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Character and Personality
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Give your B1 students the keys to psychological description with "Odd One Out - Character & Personality". This thematic classification exercise is fundamental for consolidating personality adjectives (brave, confident, reliable, generous...). By requiring students to identify the odd one out (often a concrete word like a material or food item), the resource strengthens their mastery of abstract vocabulary and develops their ability to differentiate word categories (quality vs. material). It's the perfect tool for a unit on friendship, social relationships, or character analysis.
Sua folha de exercícios
Avalie o conhecimento dos seus alunos com esta folha de exercícios pronta para usar, projetada para reforçar pontos gramaticais e de vocabulário.
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Guia Pedagógico
Objective & Activity Overview
The main pedagogical objective is to reinforce the recognition and memorization of B1 level vocabulary related to character and personality (adjectives of psychological description) by developing the ability to categorize and identify a word that is not a character trait. The resource is an "Odd One Out" exercise consisting of nine lines of adjectives. In each line, the majority of words describe a quality or a personality trait (e.g.: brave, creative, patient), while the odd one out is a concrete common noun (e.g.: plastic, forest, cotton, butter) from another semantic field (materials, food, nature). The student must circle the word that does not belong to the lexical field of personality.
Suggested Procedure
Before the activity (~5 min): ACTIVATE SELF-DESCRIPTION
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Getting started: The teacher hands out the worksheet. Write 'Character & Personality' on the board. Ask students to choose a simple word to describe their own character (e.g.: I am quiet) or that of their best friend, to introduce the vocabulary.
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Introduction to the task: Remind students of the 'Odd One Out' rule. Emphasize the distinction: the odd one out is a **noun** that can be touched (concrete) while the others are **adjectives** (abstract).
During the activity (~15-20 min): ANALYZE THEIR FUNCTION AS ADJECTIVES
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Step 1: Individual completion and semantic verification (10 min). Students read and circle the odd one out. Encourage verification by using the word in a sentence with the verb to be (e.g.: « She is **ambitious** » vs « She is **plastic** »).
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Step 2: Peer verification and justification (5-10 min). In pairs, students compare their choices. They prepare oral justification by naming the grammatical nature of the odd one out: « Plastic is the odd one out because it is a **material** (or **noun**) and the others are **adjectives of personality**. »
After the activity (~10-15 min): DESCRIBE A PUBLIC FIGURE
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Class correction: Conduct oral correction. Write the B1 adjectives on the board and create a brief definition for the more complex ones (e.g.: *Reliable* = You can trust this person, *Sensible* = A person who makes good decisions).
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Oral/written production: Ask students to choose a positive adjective from the list (e.g.: brave, generous) and a negative adjective (if any, or a known opposite) and use them to describe a famous character (fictional or real): « I think Superman is **brave** and **loyal**. »
Adaptations
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To simplify: Provide a list of the categories for the odd ones out (Materials, Nature, Food) and ask students to classify the odd ones out after finding them, to confirm the lexical field contrast.
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To go further: Introduce nominal forms (lexical derivation): ask students to find the noun associated with each adjective (e.g.: ambitious -> **ambition**; honest -> **honesty**) to enrich their B1/B2 vocabulary.
