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15 adjectives to talk about
Personality
If you want to know about somebody’s personality, you can ask:

What is . . . . . . like? What is Jack like?

What is your father like?
Name of that person
How would you describe Jack?
How would you describe . . . . . ? How would you describe your
father?
Name of that person

How do you see . . . . . ? How do you see Jack?

How do you see your teacher?
Name of that person

To describe somebody’s personality, you can use personality

adjectives in this way:
To be + adjective

I am funny / I am angry / I am sensitive

Now, let’s talk to 3 of my friends about their personslities:

Linda, how do you see

yourself?
I am ambitious, self-confident and
generous. I’m also really impatient.
Some people really like me, others
think I’m arrogant or maybe aggressive!

Ambitious
= to want to be successful, to want to reach the top

Self-confident

= to have no doubts about your skill, talent and abilities

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Generous
adjectives to talk about
Personality

= to be willing to help other people, to like

to give more than to take

Impatient

= to hate waiting, to become angry if they wait for something

Arrogant
= to think that you are better than other people

Aggressive

= to be always angry, mad and want to have an argument

How would you describe

yourself Lucy?
I see myself as hardworking, honest
and tolerant. Other people probably
think I’m a bit dull, without much sense
of humour.

Hardworking

= to work really hard, to try really hard

Honest

= to never tell a lie, to always tell the truth

Tolerant

= to accept other people’s ideas even if they are against yours

Dull
= to be boring, not to be funny
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Personality
without sense of humor

= not to be able to tell good jokes or make other people laugh

Anna, how do you

see yourself?
I’m always cheerful and easygoing.
I’m generally self-confident, but I can
be insecure sometime.

Cheerful

= to be very happy

Easygoing

= to not care what other people are doing, and live your own life

Insecure

=/ Self-confident
= to not trust your own skills, to think you are not good
enough to do something

Charming

= to be pleasant, to be lovely