English – Vocabulary: Describing Character and Personality

Describing Character and Personality

1. Positive Adjectives

• kind: gentle, caring – She is a kind person
• honest: truthful – An honest person tells the truth
• generous: giving freely – He is generous with his time
• reliable: dependable – A reliable friend keeps promises
• hardworking: industrious – She is a hardworking student

2. Negative Adjectives

• selfish: thinking only of oneself
• lazy: unwilling to work
• dishonest: not truthful
• arrogant: thinking you are better than others
• stubborn: refusing to change opinion

3. Useful Phrases

• He has a sense of humour
• She is easy-going
• They are open-minded

Exercises

1. Describe your best friend using 5 adjectives
2. Find opposites: kind × ___, honest × ___

See Describing Physical Appearance and Describing Places.