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7 Personality Adjectives

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Thu, 05/13/2010 - 23:22 — Chris McCarthy

Have you ever described yourself in one word? What word would you use to describe yourself? Personality adjectives are useful for talking about our characters or the characters of people we know.

Here are seven personality adjectives for you to learn. Do any of these describe you?

ambitious

A person who has a strong wish to be successful, powerful or rich is ambitious.

fearless

A person who has no fear and is not scared of anything is fearless.

punctual

A person who arrives or does something at the expected time is punctual. A punctual person is never late.

calm

A person who is peaceful and quiet is calm. A person who doesn't show emotions like excitement and passion is calm.

frank

A person who gives their opinion openly and directly is frank.

quiet

A person who does not talk much is quiet.

thrifty

A person who is careful with their money, especially by avoiding waste, is thrifty.

Task 1: Now type or copy+paste the correct word into the correct sentence.
Task 2: Write some example sentences describing your personality. You do not have to use these adjectives.

  • 1 - Don't worry about Deborah. She will be here on time. She's very .
  • 2 - Because I'm I only go shopping when the sales are on.
  • 3 - You have to be pretty to want to work as a police officer. It's a dangerous job.
  • 4 - She looked surprisingly when she got news of his death. She didn't show any emotion.
  • 5 - He's enough to tell you exactly what's on his mind. Sometimes he can be too direct.
  • 6 - His daughter is very . She really wants to run her own multi-national company.
  • 7 - He never says much. He's always been .


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Comments

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 08:42 — ynastia

Personality adjectives.

I got all correct.

1) I wouldn't say that I'm very ambitious, because I do not have enough sense of purpose and I'm often content with my luck.
2) I have a friend of mine who's highly dauntless and fearless, he leads an active lifestyle and is always up to some extreme sports.
3) My another friend is quite the opposite, she's reserved, calm, introvert and quiet, one of her merits is a punctuality and an accuracy.
4) I can be extremely thrifty and economical at times, but at the same time I couldn't deny myself some small joys of life.
5) He's a frank and honest person, but possesses straightforwardness as well, it's difficult to rub shoulders with him from time to time.

Thank you, Chris, I like such a kind of lessons very much.

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 10:18 — Chris McCarthy

ynastia

Great example sentences and especially good vocabulary!

In sentence 3, use "My other friend" or simply "Another friend"
(without "My").

Also in sentence 3, we don't need to use articles with "punctuality" and "accuracy" because they are uncountable nouns used in a general way. We could, however, use an article when talking specifically:
"The accuracy of his answers was impressive".

I hope you can see what I'm trying to say!

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 10:37 — ynastia

Re:mistakes

Thank you, Chris. I've understood my mistakes. I think learning from your own mistakes is an integral part of whole English learning process. And you provide us with this by correcting our mistakes and drawing our attention to the better way of expressing of what we are trying to say.

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 08:46 — ynastia

:)

I have posted it two times Sad

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 10:26 — altaf

I like this lesson

Here again you 've given a good exercise
I'd love to be a peaceful person even if i had some anxious moment to overcome in life.
Life is not a bed of roses as a human being Iam courageous to face all odds'
I love cricket but it doesn't mean I am stupid to spend all my productive hours watching matches on TV
My sister always adores me as a charming personality whereas my wife considers me as cruel
Pl correct me if i commited any mistakes
Thanks Chris

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 11:44 — Chris McCarthy

Hi altaf, Here's some

Hi altaf,

Here's some feedback on your great sentences:

I love cricket but it doesn't mean I am stupid enough to spend all my productive hours watching matches on TV.

My sister always adores my charming personality whereas my wife considers me as cruel.

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 11:22 — Meytha

I got 10/10 She is ambitious

I got 10/10

She is ambitious to reach a top position on our organization.
Event Tom is rich but he is thrifty to spend his money for charity.
John is fearless to try those game he has nerves of steel.
Please calm, do not too emotional when you meet him.
I should be in a hurry, she will be angry if I am late, she is a punctual person.
I don’t understand why everybody is always quite when I ask the questions.

Thank for great lesson Smile

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 11:55 — Chris McCarthy

Hi Meytha

Here is some feedback on your sentences.

She is ambitious to reach a top position in our organization.

Even though Tom is rich, he is too stingy to give his money to charity.

- You found a interesting point here, Meytha. "Thrifty" does not have a negative meaning, so it is better to use "stingy" in this context because it has a negative meaning. These two words (thrifty & stingy) seem similar, but they are different. A thrifty person is careful with their money. A stingy person is mean - it is always a negative word.

John is fearless to try those games. He has nerves of steel.

Please calm down, do not get too emotional when you meet him. - Calm is an adjective. Use the phrasal verb 'calm down' when a verb is needed to describe someone becoming calm.

I should be in a hurry, she will be angry if I am late. She is a punctual person.

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 16:06 — Meytha

Thanks Chris for the very

Thanks Chris for the very useful in put. I will remember them for my improvement.

Cheer,
Meytha

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 19:36 — Yura

My Personality

First, when I started to read these adjectives - I was excited... There were no words describing my personality. But at last I've found!!!
I'm FRANK and it sometimes does me harm.
And I'm TRIFTY and I think it also makes me harm(sometimes). Wink
Thank you for the Lesson!!! Smile

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 10:06 — altaf

Great Chris

Thanks Chris ! Your feedback is really useful
I have seen your feedback on other friend
about thrifty and stingy.Great

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:06 — achmai

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Smile

Sun, 05/23/2010 - 14:52 — cutelittlebirds

nice

it's nice i'm very much eager to know till more personality adjectives.if it is there chris pls send me
thank you
sandhy

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 09:00 — Lina me

Hope you correct my sentences!

EXCELLENT EXERCISE!! I love it!
I'm Moody!
I'm a very very quiet person when I'm with strangers, But very annoying & noisy when I'm with people I love!
Sometimes, I'm the best listener you could ever get,But other times I'd like to kill people for one word.
I guess I'm not moody! maybe I'm crazy! Confused
THANKS for your time!

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 11:14 — Natalysmart

As for me I think I'm a

As for me I think I'm a responsible person, I try to do all my deals to the end, to do all my promises, try to be punctual. I don't think that I'm thrifty because sometimes I can't deny any thing which isn't necessary now.
I'm rather calm but sometimes I can lose control of myself.

Fri, 06/25/2010 - 12:13 — Esther Shilpa

i would like to describe

i would like to describe myself as a very ambitious person. I really dont mind going beyond the limits to get things right. Smile
My hubby is thrifty and i am unlike him Smile

When i am upset about something, you can find me Quite doing my work.
I try to be frank at times and end up in losing friends Smile