This is Lesson 30, “Personality Traits,” from our book of 48 advanced adult ESL lessons. The lesson features an activity about various personality traits, a matching exercise, and several discussion questions. This content-packed lesson is useful for helping more advanced English learners refine and improve their English fluency. This lesson is available for free download, and you can download many other ESL lessons for adults like this one in our book ESL Pathways: Frontiers.
Check the box that best describes your different personality traits.
Personality Traits | Very | Tend to be | Somewhat | Can be | A little | Not at all |
Hardworking |
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Lazy |
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Sociable |
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Shy |
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Moody |
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Serious |
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Easygoing |
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Quiet |
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Generous |
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Outgoing |
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Talkative |
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Filial |
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Friendly |
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Selfish |
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Make a sentence:
I’m very ____________________________. I can be ___________________________ ..
I tend to be _________________________. I’m somewhat ____________________ .
I’m a little __________________________. I’m not at all ______________________ .
Match the personality trait with a behavior.
Personality trait | Behavior |
Hardworking Lazy Sociable Shy Moody Serious Easygoing Quiet Generous Outgoing Talkative Filial Friendly Selfish Funny |
Doesn’t like to share Respects her parents Likes to gossip Always gives presents Doesn’t get angry easily Always thinking about things Likes to go to parties Nervous to meet new people Doesn’t like to work Always works overtime Easily angered Likes to shake hands Has many friends Tells jokes Doesn’t like to talk
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