fears. Try to rank them in order from the most common

to the least common fear. Discuss your ideas with a partner.

The most common fear is probably …

Global reading

1

Underline the words or ideas that helped you match the sentence to each

paragraph.

2

Read the topic sentences below. Look through Fears, Reactions, Coping

quickly and try to match the topic sentences to the paragraphs in the text.

1

There are many fears that have developed from our natural human 

responses to dangerous situations.

2

So how many people suffer from phobias?

3

We all like to think that we are different, but our fears are very similar.

4

Fortunately there are many ways to cope with fears and phobias.

5

Many of our fears are not innate, but are learned from our experiences.

COMMON FEARS

heights 

snakes

public transportation  storms

 

water