Describing People and their personal traits

Hi guys! 

Here you are some information about how to describe people.

Pay attention to the positive and negative traits or aspects of people.

You have to learn all these adjectives about people traits, too, you need them to make people descriptions.

WHAT ARE PEOPLE LIKE?

What is she/he like?
(¿Cómo es ella/él?)

Use verb to BE to describe personality of people : 

  Question:                                        Answer:

What is lisa like? -->      She is intelligent and loyal.   

                                            She is intelligent but talkative.

                                            Lisa is very intelligent but quite talkative.

POSITIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS		NEGATIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS
charming	encantador	ambitious	ambicioso
cheerful=amusing, funny	divertido, gracioso	absent-minded	distraído, despistado
considerate	considerado	aggressive	agresivo
courageous = brave	valiente	annoying	molesto
creative	creativo	bad-tempered	malhumorado
curious	curioso	bossy	mandón
determined	decidido	cheeky	atrevido
extroverted	extrovertido	clumsy	torpe
frank	franco	two-faced = hypocritical	falso, hipócrita
friendly	amigable	dishonest	deshonesto
generous	generoso	disrespectful	irrespetuoso
gentle=kind, polite, attentive	Gentil, amable, cortés, atento	dominant	dominante
honest = truthful	honesto	boring = dull	aburrido
humble	humilde	envious	envidioso
Ingenious=clever	Ingenioso, listo, astuto	forgetful	olvidadizo
likable / likeable	agradable, simpático	frivolous	frívolo
loyal = faithful	leal	fussy	quisquilloso
modest	modesto	impatient	impaciente
obedient	obediente	impulsive	impulsivo
optimistic	optimista	indifferent	indiferente
organized	organizado	insecure	inseguro
passionate	apasionado	insensitive	insensible
patient	paciente	insolent	insolente
realistic	realista	irascible	irascible
reliable = trustworthy	confiable	irresponsible	irresponsable
respectful	respetuoso	jealous	celoso
responsible	responsable	lazy	perezoso
self-confident	seguro	mean = stingy	mezquino
sensible	sensato	modest	modesto
sensitive	sensible	moody	malhumorado
sincere	sincero	nosey	metido
sociable = outgoing	sociable	pessimistic	pesimista
thankful = grateful	agradecido	proud = arrogant	orgulloso
tolerant = patient	paciente	resentful	rencoroso
understanding	comprensivo	rude = impolite	descortés
hard-working	trabajador	jealous	celoso
romantic	romántico	cruel	cruel
Intelligent	inteligente	shy = introverted	tímido, introvertido
punctual	puntual	strict	estricto, severo
studious	estudioso	stubborn	terco, testarudo
naive	ingenuo, inocentón	understanding	comprensivo
well-educated	bien educado	talkative	hablador
well-behaved (children)	de buen comportamiento	naughty (children)	travieso (niños)
nice	bueno, agradable, lindo	weird	raro

Hi guys, here you can read some texts about comparisons, please read them and learn the new words.

TEXT 1:

          Alice Jones works in St. Louis, Missouri, as a sales representative for a big publishing company. She has a job offer from a smaller publishing company in New York City to become the marketing director for college textbooks. She can't decide if she should take the job or not.

      In a smaller company, there may be more chances for advancement and promotion because more people get to know you. Her company now is so big that she doesn't know anyone outside her department. But the company in New York doesn't pay as well as the company in St. Louis. They are offering her $2,000 less than her present salary. But the new job title, marketing director, is more impressive than her current job title, sales representative. A marketing job is probably more challenging than her sales job. It also involves a lot more responsibility.

       The move from St. Louis to New York is also a big change. New York is an exciting place to live in, but it is expensive and dangerous, especially for a single woman. However, it really is the centre of the publishing industry, so it seems like a better city to work in than St. Louis.

      Alice needs to make a decision soon.

TEXT 2:

Dialogue: What is better, the City or the Country?

The City and the Country

David: How do you like living in the big city?
Maria: There are many things that are better than living in the country!

David: Can you give me some examples?
Maria: Well, it certainly is more interesting than the country. There is so much more to do and see!

David: Yes, but the city is more dangerous than the country.
Maria: That's true. People in the city aren't as open and friendly as those in the countryside.

David: I'm sure that the country is more relaxed, too!
Maria: Yes, the city is busier than the country. However, the country is much slower than the city.

David: I think that's a good thing!
Maria: Oh, I don't. The country is so slow and boring! It's much more boring than the city.

David: How about the cost of living? Is the country cheaper than the city?
Maria: Oh, yes. The city is more expensive than the country.

David: Life in the country is also much healthier than in the city.
Maria: Yes, it's cleaner and less dangerous in the country. But, the city is so much more exciting. It's faster, crazier and more fun than the country.

David: I think YOU are crazy for moving to the city.
Maria: Well, I'm young now. Maybe when I'm married and have children I'll move back to the country.

TEXT 3:

Differences Between African and Asian Elephants

There are many differences between Asian and African elephants. Both types of elephant are members of the same taxonomical family, elephantidae, but are of a different genus; elephas maximus (Asian elephants, Loxodonta africana (African savanna elephants) and Loxodonta cyclotis (African Forest Elephant).

The African elephant is significantly larger, with bulls growing up to 4m tall. The biggest Asian males reach no more than 3.5m

Weight

Adult African elephants weigh between 4,000-7,500kg. Asian males weigh between 3000-6,000kg.

Head Shape

African elephants have fuller, more rounded heads. The top of the head is a single dome whereas Asian elephants have a twin-domed head with an indent in the middle.

The lower lips of the two species also differ, being long and tapered in Asian elephants and short and round in Africans.

Size of the Ears

It is said that you can tell where an elephant comes from by looking at the size of his ears. African ears are like a map of Africa and Asian ears smaller like the shape of India. African ears are much bigger and reach up and over the neck, which does not occur in Asian elephants.

Skin

African elephants’ skin is more wrinkled

Ribs

In general, African elephants have more ribs than the Asian species, though the number of ribs varies in individual animals. African elephants have up to 21 pairs, Asians up to 20.

Tusks

All African elephants, male and female, have tusks – whereas only some male Asian elephants have tusks. African tusks are generally bigger. About 50% of female Asian elephants and a small percentage of males have small tusk like teeth known as tushes.

Teeth

The lamella profile along the top of the molar teeth of the two species is different with ridges on Asian elephants’ teeth being more tightly compressed.

The Trunk

The African elephant’s trunk is visibly more heavily ringed and is not as hard as the Asian trunk.

The trunk tip is a major difference between the species. The African trunk has two distinct fingers which it uses to pick up and manipulate objects. The Asian elephant has only one ‘finger’. The Asian compensates for this by holding objects against the underside of the trunk and appears not to suffer from any lack of maneuverability.

Toenails

Toenails in the two different species of African elephants vary. As they do between the African and Asian elephants.

African forest elephant	5 nails on front feet	4 on the back
African savanna elephant	4 nails on front feet	3 on the back
Asian elephant	5 nails on front feet	4 on the back (rarely 5)

Diet

Although both species of elephant eat a wide variety of plant matter, in general, the Asian elephant’s diet is made up of a greater proportion of grass and the African’s leaves.