Chapter 3
Vocabulary Games and Activities
GA 4
Describing People – Crossword Puzzle
Vocabulary
Item
Adjectives describing qualities and personalities:
adventurous, boring, chatty, cheerful, courageous, curious,
energetic, humorous, mature, moody, naive, playful, sociable,
selfish, troublesome
Vocabulary
Building
Strategy
Using knowledge of lexical relations – antonyms and synonyms
Activity Description
This activity is designed to provide opportunities for students to negotiate meanings
through the use of antonyms and synonyms in the context of a crossword puzzle.
Students need to listen to their partners for clues to complete the crossword puzzle
together. This activity can easily be adapted for practising antonyms and synonyms of
other adjectives.
Material for Each Pair of Students
A set of crossword puzzles on personality
Procedures
1. Students work in pairs, with one being Student A and the other Student B.
2. Students get their own worksheet and take turns to ask questions about the missing
words, like ‘What’s A1?’ (‘A’ for ‘Across’) or ‘What’s D12?’ (‘D’ for ‘Down’).
Then their partners can explain the target words in one of the following ways:
- It is the opposite of …
- It shares the same meaning as ...
- It describes someone who …
3. The activity continues until students have filled in all the boxes in the crossword
puzzle.
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Vocabulary Games and Activities
Crossword Puzzle – Personality (Student A)
Work in pairs and complete the crossword puzzle by providing clues for your partner in
the following way:
Student A/B:
What is the word for D9/A1?
Student B/A:
It is the opposite of _______________. /
It shares the same meaning as _______________. /
It describes someone who ________________.
D11
A1
A2
E
B
O
R
I
N
G
N
E
R
G
E
T D12
I
C
S
O
C
I
A3
A
B
L
E
D10
D15
D14
A4
C D9
U
R
I
O
U
S
A5
A6
M
A
T
U
R
M
O
O
D
Y
V
E
N D13
T
U
R
O
U
S
E
L
F
I
S
H
E
A7
A
D
A8
S
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Vocabulary Games and Activities
Crossword Puzzle – Personality (Student B)
Work in pairs and complete the crossword puzzle by providing clues for your partner in
the following way:
Student A/B:
What is the word for D9/A1?
Student B/A:
It is the opposite of _______________. /
It shares the same meaning as _______________. /
It describes someone who ________________.
C D11
A1
O
U
R
A
G
A2
E
T D12
O
R
U
C D10
A4
A6
O
A3
S
U
H
B
E
L
E
E
L
M
C D9
R
S
A
O
H
F
O
Y
R
A
U
M
F
O
T
L
N D13
U
U
T
A
L
S
Y
I
A5
E
A7
H D15
P
D14
U
V
A8
E
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Vocabulary Games and Activities
(Answer Keys)
(Answer Keys)
C D11
B
A1
O
B
U
A1
R
A
G
A2
E
N
E
A2
E
N
O
U
C D10
H
E
E
A4
C D9
A4
H
A6
M
A
M
T
A6
T
U
R
C D9 U
F
H
T
U
A
T
L
T
C D10
S
C D11
R
I
O
R
N
I
G
N
E
G
T D12
E
R
U
R
A
G
R
E
G
R
O
A3
U
S
L
S
E
R
E
A7 A
S
U
D
A
A7
S
O
O
O
M
M
A5
V
D
M
E N D13
V
E
A
I
Y
V
A8
Across
Across
1. BORING
1. BORING
2. ENERGETIC
2. ENERGETIC
3. SOCIABLE
3. SOCIABLE
4. CURIOUS
4. CURIOUS
5. MOODY
5. MOODY
6. MATURE
6. MATURE
7. ADVENTUROUS
7. ADVENTUROUS
8. SELFISH
8. SELFISH
S
E
S
A8
D14
L
E
S
S
A5 M
P
L
E
U
O
A
I
B
A
L
B
E
L
H D15
B
L
O
I
I
C
C
U
B
T
Y
R
C
O
O
S
U
E
F
R
U
I
C
T D12 I
A3
H
E
I
R
G
A
D
O
Y
D
F
T
U
N D13 T
L
A
P
U
D14
M
L
O
A
R
Y
F
R
U
O
O
R
L
U
O
S
E
H D15
U
M
O
R
O
S
U
S
S
I
V
L
E
F
L
I
F
S
I
H
S
H
Down
Down
9. CHATTY
9. CHATTY
10. CHEERFUL
10. CHEERFUL
11. COURAGEOUS
11. COURAGEOUS
12. TROUBLESOME
12. TROUBLESOME
13. NAIVE
13. NAIVE
14. PLAYFUL
14. PLAYFUL
15. HUMOROUS
15. HUMOROUS
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