Comparing your personalities questions

Comparing your personalities questions

Work in pairs or small groups. Choose one question below, predict who is more + the adjective that is there, turn the question into a personal question for your partner, answer the same question back, then see if your comparison was right. For example, say “I think I am more adventurous than you”, ask “How many extreme sports have you done?”, answer the same question, and see who is really more adventurous. Then take turns doing the same thing.

Useful language for doing the activity “I think you are more… than me”/ “I think I am …er than you” “How much/ How many/ How often/ How soon/ How long/ How late/ How interested/ How many times… do you…?” “How about you?”/ “What about you?”/ “And you?”

 

1. Who has done more danger sports/ extreme sports? – adventurous/ brave
2. Who wants to get a promotion sooner? – ambitious
3. Who makes pros and cons lists before making decisions more often? – analytical
4. Who used to tell their siblings or friends what to do more often? – bossy
5. Who breaks more cups, plates and other crockery? – careless/ clumsy
6. Who catches and releases spiders more often? – caring/ kind
7. Who draws more often? – creative
8. Who more often divides their rubbish into different categories? – diligent/ responsible
9. Who cries in a greater percentage of movies? – emotional
10. Who takes longer to decide where to go on their summer holiday? – indecisive
11. Who left home when they were younger? – independent
12. Who bases their decisions on the gut feelings more often? – instinctive/ intuitive
13. Who has more lucky charms? – irrational/ superstitious
14. Who gets up later at the weekend? – lazy/ relaxed
15. Who guesses the identity of more murderer in whodunits? – logical
16. Who is more interested in their neighbours? – nosy
17. Who uses their diary more to organise their schedule? – organised
18. Who waits longer if a friend is late? – patient
19. Who worries more about the future? – pessimistic
20. Who says please and thank you more times in a day? – polite
21. Who goes to more parties?/ Who has more friends on social media? – sociable
22. Who more often stops reading to think about those issues? – thoughtful
23. Who is late for work more often? – unpunctual
24. Who checks their appearance in their phone camera more often? – vain

Compare how many correct predictions you made with other groups.

Ask about any questions, personality words, etc above that you don’t understand, discussing what other questions or personality words could match them each time.

 

Personality words presentation

Without looking above, match the questions below to suitable personality adjectives. Many questions have more than one possible answer, and words not above may also be possible.

1. Who has done more danger sports/ extreme sports?
2. Who wants to get a promotion sooner?
3. Who makes pros and cons lists before making decisions more often?
4. Who used to tell their siblings or friends what to do more often?
5. Who breaks more cups, plates and other crockery?
6. Who catches and releases spiders more often?
7. Who draws more often?
8. Who more often divides their rubbish into different categories?
9. Who cries in a greater percentage of movies?
10. Who takes longer to decide where to go on their summer holiday?
11. Who left home when they were younger?
12. Who bases their decisions on the gut feelings more often?
13. Who has more lucky charms?
14. Who gets up later at the weekend?
15. Who guesses the identity of more murderer in whodunits?
16. Who is more interested in their neighbours?
17. Who uses their diary more to organise their schedule?
18. Who waits longer if a friend is late?
19. Who worries more about the future?
20. Who says please and thank you more times in a day?
21. Who goes to more parties?/ Who has more friends on social media?
22. Who more often stops reading to think about those issues?
23. Who is late for work more often?
24. Who checks their appearance in their phone camera more often?

Mixed answers

Use the mixed answers below to help with the task above. Some definitions above match two words here.

• adventurous
• ambitious
• analytical
• bossy
• brave
• careless
• caring
• clumsy
• creative
• diligent
• emotional
• indecisive
• independent
• instinctive
• intuitive
• irrational
• kind
• lazy
• logical
• nosy
• organised
• patient
• pessimistic
• polite
• relaxed
• responsible
• sociable
• superstitious
• thoughtful
• unpunctual
• vain

Check with the first worksheet. Other answers are possible, so please check if you wrote something different.

Make similar questions to test other personality words.