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Describing People: Personality Adjectives (A2)

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A2  ⏱ 5 min

😊 Describing People: Personality Adjectives

In hospitality you read people in seconds. In English, you need the exact word — not just ‘nice’.

📖 Personality Adjectives

confident
opp: shy / insecure
patient
opp: impatient
generous
opp: mean
honest
opp: dishonest
ambitious
opp: lazy
reliable
opp: unreliable
creative
opp: conventional
empathetic
opp: cold / indifferent

🍷 From the Restaurant Floor

The best manager I had was patient with mistakes, generous with knowledge, and brutally honest about quality. The worst was confident but unreliable. At the Ivy, you learned fast: a creative menu means nothing without honest communication.

Someone who always does what they say is:

The opposite of ‘patient’ is:

‘She understands how others feel.’ This person is:

He never tells lies — he is completely ____________.

She always wants to achieve more — she is very ____________.

🎯 Describe Someone You Know

Choose 3 adjectives and write a description of someone important to you. Don’t use their name — can others guess who it is?

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