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People and personality: English by topic

You need to describe people at every level; only the precision of the words changes. At A1 it is family: mother, grandfather, cousin, husband. At A2, appearance: tall, slim, curly, beard. At B1, feelings and personality: anxious, embarrassed, reliable, selfish. At C1, the psychology of behaviour: confirmation bias, to procrastinate, resilience, peer pressure. At C2, rare and precise adjectives: garrulous, taciturn, fastidious, magnanimous. This topic shows clearly how vocabulary grows from level to level: start with yours and take a look at the next. The A1 and A2 words let you talk about yourself and the people close to you, while the C1 and C2 words help with articles, books and exact descriptions of character.

Words on this topic

  • person
  • mother
  • best friend
  • appearance
  • relative
  • anxious
  • arrogant
  • cognitive dissonance
  • obsequious
  • man
  • father
  • friendship
  • to look like
  • nephew
  • confident

A1 Beginner

2 materials

What A1 means

A2 Elementary

2 materials

What A2 means

B1 Intermediate

2 materials

What B1 means

B2 Upper-intermediate

1 material

What B2 means

C1 Advanced

1 material

What C1 means

C2 Proficiency

1 material

What C2 means