Today we’re going to describe people’s personalities. There are quite a few nouns that you can use to describe people’s personality traits. You probably know some of them, but I’m sure there are some that might sound new to you. I think they’re worth remembering.
Here are the video and text versions.
And now let’s have a look at the nouns again. What are the personality traits mentioned in the video?
So, the first one is a daydreamer. A daydreamer always has his or her head in the clouds, always fantasizing.
Some people are too interested in the private lives of other people. What do we call them? Busybodies!
A person who loves taking dangerous risks is called a daredevil.
A person who can’t settle down and goes from job to job, place to place, etc. is called a rolling stone.
If someone always borrows money and lives off other people, you can call that person a sponger.
A battle-ax is a person who is very aggressive and likes to dominate.
A very talented and successful person can be called a golden boy or a golden girl.
And what do you call a person who is always slow and behind the others in his work? This person is a slowpoke.
A crank always has odd, eccentric and unconventional ideas.
If someone is a real nuisance, we have a word for this too: a pain in the neck.
People who like to do things on their own are often referred to as lone wolves.
And finally a tomboy. A tomboy is a girl who likes to play rough boys’ games.
This will do for now. But, naturally, there are many more nouns that we can use to describe personality traits and I’ll talk about some of them in the future.