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VOCABULARY: Personality adjectives

Exercise 1

What is this person like? The box below includes 12 personality adjectives. Match each adjective with definitions 1-12.

Reading - kind - lazy - shy - talkative - generous - funny - ambitious

friendly - clever - self-confident - open-minded - nervous

 

  1. A person who is open and warm is .
  2. A person who likes giving things to people is .
  3. A person who accepts new and different ideas is .
  4. A person who talks a lot is .
  5. A person who is friendly and good to other people is .
  6. A person who makes people laugh is .
  7. A person who is quick at understanding things is (synonym of intelligent).
  8. A person who does not want to work is .
  9. A person who can't easily talk to people is .
  10. A person who feels sure about his/her abilities is .
  11. A person who want to be successful .
  12. A person who doesn't get nervous easily .

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Exercise 2

Complete the column on the right with an adjective from the box.

unambitious - insecure - close-minded - extrovert - hard-working

mean - quiet - serious - stupid - unfriendly - unkind - nervous

Personality Adjectives

(Opposites)

Friendly

Generous

Open -minded

Talkative

Kind

Funny

Clever

Lazy

Shy

Self-confident

Ambitious

Calm

Bonus Task

Need more practice? To do more vocabulary exercises about free time activities, click the links below:

You will be taken to Learning Chocolate, a very useful website to learn vocabulary as it includes wordsorganised into categories and plenty of exercises to revise their spelling and pronunciation.

 

Watch the following tutorial to learn how to use the site:

How to use Learning Chocolate to Improve Your English. Vídeo de Curso Tic Oral Skills en YouTube. Licencia CC BY