eng6-V6· Vocabulary· ~13 min

Personality & Feelings

Adjectives to describe people and feelings.

This lesson teaches you adjectives to talk about people's personality and feelings. You will learn words like 'brave', 'kind', 'happy', and 'scared'. These words help you describe yourself, your friends, and your family in English.

Key terms

brave — not afraid of danger; a brave person does difficult things
generous — happy to give or share money, time, or things with others
patient — able to wait for a long time without getting angry
nervous — worried and not calm, often before a test or a big event
proud — feeling happy about something good you or someone close to you did
selfish — thinking only about yourself and not about other people
Personality vs Feelings
Personality (what someone is like)Feeling (how someone feels now)
bravescared
kind / friendlyhappy
lazy / hard-workingtired
shynervous
generousproud

Personality words describe character. Feeling words describe an emotion at one time.

✎Describing a friend
  1. 1Personality: My friend Aysel is kind and helpful. She always helps me with my homework.
  2. 2Feeling: Today Aysel looks tired. She studied until late last night.
  3. 3Both together: Aysel is a hard-working girl, but now she feels tired.
🚫Common mistake

Don't say 'He is a brave man' when you mean 'He is a kind man'. 'Brave' means not afraid; 'kind' means nice to others. These words have very different meanings.

⚠️Caution

'Nervous' and 'scared' are different. You feel nervous before an exam. You feel scared when you see a big dog. Don't use them as the same word.

💡Note

You can use 'feel' + adjective for feelings: 'I feel happy', 'She feels tired'. For personality, use 'be' + adjective: 'He is funny', 'They are polite'.

Rules

  1. 1Personality adjectives describe what a person is like (e.g. 'She is friendly').
  2. 2Feeling adjectives describe how a person feels at a moment (e.g. 'He is tired').
  3. 3Many personality adjectives end in -ous (generous) or -ful (helpful).
  4. 4'Patient' and 'lazy' have no -ous or -ful ending — learn them as they are.
  5. 5Some feeling words look similar: 'scared' and 'nervous' are not the same — scared = afraid, nervous = worried before something happens.
  6. 6The opposite of 'hard-working' is 'lazy' — they are a pair.

Practice

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