DESCRIBING PERSONALITY

Conversation:

Ali: Hi, Amina! How are you today?
Amina: I’m fine, thank you. How are you?
Ali: I’m good! I met your friend Fatima yesterday. She is very kind and friendly.
Amina: Yes, she always helps others. She’s also very honest.
Ali: That’s true! You are funny, too. You always make people laugh.
Amina: Thank you, Ali! You are very hard-working and polite.

 

Story: “My Best Friend Hana”

My best friend’s name is Hana. She is a very kind and helpful girl.
Hana always helps her classmates with homework. She is very honest; she never lies.
Sometimes she is quiet, but she is always friendly to everyone.
People like Hana because she has a good personality.

 

Vocabulary Table

Word	Meaning
Kind	Nice and helpful
Friendly	Easy to talk to
Honest	Telling the truth
Hard-working	Doing work seriously
Polite	Having good manners
Funny	Makes people laugh
Quiet	Not noisy or talkative
Helpful	Giving help to others

 

Word Family

Adjective	Noun	Verb	Adverb
Kind	Kindness	—	Kindly
Friendly	Friendship	Befriend	—
Honest	Honesty	—	Honestly
Hard-working	Worker, Work	Work	—
Polite	Politeness	—	Politely
Funny	Fun	—	Funnily
Quiet	Quietness	—	Quietly
Helpful	Help, Helper	Help	Helpfully
Cheerful	Cheerfulness	Cheer	Cheerfully
Lazy	Laziness	—	Lazily
Shy	Shyness	—	Shyly
Rude	Rudeness	—	Rudely

 

Exercises

Exercise 1: True or False

Read the story “My Best Friend Hana” and choose True or False.

1.     Hana is kind and helpful.

2.     Hana never helps her classmates.

3.     Hana is honest.

4.     Hana is noisy and rude.

5.     People like Hana because she is friendly.

✅ Answer Key:

1.     True

2.     False

3.     True

4.     False

5.     True

 

Exercise 2: Cross-Matching

A	B
1. Honest	a. Gives help to others
2. Helpful	b. Works very well
3. Hard-working	c. Always tells the truth
4. Friendly	d. Easy to talk to

✅ Answer Key:
1 → c
2 → a
3 → b
4 → d

 

Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks

Use the correct word: (funny, kind, polite, quiet)

1.     My teacher tells jokes. She is __________.

2.     Ali always says “thank you.” He is __________.

3.     Fatima helps everyone. She is __________.

4.     Ahmed doesn’t talk much. He is __________.

✅ Answer Key:

1.     funny

2.     polite

3.     kind

4.     quiet