Honest, creative or lazy? (personality adjectives)

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Vocabulary - personality adjectives

personality adjectives

LESSON OVERVIEW

This worksheet on personality adjectives in English contains a lot of speaking activities that let students learn and practise new words. Students read short texts, discuss different personalities and talk about themselves. 

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
B1 / Intermediate
45 minStandard LessonFree / Premium Plan

WARM-UP VOCABULARY

The lesson starts with a warm-up. Students read a short text about three people who came late for work and make up excuses for why. Students discuss these people and share what they would do in the same situation. After that, teachers can use a lead-in to the next activity and ask students if people are always the same or if they change depending on the situation. Then, students complete the sentences with personality adjectives. The sentences are about people who sometimes have different personalities. Students also think about situations in which they behave differently (e.g. when they are talkative/quiet, people who they are polite/rude to, etc.).

MORE PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

In this part of the worksheet, students learn more personality adjectives. At first, they look at some sentences and choose the word that makes the most sense. Then, students say if they agree with the statements. Students also discuss more adjectives and decide in which situations they might be negative and in which they might be positive. In the next activity, students read short personality descriptions of three people and answer questions about them. As a final activity, students look at the word cloud and choose the words with any four initial letters from their names. They also explain why they choose these words. 

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This worksheet on personality adjectives also includes an additional creative task to practise the vocabulary from the lesson that you can use as homework or revision. It’s available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it, and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan if you teach online.

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  1. mariybandura

    The lesson plan and content are AMAZING! Love it!

    1. Olia

      I’m happy to hear you like it 🙂

  2. Jay Taylor

    Thank you kindly this was a great lesson and my students enjoyed it.

    1. Olia

      Thanks, that’s awesome!

  3. Karol Sęk

    Not only is it good for language learning but it can also be applied for self-awareness lessons in any language. Thanks for the hint 🙂

    1. Olia

      Sure, we’re glad our lesson can be dual-purpose 🙂

  4. Adriana Kruguer

    These lesson plans are excellent! I love them. They are very helpful indeed! Thanks

    1. Olia

      I’m really happy to hear that 🙂

  5. Nur'arifah Aulia Rahmah

    Good lesson plan, fun and creative activities for students

    1. Olia

      Thanks, I’m glad you like it 🙂

  6. basiakuna

    The lesson worked great. Just a little note: in ex. 7, where we are supposed to choose “words with any four initial letters from your name that describe you”, the example is April – and the letters are a, p, r and l at the moment. should be a, p, r, i.

    1. Olia

      I’m happy to hear the lesson worked well for you 🙂
      As for task 7, students can choose any four letters of their names and choose the words that start with these letters (or ‘initial letters’).

      1. basiakuna

        Ooooh, you’re right – thanks 🙂

  7. [email protected]

    I got this lesson plan. We’ll organized thank you

    1. Olia

      Great that you liked it 🙂

  8. AndreaZ

    It’s great! Very complete. Thanks

    1. Olia

      thank you for your comment 🙂

  9. Teacher Wilson

    I really love the way you present these materials!! They are great!!

    1. Olia

      Thank you!

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