Character Traits / Personal Qualities

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Personal Qualities & Character Traits

The way we are, based on what we say, do, think and feel.

Examples:

hard-working, gentle, cheerful, shy, patient, and many more

Someone quiet does not _____ very much.

1. work
2. speak
3. sleep
4. eat

A relaxed person does not get
____________ a lot.

1. tired
2. upset
3. calm
4. shy

Which word means the same as nice?

1. kind
2. friendly
3. pleasant
4. a, b and c

Something funny makes you ...

Something fun makes you ...

happy

laugh

Friendly / unfriendly                 shy  

Kind        / unkind                       sociable  (= not shy)

nice, pleasant                             sporty

fun                                                 organised

funny                                             tidy (= not messy)

relaxed / calm

clever  / intelligent

stupid

hard-working

lazy

Personal Qualities

POSITIVE

He is very talented.

He is the best football player in the team.

 

Personal Qualities

POSITIVE

He is incredibly brave.

He is scared of dogs but he pulled a bulldog away from his little sister. 

Personal Qualities

More POSITIVE ones: 

kind

gentle (He gently picked up the baby.)

loving (She is a loving daughter/mum.

Someone who rescues a drowning person from the sea is

1. talented
2. brave
3. loving
4. gentle

Someone who softly strokes a baby's cheek is

1. talented
2. brave
3. loving
4. gentle

Someone who wins a gold medal at the Olympics is

1. talented
2. brave
3. loving
4. gentle

I tidy person does not

1. make a mess often
2. shout
3. laugh a lot
4. speak to others much

An organised person

1. is very clever and learns easily
2. is lazy and gets up late
3. makes a plan for everything
4. doesn't like sharing

A shy person is someone who

1. does not like sharing with others
2. does not like sports
3. does not talk easily to people he doesn't know
4. is not very intelligent

A sociable person is someone who

1. enjoys being with and talking to other people
2. is afraid of large groups of people
3. does not talk easily to people he doesn't know
4. likes being on his own

Personal Qualities

Can be NEGATIVE ...

being difficult, being annoying, being cruel, unpleasant, mean or odd or strange.

When a person is annoying, you might feel

1. energetic
2. angry
3. bored
4. lazy

Someone who hits a child is

1. cruel
2. gentle
3. brave
4. messy

An odd person is a person who is

1. slow
2. strange
3. mean
4. sad

Describe the person with one or two positive adjectives that say something about his or her character or personal qualities.

Write one or two adjectives describing the chosen person. Be kind!

I now know more words to describe someone's character.