This Describing Personality and Character ESL lesson is designed to help students build vocabulary and confidence when talking about personality traits in English. The lesson includes a reading and paraphrasing activity to introduce key language, a matching exercise to connect personality adjectives with their definitions, engaging conversation questions to encourage speaking practice, and a writing task to reinforce new vocabulary in context. Perfect for intermediate learners, this lesson helps students develop the language needed for describing personality and character accurately and naturally in both spoken and written English. Use this interactive and practical lesson to deepen your students’ understanding of personality-related language and boost their descriptive skills.

This lesson comes with:

Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.

Student Version – Perfect for sharing via email for online lessons.

This is most suited to B2 level students (or with extra support at B1 level).

1 hour 20 minutes + (depending on level)

Understanding how to describe personality and character is an important communication skill that helps learners express opinions, talk about others, and participate more naturally in social and professional conversations. This lesson is a practical and fun way to boost your students’ descriptive language skills and confidence.

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