54.

Mixed letters – PERSONALITY

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters of
each word. Write a word or words on the board.The students then race to identify the vocabulary.
nnfyu funny slacerse careless
rignob boring yatns nasty
dink kind yhs shy
alyz lazy boustmiia ambitious
litbiranl brilliant tbhgri bright
songyieag easygoing per-meddabte bad-tempered
bicsoeal sociable shidhilc childish
engueors generous manicyd dynamic
critts strict titineamp impatient

55. Cards for games – PERSONALITY

These pre-prepared cards can be used for a variety of games and activities.

impatient strict impatient strict

dynamic generous dynamic generous

childish sociable childish sociable

bad- bad-
easygoing easygoing
tempered tempered

bright brilliant bright brilliant

ambitious lazy ambitious lazy

shy kind shy kind

nasty boring nasty boring

careless funny careless funny

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56. Crossword – PERSONALITY

Across
3. Describes a person who becomes angry and annoyed easily (11)
5. Helpful and thinking of other people's feelings (4)
7 Describes someone who likes to give presents to people or who helps friends by buying things for them (8)
10. Describes someone who is rude and unkind (11)
12. Easily annoyed by someone's actions or mistakes or because you have to wait (9)
15. Not willing to work or use any effort (4)
16. Not taking or showing enough care or attention (8)
17. Having a strong wish to be successful, powerful or rich (9)
18. Humorous, causing laughter (5)

Down
1. Clever and quick to learn (6)
2. Describes someone who is serious and makes you follow the rules (6)
4. Not interesting or exciting. (6)
6. Having lots of ideas and enthusiasm; energetic and forceful (7)
8. Describes someone who likes to meet and spend time with other people (8)
9. If an adult is childish, they behave badly like a child (5)
11. Nervous and uncomfortable with other people (3)
13. Relaxed and not easily upset or worried (9)
14. Very intelligent (7)

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Solution
Across Down
3. BAD-TEMPERED 1. BRIGHT
5. KIND 2. STRICT
7. GENEROUS 4. BORING
10. NASTY 6. DYNAMIC
12. IMPATIENT 8. SOCIABLE
15. LAZY 9. CHILDISH
16. CARELESS 11. SHY
17. AMBITIOUS 13. EASYGOING
18. FUNNY 14. BRILLIANT

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57. Mixed sentences – PERSONALITY

Rearrange the words to make complete sentences.

1. funny / she / me / laugh / makes / she’s

2. all / about / he / so / is / computers / boring / talks / he’s

3. you / of / really / help / us / it’s / kind / to

4. bed / out / of / thing / you / lazy / get

5. a / scientist / he / brilliant / is

6. won’t / he / if / he’s / mind / you / easygoing / are / late / very

7. very / likes / Rob’s / he / sociable / parties

8. the / you / birthday / are / generous / for / thank / very / you / present

9. teacher / let / class / in / talk / us / won’t / our / very / he’s / strict

10. teacher / rather / son’s / my / says / often / is / careless / that / he

11. nasty / a / he / to / used / child / sister / was / he / hit / his

12. her / he / him / shy / too / ask / was / to / dance / with / to

13. well / will / she / she / do / is / young / ambitious / lawyer / an

14. bright / always / does / he / he / well / tests / at / student / is / a

15. always / the / in / mornings / she / bad-tempered / is

16. she’s / a / she / childish / cries / argues / but / very / lot / 34 / is / and / she

17. dynamic / will / and / addition / she’s / and / great / young / be / a / team / to / the

18. teacher / impatient / but / he’s / good / a / tends / be / to / slow / with / learners

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Mixed sentences answers - PERSONALITY

1. She makes me laugh, she’s funny.

2. He’s so boring, all he talks about is computers.
3. It’s really kind of you to help us.
4. Get out of bed you lazy thing.
5. He is a brilliant scientist.
6. He won’t mind if you are late, he’s very easygoing.
7. Rob’s very sociable – he likes parties.
8. Thank you for the birthday present, you are very generous.
9. Our teacher won’t let us talk in class, he’s very strict.
10. My son’s teacher says that he is often rather careless.
11. He was a nasty child, he used to hit his sister.
12. He was too shy to ask her to dance with him.
13. She will do well, she is an ambitious young lawyer.
14. He is a bright student, he always does well at tests.
15. She is always bad-tempered in the mornings.
16. She is 34 but she argues and cries a lot, she’s very childish.
17. She’s young and dynamic and will be a great addition to the team.
18. He’s a good teacher, but tends to be impatient with slow learners.

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58. Word search – PERSONALITY

a o b g l b b b o r i n g a y e
i a r t a a a v h f u n n y y r
m a i m t o g d p h m e e n t v
p w l f n k g o t q m h l i s s
a e l i c r z y d e o d s l a a
t f i u u s d q m l m e i e n o
i x a m e i s i l i c p e d g s
e e n b a g n a g o h a e d e a
n m t r s s t m r d i w e r n h
t l a i y o e b n l l l n d e k
s l l g g c f i e w d m r y r d
i i a h o i k t s t i e g n o k
n k z t i a e i h a s v t a u e
l s y c n b z o y o h p x m s l
a f c a g l a u x a s t r i c t
h a i t e e o s e t t e i c e t

Can you find these personality adjectives in the puzzle?

ambitious childish kind
bad-tempered dynamic lazy
boring easygoing nasty
bright funny shy
brilliant generous sociable
careless impatient strict

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Word search Solution - PERSONALITY

a o b g l b b b o r i n g a y e
i a r t a a a v h f u n n y y r
m a i m t o g d p h m e e n t v
p w l f n k g o t q m h l i s s
a e l i c r z y d e o d s l a a
t f i u u s d q m l m e i e n o
i x a m e i s i l i c p e d g s
e e n b a g n a g o h a e d e a
n m t r s s t m r d i w e r n h
t l a i y o e b n l l l n d e k
s l l g g c f i e w d m r y r d
i i a h o i k t s t i e g n o k
n k z t i a e i h a s v t a u e
l s y c n b z o y o h p x m s l
a f c a g l a u x a s t r i c t
h a i t e e o s e t t e i c e t

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59. Gap fill sentences – PERSONALITY

These can be used with a wordsearch, crossword, another exercise or just on their own.

a. She makes me laugh, she’s………

b. He’s so …….., all he talks about is computers.
c. It’s really …….. of you to help us.
d. Get out of bed you ……… thing.
e. He is a ………… scientist.
f. He won’t mind if you are late, he’s very………….
g. Rob’s very ……….. – he likes parties.
h. Thank you for the birthday present, you are very ………....
i. Our teacher won’t let us talk in class, he is very ……...
j. My son’s teacher says that he is often rather………..
k. He was a……… child, he used to hit his sister.
l. He was too ……. to ask her to dance with him.
m. She will do well, she is an ………… young lawyer.
n. He is a ……… student, he always does well at tests.
o. She is always …………..in the mornings.
p. She’s 34 but she argues and cries a lot, she’s very………..
q. She’s young and ………… and will be a great addition to the team.
r. He’s a good teacher but tends to be ………… with slow learners.

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Gap fill sentences answers - PERSONALITY

a. She makes me laugh, she’s funny.

b. He’s so boring, all he talks about is computers.
c. It’s really kind of you to help us.
d. Get out of bed you lazy thing.
e. He is a brilliant scientist.
f. He won’t mind if you are late, he’s very easygoing.
g. Rob’s very sociable – he likes parties.
h. Thank you for the birthday present, you are very generous.
i. Our teacher won’t let us talk in class, he’s very strict.
j. My son’s teacher says that he is often rather careless.
k. He was a nasty child, he used to hit his sister.
l. He was too shy to ask her to dance with him.
m. She will do well, she is an ambitious young lawyer.
n. He is a bright student, he always does well at tests.
o. She is always bad-tempered in the mornings.
p. She is 34 but she argues and cries a lot, she’s very childish.
q. She’s young and dynamic and will be a great addition to the team.
r. He’s a good teacher, but tends to be impatient with slow learners.

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