Adult Sample Lesson: Describing a person

(describe means what that person is like)

In groups we came up with a list of adjectives we could use to describe a person.

Here is the list we came up with:

kind	a person who is good towards other people
nice	a person who makes others feel relaxed and happy around them
funny	a person who makes you laugh. it can also be a person who is strange
friendly	a person who acts the way a friend would to other people (not just friends of theirs)
positive	a person who says nice things about people and situations
optimistic	a person who believes good things will happen
shy	a person who has difficulty communicating with new people
scary	a person who causes other people to be alarmed or surprised
polite	a person who has good manners within their culture group
generous	a person who often buys presents for people or often gives money to charity
helpful	a person who makes other people’s life easier
smart	a person who understands new ideas quickly
aggressive	a person who is often violent or angry towards other people
boring	a person who talks about things that are not interesting
intelligent	a person who has high reasoning ability
joyful	a person who is often smiling and laughing
brave	a person who will challenge themselves to do things others wouldn’t
gentle	a person who wouldn’t hurt others
modest	a person who doesn’t show off their abilities
humble	a person who feels that what they do is insignificant or says they are not significant
curious	a person who wants to know how everything works and why
calm	a person how is peaceful and regularly relaxed
hard-working	a person who can do a lot of work
rude	a person who is often impolite, doesn’t respect other’s feelings
romantic	a person who wants to travel the world, meet people and have an adventure.

Do you know which worlds are positive personality traits and which ones are negative? 

Categorise the words above into positive, negative, neutral or both.

Can you add more to the list? 

Which personality traits are valued in your country?

Which personality traits would you use to describe

you?

your friend?

your partner?

your boss?