
English for Upper-Intermediate Learners (B2) – Step 3: Describing People’s Characters and Personalities
Are you ready to talk about people in more detail and make your conversations more engaging and natural? In this B2-level lesson, you’ll learn how to describe personality traits, character types, and social behavior — perfect for conversations, interviews, and storytelling.
Whether you're making friends, analyzing characters in a book or movie, or describing someone in writing, this lesson will expand your vocabulary, improve fluency, and help you express opinions more clearly!
🌟 Why Choose Our Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary Lessons?
✅ Clear Explanations – Learn personality vocabulary with real-life examples
✅ Real-Life Context – Use vocabulary in stories, dialogues, and personal reflection
✅ Speaking Practice – Build confidence describing people in your life
✅ Listening & Reading – Understand how native speakers talk about character
✅ Flexible & Self-Paced – Learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere
📘 What You’ll Learn:
🔹 20 useful adjectives to describe character and personality (e.g., reliable, outgoing, stubborn, thoughtful)
🔹 The difference between positive, negative, and neutral traits
🔹 How to describe people formally (for work or school) and informally (with friends)
🔹 Useful sentence starters and connectors: “She tends to…,” “He’s the kind of person who…,” “Although she can be…”
🔹 Tips to sound natural and avoid common mistakes when talking about people
👥 Who Is This Lesson For?
✔️ Upper-intermediate ESL learners (B2)
✔️ Students preparing for TOEFL, IELTS, or Cambridge exams
✔️ Learners who want to improve fluency in social and professional conversations
✔️ Anyone who wants to express ideas about others with clarity and nuance
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Learn how to talk about personalities with confidence. This lesson gives you the vocabulary and expressions you need to describe people in more colorful, specific, and natural ways. Whether you're talking about a friend, a coworker, or a fictional character — this lesson will take your English to the next level.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 6 Lessons
- 1 Quiz
- 1h 20m Duration
Describing People’s Characters and Personalities
- Warm-Up Activity: What Kind of Person Are You? (5 Minutes)
- Vocabulary Sheet – Describing People’s Characters and Personalities (15 Minutes)
- Describing Personality in English | Upper-Intermediate ESL
- Reading Comprehension: “Roommates” (15 Minutes)
- Practice Task – Personality Match & Sentence Writing (15 Minutes)
- Review & Reflection Task (10 Minutes)
- Quiz – Describing Personality