Description of Personality Exercises
Description of Personality Exercises
PERSONALITY
A.- Read the definitions and choose the right adjective.
1. He wants to become the boss and have a lot of power and money
2. Harry loves partying, meeting people and talking to them. He's so
3. Sheila insisted on giving a party to celebrate Pete's birthday although all her
friends said it was next month. She's as as a mule.
4. My new neighbour is really . He has lived next door for three
months and he has't even introduced himself.
5. What I like the best about my friend Jamie is how he is. He
never left me alone in my worst moments.
6. You never know how Nadine will react. One moment she's so nice and the
next she's the nastiest person in the world. She's really
7. Be careful when you give Tess the bad news. You can hurt her easily because
she's very
8. Jeff would never be a good actor. He's so he thinks
everybody's looking at and judging him all the time.
9. He won't tell a lie. He's absolutely
10. He only sees his side of things. He's
Which is the opposite of each adjective?
1. generous mean vain
2. loud talkative quiet
3. nice nasty carefree
4. decisive undecisive indecisive
5. reliable irreliable unreliable
6. hard-working low-working lazy
7. serious funny shy
8. predictable unpredictable impredictable
9. optimistic materialistic pessimistic
10. shy outgoing selfish
C.- What kind of person would say ...?
1. "I love you, honey!! I want everybody to
know!" shy affectionate
2. "Don't make me angry or I'll kick
you" aggressive
tolerant
3. "Everything is wrong in this school: the teachers, the students,...
Everything!!" nice critical
4. "What shall I do? I can't really make a
decision" indecisive
unpredictable
5. "I can't think of anybody who's more beautiful than
me" self-conscious vain
6. "Great! Another party! Let's have fun and make new
friends!" outgoing moody
7. "I'm going to spend the weekend lying on the beach. I have no
worries" materialistic carefree
8. "More work? OK, I don't mind. I love
working" ambitious hard-
working
9. "Did you tell me? I can't remember. My memory is like a
sieve" forgetful truthful
10. "I've got a lot of common
sense"
sensitive sensible