TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Personality Adjectives Crossword

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and Here is a personality adjectives crossword to help students
speaking activity, pair practice adjectives of personality and their opposites.
work
Procedure
Focus Divide the students into pairs (Student A and B).
Personality adjectives
Give each student a corresponding worksheet.

Have the pairs of students sit face to face.

Aim
To practice personality Tell the students not to show their crossword to their partner.
adjectives and their
opposites. The students then take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to
one of their missing personality adjectives, e.g. 'What's 1 down?'

Preparation Their partner reads out the definition of the personality adjective
and the other student tries to guess what it is.
Make one copy of the two
worksheets for each pair If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it on their
of students. crossword.

If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student
Level is able to guess the adjective.
Upper-intermediate (B2- When the students have finished, they check their spelling by
C1) comparing crosswords.

Time
25 minutes

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 DESCRIBING CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Personality Adjectives Crossword

Student A
1
I
2
R

R
3
I

A
4
B O
5
L P P
6 7
E E P O
8
N E L
9
T - S I

A M S T
10 11 12
L I I E T
13
K N O M A
14 15 16 17
C C A D - R I G R
18
R L T E G S E D

E E I D A T N Y

A V V N I E
19 20
T E E I C R

I R S O

V E U

E D S

Clues down

1. is easily annoyed 12. usually arrives late

4. is welcome to new ideas and opinions 13. plans efficiently

5. acts respectfully 14. invents or making new things

7. thinks negatively 15. learns new things quickly

9. enjoys communicating with others 17. is willing to help or give money

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 DESCRIBING CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Personality Adjectives Crossword

Student B
1

2
I G N O R A N T

3
C A U T I O U S

6 7
E N E R G E T I C
8
C H E E R F U L
9
-

10 11 12
L O Y A L H O N E S T
13

14 15 16 17
H A R D - W O R K I N G
18
C R U E L

19 20
T A L E N T E D S I N C E R E

Clues across

2. lacks knowledge or understanding 11. does not lie, steal, or cheat

3. avoids risk 16. is not lazy

6. is mentally and physically active 18. does not cause pain or harm

8. is happy and positive 19. has a lot of ability and skill

10. is always supportive 20. speaks truthfully and honestly

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