Personality (noun): the combination of qualities or characteristics that form a person’s character.
✅ Brave = someone who isn’t afraid of danger.
“Eve is a firefighter. She is very brave. Her job is to rescue people.”
✅ Talkative = someone who talks a lot.
“John is a very talkative person. He is always on the phone to friends.”
✅ Clever = good at understanding things.
“Maria is very clever. She easily learns new factory processes.”
✅ Coward = someone who is afraid of things.
“Sylvia is a coward, she never tells the truth.”
✅ Easy-going = someone who is easy to get along with.
“My wife is very easy-going. Everyone likes her.”
✅ Friendly = someone who is nice to other people.
“My neighbors are really friendly, I’m very lucky.”
✅ Funny = used to describe someone who is amusing.
“Salem is very funny! He has a lot of good jokes and stories.”
✅ Generous = someone who shares their time or things with others.
“My parents are very generous. They donate a lot of money to charity.”
✅ Grumpy = bad-tempered.
“My boss is really grumpy. Today is not a good day to talk to him.”
✅ Hard-working = someone who works very hard.
“My brother is very hard-working. He never takes a day off.”
✅ Honest = someone who is truthful and who doesn’t cheat or steal.
“She is very honest. She always tells the truth.”
✅ Kind = someone who behaves in a caring way towards other people.
“Most of the people I’ve met here have been kind, they have all helped me.”
✅ Lazy = an inactive person who avoids work.
“Pete is very lazy. He rarely gets out of bed before noon.”
✅ Loud = someone who talks really loudly.
“Rosita is really loud! When she talks, you can’t hear anyone else.”
✅ Lucky = someone who often has good fortune.
“My brother is very lucky. He’s always winning prizes in competitions.”
✅ Mean = someone who is a nasty person.
“Phillip is very mean. He is always insulting me.”
✅ Moody = someone who behaves differently every time you meet them.
“Nina is very moody. Yesterday she was friendly and today she is really mean.”
✅ Nasty = a mean, unpleasant person.
“I don’t like nasty people, they’re always insulting others.”
✅ Neat = a person who is very tidy.
“My roommate John is very neat, his room is always organized.”
✅ Nervous = someone who is easily startled by things.
“Anna is a very nervous person. She gets scared easily.”
✅ Nice = someone who is friendly and kind.
“My best friend Lin is a really nice person. She is always there for me.”
✅ Polite = someone who has good manners.
“Abdullah is a very polite boy. He always says please and thank you.”
✅ Popular = somebody who is liked by many people.
“My cousin Ali is very popular. She has a lot of friends.”
✅ Quiet = used to describe someone who doesn’t talk very much.
“Helen is a quiet person. She isn’t very talkative.”
✅ Rude = bad mannered, impolite.
“James is a very rude person. He always budges people in lines.”
✅ Selfish = used to describe someone who only thinks about themselves.
“Jeremy is very selfish. He never helps anyone.”
✅ Serious = someone who is always very sensible.
“Eric is very serious, he doesn’t like to play silly games.”
✅ Shy = quiet and a little bit nervous around other people.
“Claire is very shy. She doesn’t like meeting new people.”
✅ Silly = someone who is a bit foolish, or who doesn’t behave in a serious way.
“Gina is silly, she makes lots of jokes in class.”
✅ Smart = someone who is very clever.
“Anna is very smart, she understands things very quickly.”
✅ Unlucky = someone who often suffers from bad fortune.
“Sabrina is very unlucky. Things always seem to go wrong for her.”
✅ Untidy = someone who is very messy.
“John is a very messy person. He never put things away!”
✅ Vain = someone who is a bit too fond of their looks.
“Paulina is really vain. She spends way too much time looking in the mirror!”
✅ Wise = someone with a lot of common sense and knowledge.
“My grandfather was a very wise man. He knows a lot about many things.”
Did you already know any of these adjectives?
➡ To memorize them, write some sentences using these new words!
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