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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