Describing Personality Adjectives

A fun lesson for ESL students to learn adjectives, past simple, past continuous, vocabulary, and phrases for talking about personality. An intermediate-level ESL lesson.

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Warm Up Questions

1. What words would you use to describe your best friend?
2. How would you describe some of your co-workers?
3. How would you describe yourself?

ESL Video about Describing Personality Adjectives

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ESL Listening Questions

1. How long have Tony and Samantha know Scott Finch?
2. What was he like in high school?
3. What is he doing now?
4. Why is he in jail?
5. Why is Tony surprised?
6. How does Tony describe him?
7. How does Samantha describe him?
8. What did Scott Finch used to give Samantha?
9. What is Samantha doing?

Vocabulary – Describing Personality Adjectives

A. Choose the vocabulary with the same meaning from the word Bank:

1. smart
2. outgoing
3. take something without permission

B. Choose the vocabulary with the opposite meaning from the Word Bank:

1. mean
2. outgoing
3. give

Fill-in-the-blanks

Complete the following sentences using vocabulary from the Word Bank. You may have to change the form or tense.

1. I can’t stand the ________________________________ of meat. It makes me sick
2.  because I’m a vegetarian.
3. The result of the game was very ________________________________. We lost 5-4.
4. He’s very ________________________________. He has written twelve books.
5. It’s very common in Western culture to give each other ________________________________. You look very nice today!
6. Mary is very ________________________________. She doesn’t like to meet new people.
7. Bob is very ________________________________. He always says, “please” and “thank you.”
8. A. Bob and Sally are getting married!
9. B. ________________________________. They broke up last week!

Grammar – Describing Personality Adjectives

Correct the mistakes in the following paragraph.

Sally very shy. She rarely goes out the weekend. She prefers to stay at home. Her boyfriend Max is the opposite. Max is very outgoings and loves meet new people. He is a party person and a night owl. However, Sally and Max make a very goodly couple. They get alongs very good and they have a strongly relationship.

Many people say that opposites attracts. Do agree with that?

ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards: Describing Personality Adjectives

Use the flashcards and your imagination to talk about crime and personality.

A Conversation using Adjectives to Describe Personality

Samantha: Do you remember Scott Finch from high school?

Tony: Yes, of course. He was very shy and polite.

Samantha: He’s in jail now.

Tony: You’re kidding. What did he do?

Samantha: He stole a lot of money from the bank that he was working at.

Tony: Wow, I always thought that he was a really nice guy.

Samantha: Yes, I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard it.

Tony: He wasn’t very sociable, but he was always helpful and kind.

Samantha: Yes, and he was also really intelligent. He helped me in math class.

Tony: Yes, I remember he was very clever.

Samantha: He was also charming. He used to give me many compliments.

Tony: Hmm. Well, I guess you can never judge a book by its cover.

Samantha: You are right. It’s really disappointing though.

Tony: That smells delicious Samantha.

Samantha: Thanks! It tastes great too.

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