The Five Love Languages Assessment
The Five Love Languages Assessment
Different people with different personalities express love in different ways. Therefore, if you want to
give and receive love most effectively, you've got to learn to speak the right language. The following
assessment will help you determine when you feel the most loved by other people, and how you naturally
show love to others.
Of the two choices, circle the letter of the option you most prefer and fits you best currently.
2. I like to spend one-on-one time with people who are close to me. B
I feel loved when someone gives me practical help. D
5. I feel loved when someone I love or admire puts his or her arm around me. E
I feel loved when I receive a gift from someone I love or admire. C
11. I like being together and doing things with friends and loved ones. B
I like it when kind words are spoken to me. A
12. What someone does affects me more than what he or she says. D
Hugs make me feel connected and valued. E
14. I feel close to someone when we are talking or doing something together. B
I feel closer to friends and loved ones when they touch me often. E
20. I appreciate the many things that special people do for me. D
I like receiving gifts that special people make for me. C
21. I really enjoy the feeling I get when someone gives me undivided attention. B
I really enjoy the feeling I get when someone helps me make decisions. D
24. I appreciate it when someone listens patiently and doesn’t interrupt me. B
I appreciate it when someone remembers special days with a gift. C
25. I like knowing loved ones are concerned enough to help with my daily tasks. D
I enjoy extended trips with someone who is special to me. B
28. Gifts from a friend or loved one are always special to me. C
I feel good when a friend or loved one touches me. E
29. I feel loved when a person enthusiastically does some task I have requested. D
I feel loved when I am told how much I am needed. A
Count the number of A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s and E’s you have circled, and record them below:
Totals: A: B: C: D: E:
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The Five Love Languages: A Summary
Words of Affirmation:
Your self-image and confidence are built through compliments and verbal praise. To feel encouraged, you
require the other person to empathize and see the world from your perspective. You feel loved when people
know what is important to you. Tone of voice is very important.
Quality Time:
Being together, doing things together and focusing in on one another is the best way to show love. If this is your
love language, you want your friend or spouse to give you undivided attention and do meaningful activities with
you. This includes quality conversation.
Receiving Gifts:
They don’t have to be expensive to send a powerful message of love. They can be purchased, found, or made.
Spouses who forget a birthday or anniversary or who never give gifts to someone who truly enjoys gift-giving
will find themselves with a spouse who feels neglected and unloved. This would include the gift of your presence
during a crisis.
Acts of Service:
Loving someone whose language is “acts of service” will require time and creativity. These acts of service need
to be done with joy in order to be perceived as a gift of love. Possible examples: cleaning someone’s house,
running an errand or favor, doing tasks without being asked.
Physical Touch
Meaningful touch. Some examples might include hugs, shoulder massages, leaning against the other person,
etc.
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