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IELTS Personality Vocabulary: Face The IELTS Speaking Exam With Confidence!

This document provides sample questions and responses for the IELTS Speaking exam focusing on describing personality. It includes questions about describing oneself, comparing to friends/siblings, and describing a favorite teacher. Key personality adjectives and phrases are defined, such as "laid-back", "good sense of humor", and "to bend over backwards". Sample responses describe personalities as fun-loving, modest, and calm. The document aims to help examinees prepare for speaking about personality in the exam.

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IELTS Personality Vocabulary: Face The IELTS Speaking Exam With Confidence!

This document provides sample questions and responses for the IELTS Speaking exam focusing on describing personality. It includes questions about describing oneself, comparing to friends/siblings, and describing a favorite teacher. Key personality adjectives and phrases are defined, such as "laid-back", "good sense of humor", and "to bend over backwards". Sample responses describe personalities as fun-loving, modest, and calm. The document aims to help examinees prepare for speaking about personality in the exam.

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Face the IELTS Speaking exam with

confidence!
IELTS Personality Vocabulary
Topic Vocabulary >> Lesson 12: Personality

During the IELTS Speaking exam you may be asked to talk about someone’s personality
or character. Read the following IELTS-style questions and answers below and pay
attention to the phrases in bold. Use the ‘Definitions’ section at the bottom of the page to
check the meaning of any phrases you don’t understand.

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: How would you describe yourself?


Paula: Everyone tells me I take after my mum as I’m quite laid-back … I think
I’m good companybut you should ask my friends if they agree …

Examiner: In which ways are you similar to your friends?


Manuel: I seem to be attracted to introverts … not people who are painfully shy but
most of my friends are a little reserved … and I think that’s what I’m like …

Examiner: Are you similar or different to your brother(s)/sister(s)?


Mira: I think my brother and I are very similar … I’d say we’re fun-loving and tend to be
a bit extroverted … my brother is certainly the life and soul of the party … I’m not
sure that applies to me …

Part 2-style task

Describe a teacher you once had who you enjoyed being taught by. You should say

 who this person was


 when they were your teacher
 which subject they taught you

and describe what it was about their character that you liked.

Carolina:  I’d like to describe my English teacher from school … Miss Thomas … this
was a few years ago now and she was my teacher at a time when I was getting a little
bored with being at school … unlike some of the other teachers Miss Thomas never lost
her temper … she was very calm and easy-going … she was also very broad-
minded … we were able to ask her questions about lots of subjects that some other
teachers would refuse to discuss which made us respect her even more … she had a
great sense of humour too … she’d laugh at our jokes as well as making us laugh … and
she would also bend over backwards to help us with our work … she always put us
first and often stayed around at the end of class to talk with anyone who needed help …
apparently she was highly respected within her field but you would never know as she
was the type that hid her light under a bushel … she was very modest and self-
effacing … so yes … Miss Thomas was a teacher I have fond memories of …

Part 3-style questions

Examiner:  Which personal qualities do you think we most want to pass on to our
children?
Martin: I certainly would want my children to be self-confident and self-assured … I
really believe that people who feel good about themselves are in a good position to face
what life has to offer them … and I’d hope they wouldn’t be self-centred … but
remembered to think about others …

Examiner: Which characteristics do you think are the least appealing in a person?


Marianne: Well … people who are very narrow-minded are difficult to get on with …
it’s nice when someone is open to other people’s opinion and willing to think about their
own views … and people who are two-faced can be a little irritating … relationships are
built on trust and without honesty there’s not much left …

Examiner: Which personality types do you think are less likely to suffer from stress or
anxiety?
Sol: Probably people who are thick-skinned … who don’t let people or problems affect
them too much … and if you are fair-minded you’ ll be less likely to overreact to
situations or be quick-tempered …

Definitions

 to be the life and soul of the party: a fun person, someone who is the centre of
activity
 to bend over backwards: to try very hard to help someone
 broad-minded: prepared to accept other views or behaviours
 easy-going: relaxed and not easily worried about anything
 extrovert: an energetic person who likes the company of others
 fair-minded: to treat people equally
 fun-loving: to enjoy having fun
 to hide one’s light under a bushel: to hide one’s talents and skills
 good company: enjoyable to socialise with
 good sense of humour: the ability to understand what is funny
 introvert: someone who is shy
 laid-back: see ‘easy-going’
 to lose one’s temper: to suddenly become angry
 narrow minded: opposite of ‘broad-minded’ (see above)
 painfully shy: very shy
 to put others first: to think of others before yourself
 quick-tempered: to become angry quickly
 reserved: shy
 self-assured: confident
 self-centred: thinks only of oneself
 self-confident: believes in one’s own ability or knowledge
 self-effacing: to not try to get the attention of others (especially in terms of hiding
one’s skills or abilities)
 to take after: to be like (often another member of the family)
 thick-skinned:  not easily affected by criticism
 trustworthy: can be trusted
 two-faced: not honest or sincere. Will say one thing to someone to their face and
another when they are not present.

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