Personality Adjectives

I Write the words in the box under the correct definitions.

shy furious selfish honest miserable extrovert sensible curious confident

a person who a person who is

a person who is a person who
doesn’t tell lies or nervous in the
reasonable and practical. thinks only
cheat people company of
about himself
3 others
1_______________________ 2____________________
3_______________________ 4____________________
a person who wants to
4________________
a person who likes find out about something
someone who a person
to spend time in who is
is extremely
activities with other extremely
unhappy
6____________________________ angry
people than
being
quiet and alone someone who
5_______________________ 7___________________ 8__________________
strongly believes
in his own abilities

9____________________________

II Choose and write some personality adjectives which you think best describe the
character of a good friend and a good student.
faithful stubborn sensitive shy cheerful
A good friend IS
extrovert selfish honest modest upset rude
____________________________
reliable sincere pretty generous flexible
____________________________
brave
_____________________________
_________________________________________

lazy polite hard-working

A good student IS sensible nervous honest
_________________________________ curious confident stupid
_________________________________ inventive talkative loyal
_________________________________ intelligent ambitious modest
______________________________________________ tense patient
______________________________________________ III Now explain your choice.

IV What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words? (You need 4 different
prefixes.)

Honest ______________
Reliable _____________
Patient ______________
Intelligent __________
Sensitive ____________
Polite ________________
Modest _____________Active ______________
Selfish _____________
Kind ______________
Sincere ___________
Happy _____________