The document provides information about 16 personality traits: perfectionist, kind, careful, active, passionate, strong, sociable, optimistic, curious, rational, calm, crazy, fun-loving, down to earth, realist, and optimist. Each trait is defined in 1-2 sentences. The document also includes examples for some of the traits.

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Kind Passionate
Careful Strong
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9. Crazy

10. Realist

11. Loving

12. Down to earth

13. Optimist

14. Giving

15. Pesimist

16. Loyal

17. Generous
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Macmillan 2011

19. Perfectionist
Someone who is a perfectionist refuses
to do or accept anything that is not as
good as possibly be.

20. Kind
Someone who is kind behaves in a
gentle, caring, and helpful way towards
other people.
Examples:
• I must thank you for being so kind to me...
• It was very kind of you to come.

21. Careful
If you are careful, you give serious
attention to what you are doing, in
order to avoid harm, damage, or
mistakes. If you are careful to do
something, you make sure that you do
it.

22. Active
Someone who is active moves around a
lot or does a lot of things.

23. Passionate
A passionate person has very strong
feelings about something or a strong
belief in something.
Examples:
• ...his passionate commitment to peace...
• I'm a passionate believer in public art...
• He is very passionate about the project.

24. Strong
Someone who is strong is confident
and determined, and is not easily
influenced or worried by other people.
Examples:
• He is sharp and manipulative with a strong
personality...
• It's up to managers to be strong and do
what they believe is right...

25. Sociable
Sociable people are friendly and enjoy
talking to other people.
Example:
She was, and remained, extremely
sociable, enjoying dancing, golf, tennis,
skating and bicycling...

26. Optimistic
Someone who is optimistic is hopeful
about the future or the success of
something in particular.
Example:
• The President says she is optimistic that
an agreement can be worked out soon...
• Michael was in a jovial and optimistic
mood.

27. Curious
If you are curious about something,
you are interested in it and want to
know more about it.
• Steve was intensely curious about the
world I came from...
• ...a group of curious villagers.
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28. Rational
A rational person is someone who is
sensible and is able to make decisions
based on intelligent thinking rather
than on emotion.
Example:
• Did he come across as a sane rational
person?...

29. Calm
A calm person does not show or feel
any worry, anger, or excitement.
Examples:
• She is usually a calm and diplomatic
woman...
• Try to keep calm and just tell me what
happened...
• She sighed, then continued in a soft, calm
voice...

30. Crazy
If you describe someone or something as
crazy, you think they are very foolish or
strange. (INFORMAL)
Example:
• People thought they were all crazy to try to
make money from manufacturing...
• That's why he's got so caught up with this
crazy idea about Mr. Trancas.

31. Fun-loving
• A fun-loving person enjoys having fun.

32. Down to earth
If you say that someone is down-to-
earth, you approve of the fact that they
concern themselves with practical
things and actions, rather than with
abstract theories.
Example:
• ...her sincerity and her down-to-earth
common sense...

33. Realist
• A realist is someone who recognizes
and accepts the true nature of a
situation and tries to deal with it in a
practical way.
Example:
• I see myself not as a dreamer but as a
realist...

34. Optimist
An optimist is someone who is hopeful
about the future.
Example:
• Optimists reckon house prices will move
up with inflation this year.

35. Pesimist
• A pessimist is someone who thinks
that bad things are going to happen.

36. Loving
• Someone who is loving feels or shows
love to other people.

37. Loyal
Someone who is loyal remains firm in
their friendship or support for a person
or thing.

38. Giving
• A person willing to share

39. Generous
• A generous person gives more of
something, especially money, than is
usual or expected.
Example:
• German banks are more generous in their
lending...
• The gift is generous by any standards.

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41. Do you…?

42. Do you enjoy having fun?
Yes, I do.
No, I don t.

43. Do you like to learn new things?
Yes, I do.
No, I don t.

44. Create questions using the statements on the list. Interview your partner.
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Love to win
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Show your feelings in front of other people.
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Keep your room neat and clean
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Have close friends
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Like museums and art?
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Prefer to read a new book
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Prefer to read your favorite book again and again.
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Prefer to work in an office
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