How To Describe Yourself In English.

How to describe yourself in English. That's our class today. So, how would you describe yourself? Notice this question. How would you? How would you describe yourself? Now, to answer, you could say, I'd say, I'm pretty easygoing. You can simply answer with, how would you describe yourself? I'm pretty easygoing. I'm pretty easygoing. Now, if you want, you can add on, I'd say, I would say, I'd say, I'm pretty easygoing. Now, easygoing, this means you're relaxed. You're not easily upset. So, let's say there's a stressful deadline and all of your co-workers are getting stressed out, but you're easygoing. You're not overly stressed out. So, what about you? Is this something that you would use to describe yourself? And maybe you say in the specific situation, you might say, when it comes to working on a team or when it comes to traveling, I'd say, I'm pretty easygoing. Okay, Azam says, I'm definitely easygoing. So, here, to be easygoing. Excellent job. Or maybe, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, for better or worse. Notice, for better or worse, and that pronunciation, for, for better, for better or, better or worse. So, this or is simply going to be an er, er, for better or worse, for better or worse. So, you do have to add an extra R sound. You can't just say for better or worse, because yes, better ends on an R sound, but you also have to add an extra R sound for that or, unstressed, is er, for better or worse, for better or worse, for better or worse. This means that there are pros and cons, which means good and bad, the good side, the bad side. Because being a perfectionist, you might think that sounds positive. Well, in fact, perfectionists, often, it's not a positive thing. So, for better or worse, there are pros and cons. And I'm a bit of, this is reducing it. It makes it sound that not totally a perfectionist, and not never a perfectionist, it's somewhere in the middle. I'm your number one fan. That is how I describe myself. Well, that's a perfect description, and I certainly appreciate that. Yeah, there are pros and cons. No E though, because that's cone. What you wrote is cones, cons, no E, pros and cons. How about this? I describe myself, notice I would, I'd describe myself as. The question was, how would you describe yourself? I describe myself as, and then whatever the adjective is. Here we have curious. I describe myself as curious, more than anything. More than anything suggests that this is the dominant adjective in your personality. More than anything, more than anything, more than any other adjectives that I might use. I describe myself as curious, more than anything. So, why don't you try that in the comments? What would you describe yourself as adjective, and then more than anything? All right. Narish says, I'm very curious. Yeah, you just have to memorize them. You wouldn't say, I describe myself like, that wouldn't work here. So, often these prepositions, you simply have to memorize them. Welcome, welcome from Brazil. Sending love right back. People tell me I'm a good listener. This is an excellent way to describe yourself because you're describing yourself from other people's perspective. So, it's one thing to say, I'm a good listener, or I'm a good teacher, but my students say, I'm a good teacher. My coworkers say, I'm a good listener. That is a lot stronger and gives more evidence to support this if other people believe it. So, people tell me, you could also use people say, but of course you don't say me, that's grammatically incorrect. People tell me, I'm a good listener. So, what would people tell you about your personality? This is a great one. I'm driven. What does that mean? It's not to drive, but it is the same verb. Notice it's to be driven. If someone is driven, it means they're very goal oriented. They're very motivated. They know exactly what they want to achieve and they take action every single day to make their goals a reality, to achieve what they want. I'm driven, but I try not to take myself too seriously. Because remember, for better or worse, if you're too driven, you might not take time to enjoy other things in life. So, adding, but I try not to take myself too seriously, that means the person tries not to be too extreme about it, too one-sided. Because if you take yourself too seriously, it means you're unable to laugh at yourself. But in this context, it would be you're unable to relax. You're unable to enjoy other things. Is it like willpower? Not a direct translation. I wouldn't use that as a synonym, but it has aspects of that. You can think of it, if you were to use a synonym, I would say, I'm motivated. I'm goal oriented. I'm focused on achieving my goals. How about if you're enjoying this lesson, put yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes in the comments. And of course, make sure you like this lesson, subscribe so you're notified every time I post a new lesson as well. So, you get notified when I go live and when I post a new lesson. And also, you can get this free speaking guide where I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently. You can find this in the description or you can just go to my website, JForrestEnglish.com, and you will see this and just enter your name and email and this will be emailed to you. And if you want to keep learning English with me, if you want to become my personal student and have the training, guidance, and support that you need to become fluent, well, then you can get that in the Finally Fluent Academy. And thank you so much for your support, Ariel. Okay. How about this? What are you like to work with? So, again, this could be a job interview question. It could be an IELTS question, or it could simply be just getting to know someone. What are you like to work with? Hmm. Oh, why don't you answer that? What are you like to work with? What would your coworkers say about you? That's a good one. How about this? I'm pretty hands-on. I'm pretty hands-on. Thank you so much for your support as well. I'm pretty hands-on. To be hands-on. This means that you're involved in the practical work. So, if you're a manager, you actually do the work. You don't just say, okay, you do this, you do this, you do that. You want to be involved in those tasks. But I would add on, for better or worse, for better or worse, for better or worse, because that may not be a good use of your time if you're a manager. Maybe you should be more hands-off. So, that's the opposite. Hands-on, you're involved in the practical work. Hands-off, you assign a task and you trust that the person will do it. So, hands-on, hands-off. I am very hands-on with my YouTube channel. I created this lesson myself. I didn't just ask someone else to do it. I'm hands-on because I'm very creative. That's how I would describe myself and I love creating lessons and I want to make sure I provide the best quality of lessons as well, which is why I'm hands-on with my YouTube channel. How about this? I like to think things through before I commit. So, to think something through, it means I like to fully consider it. So, if someone asks me, oh, do you want to join us this weekend for a weekend getaway? I might say to that person, oh, I'll let you know tomorrow because I don't want to answer just on the spot. I want to fully consider if I have the time, if I have the desire, what I might do instead. I want to fully consider that before I answer. You can use this in a work context. You can use this in a social context, like the example I just gave. I like to think things through before I commit. How about this? I'd rather ask a silly question than get it wrong. Do you get the meaning of this one? I'd rather ask a silly question than get it wrong. So, if you're assigned a task and you don't quite understand the one part of what that task is, if you don't ask the question, you might get it wrong. If you ask the question, it might seem like a silly question, but at least you'll get the information you need to make sure you complete the task. I'd rather ask. I would rather. And notice, I'd rather base verb than base verb. I'd rather ask a silly question than get it wrong. So, those are your two options, ask a question, get it wrong, and you are choosing option A, ask a question. Now, they're adding silly question just to make it clear that they're willing to ask questions, even if it seems like something small. A question is never silly. Exactly. Ask twice to avoid screwing something up. Exactly. I love that. Ask twice to avoid, avoid is a gerund verb, and if you screw something up, it means that you make a mistake. Because you didn't ask a question. Exactly. I would rather, I'd, I'd, I'd rather, I'd rather, I'd rather. How about this? I work best when, when, and then a clause. I understand the why behind something. I work best. I work best when I understand the why behind something. So, if you're assigned a task, update the website. But if you know why you need to complete that task, update the website because it keeps crashing. Now you're able to do the task better because you know why you're doing the task. You can perhaps focus on the task more fully. You're more motivated, you're more driven to complete the task. And yes, there is no silly question. That's absolutely what I would tell my students. There's no silly question. Oh, I'd rather prepare more than get things wrong. Exactly. Very nice. I'm usually the one keeping everyone on track. So here, to keep someone on track, it means to make sure they stay on schedule. So let's say you're having a group meeting and there's a deadline. And then all of a sudden people start talking about their weekend plans, the latest Spider-Man movie. You're the one who says, okay, everyone, let's get back to the project. We need to get this done. You're keeping them on schedule. Or if they start just working on things that aren't that important, you might say, okay, that can wait until later. We need to do this now. You keep everyone on track. Now you can keep someone on track. You can keep something on track. So you might say, I'm usually the one keeping projects on track. Keeping projects. And my explanation is exactly the same, but just the focus is on projects, not on the people completing the projects. How about this? What are you good at? So this is a great question. Again, you might be asked this on your IELTS, in a job interview, or of course this one, definitely when you're getting to know someone. What are you good at? What are you good at? In a job interview, they will probably ask you, what are your strengths? What are your strengths? More casual every day. What are you good at? I'm good with people. Now notice here, good with, and then a noun. This means you're skilled at dealing with something or someone. In this case, it's someone. Now what does that mean? I'm good with people. Well, it means that you can manage a team. You can inspire. You can motivate. You can problem solve. The people skills, which is very important. Many people have technical skills, but they don't have people skills. So I'm good with people. And then you can give more information about how you're good with people, because that's quite broad. So you can also make it more specific as well. So good with, good with. Now here, you might say, I have a knack. Now notice knack, the K is silent. I have a knack for spotting mistakes. If you have a knack for something, so here the verb is have, this is what you conjugate. So you would say, she has a knack for baking cookies. Now your next verb is in the gerund because for is a preposition. For spotting mistakes. This means you're just good at it. You have a natural talent for it. Now you can be good at something because you really trained hard. But if you have a knack for something, it means that it comes more naturally to you. So some people have a knack for learning languages, learning foreign languages. Some people have to put more effort into it because it doesn't come as easily to them. That doesn't mean that one will be more successful than the other. It might depend how motivated you are, how driven you are, because maybe the person who has a knack for learning languages isn't that motivated. So doesn't spend the time needed even though they're naturally good at it. So for better or worse. I'm good with my patience. That's definitely an essential quality if you work with people. I have a knack for learning English. Exactly. I have a knack for making cakes. Awesome. I'm a people person and I'm good. I'm good with people. That's what I would just not even add that because if you're a people person, it means you're good with people. So you're basically just saying the same idea twice, which is not required. So I would just say I'm a people person. I'm good at playing badminton. Exactly. Now, do you have a knack for it or did you have to work really hard in order to become good at it? How about this? I'm strongest when it comes to planning. So strongest means it's one of your strengths, your strengths and weaknesses, what you're good at, what you're not so good at. So I'm strongest. It's one of your strengths. It's where you excel. I'm strongest when it comes to and then you use a gerund verb. When it comes to, that means the topic or the area. So in the context of planning, making plans, that's where you excel. You're strongest. Now, you could also use a noun if you were to use a noun, but if you use a verb, it must be the gerund. I'm strongest when it comes to planning. How about this? Explaining complicated things simply comes naturally to me. So you can absolutely say I have a knack for, but you can also say something comes naturally to me. Learning languages comes naturally to me. So here, explaining complicated things. Notice it starts with a gerund. Oh, why not the strongest? Because it doesn't modify a noun. So you would say, so here, this is grammatically incorrect. I'm strongest person. Because here, strongest modifies the noun person. So you need the strongest person, the best negotiator, the worst student. But in that case, it's just the adjective form strongest. So you don't need that in that case because it doesn't function the same way as when it's modifying a noun. So explaining complicated things, whatever your gerund is. You could say simply organizing parties or preparing meals for my family comes naturally to me. So you would start with a gerund. And then your verb is come, and it has to conjugate correctly. So in this case, explaining complicated things simply, all of this is conjugated as this. It. It comes naturally to me. Learning English comes naturally to me. Simply is not part of the expression. Simply is explaining complicated things in a simple way. So simply is part of the subject. You don't include that. You would just say learning English comes naturally to me. How about this? I've always been. Now here, notice we're changing the verb tense. I am the organized one. I've always been. So if you're an adult, this sounds like even when you were a kid, even when you were in high school, even when you were in university, even when you were younger. So from the past until now, it sounds like this isn't just something that you had to learn as an adult. It's something that has just been more of a natural characteristic. Maybe it just comes naturally to you. So being organized comes naturally to me. I've always been the organized one. I've always been. So that's a great one. Now you could also be talking about a team member or a family member and say my brother. My brother's always been the organized one. Oh, you've always been the organized one. That is great. So in this case, you do need the organized one. The one and then organized tells you which one. Okay. How about this? How do other people describe you? We already saw one reference to that where people tell me I'm organized. People say I'm a good listener. So let's learn more expressions because that's very useful to talk about how other people describe you. In fact, whenever I'm interviewing, I always ask the person, how would your last boss describe you? And that they're most people don't expect that question. And it reveals a lot. They tend to naturally tell me things that they wouldn't normally share. So let's see. My friends would say I'm the reliable one. So notice here, I'm the one, the one you need the, and then you use an adjective. I'm the reliable one. I'm the unreliable one. I'm the high strung one. I'm the chill one. So what would your friends say? My friends would say, my friends would say, I'm the reliable one. Now, if you're the reliable one, it means that you're the most reliable in your group of friends. The difference is slightly different. If you just say, my friends would say, I'm reliable. I'm reliable. That means that other people in your group could also be reliable, but I'm the reliable one. Sounds like you're the most reliable. Ooh, I'm the ambitious one. I love that. I'm the ambitious one. Other people tell me I'm the one who they can depend on. Other people tell me I'm the dependable one, or other people tell me I'm the one who they can depend on. Ooh, my friends would say they can always count on me. They can always count on me. Awesome. I love that. How about this? My manager once described me as unflappable. Ooh, I love unflappable. This is definitely something you want as an adjective in a crisis situation or in a high stress environment, a chaotic environment, because you're the one who remains calm. But even when there is a lot of chaos, a lot of stress around you, so you're the unflappable, unflappable, unflappable, unflappable, unflappable, unflappable. My manager once described me. So this is interesting using once because it doesn't necessarily mean that it's a characteristic of your personality. It just happened that one time. My manager once described me as unflappable. So that's a great word you can add. My manager once described me as the one who is calm and collected under any circumstances. Yes, who is, who is. People are often surprised that I'm actually an introvert. So people are often surprised that I'm actually notice the use of actually we use actually when you want to clarify an incorrect assumption. So let's say that at work, you attend a lot of networking events, you have to lead a team, you're working with people a lot. And one day your coworker says, Oh, well, it's easy for you because you're an extrovert. And you say, actually, you're correcting that false assumption. Actually, I'm an introvert. So people are often surprised because the way you act doesn't reflect that. So maybe if you give a lot of speeches at work, but then people are often surprised that I'm that I have a fear of public speaking, because I speak every day, but I'm still internally shaking, but they don't see that. So they're surprised when they find out I actually don't like public speaking. Yeah, people are often surprised. I'm actually an anxious person because you always seem so calm and you handle a lot of different projects. But inside, you're quite anxious. That's a great example. Well done. People say I'm an introvert, but actually I'm an ambivert. Yeah. So you're a little bit of both. Absolutely. People are often surprised. I'm actually a millionaire. Absolutely. I love this one because maybe you just wear like regular clothes, you drive a regular car, and then they find out you're a millionaire, but you don't necessarily look like the stereotypical image of what a millionaire is. So they're surprised. Exactly. Well done. How about this? My teacher says my English has come a long way. Oh, this is a great example. So to come a long way means to improve a great deal. So I often say to my students, wow, your speaking skills have come a long way. Your sentence structure has come a long way. Your vocabulary has come a long way. So yes, you can be general and just use English, or you can be quite specific about one area of English. So let's say at work, you're assigned a new task and you're now in charge of organizing events. And after a few months of doing it, maybe your boss says to you, wow, your event planning has come a long way. Your ability to plan events has come a long way. Your manager skills, your management skills have come a long way. Yeah. My accent has come a long way. Exactly. Very good. Yeah. Has improved significantly. My vocabulary has come a long way. Exactly. Very nice. How about this? I've been told I'm easy to talk to. So this is another way of saying people say I'm easy to talk to. People tell me I'm easy to talk to. I've been told. So it's just the passive voice of people tell me I've been told I'm easy to talk to. So I've been told. And then you can use a clause. A clause is a subject and then verb. How about this? What are you working on? But not in terms of projects or tasks. What are you working on when it comes to your personality? That might seem like an odd thing. What? What do you mean? What am I working on? Well, if you're an introvert, naturally, maybe you're working on socializing more. If you're naturally very high strung, maybe you're working on being more relaxed. If you're naturally anxious, maybe you're working on managing your anxiety. So just because it's part of your personality doesn't mean you shouldn't try to manage it and improve the areas that you're not actually that happy with. So what are you working on when it comes to your personality? I'm working on my confidence. I think that's something we all should work on every single day. And I'm glad you are. I'm working on being more outgoing. Wonderful. Great job. I'm working on my decisive skills. I would say I'm working on being more decisive. I'm working on being more decisive. Otherwise, I would say I'm working on my decision-making skills. Decision-making skills. Being more decisive. I like being more decisive. It sounds more advanced. I'm working on being more decisive. Okay. Great things to work on, everyone. How about this? I'm working on being more direct. So it means being, if you're direct, it means that you're more honest with your feelings or your thoughts. So for example, let's say your coworker always asks you for favors and you say, yes. Now maybe to be more direct, you would tell your coworker, actually, I am not comfortable doing your work for you. That would be being direct. Or if you got your hair done and you don't like it, being direct and saying, actually, I don't like how you styled this. I want you to fix it. Being more direct. So that's a great thing to work on. I'm working on. I'm working on and then if you have a verb, it's in the ING form. Working on being more direct. So with your opinions, with your thoughts, with your preferences, with what's acceptable to you, with setting boundaries, all of that would be involved with being more direct. I'm working on controlling my emotions. Exactly. Controlling. Very nice. And something we should all work on as well. I'm working on giving my honest feedback. Exactly. Very nicely done. I'm trying to get better at saying no. So that could be an alternative to being more direct, but being more direct is general. This is simply saying no. So this is very specific. I'm trying to get better at. So to get better at is to improve. So to be better at saying no. So again, if your coworker asks you, oh, can you please just do this one section of the project? No, that's not my job. No. Of course you can say it in a nice way. You don't have to be rude, but saying no when the request is unreasonable or when the request doesn't work for you for whatever reason. Yes. I'm trying to get better at setting boundaries. No, the setting boundaries, setting boundaries. Very nice. Or how about this? I've been pushing myself to speak up more in meetings. So speak up. It can mean, if I'm talking like this, you might say, Jennifer, can you speak up? Can you talk louder? So it can mean talk louder, but it can also mean share your opinion, share what you think, share your ideas more freely. So if everyone's in a group or there's a meeting and then you're just here and everyone else is talking. Now you have to push yourself, which means it doesn't come naturally to you. You don't want to. You would prefer to stay in that meeting and not say anything. So you have to push yourself to do something that doesn't come naturally. You might say, I've been pushing myself to be more social because maybe you naturally prefer spending time alone. I've been pushing myself to speak in English in video calls. Absolutely. Nicely done. Keep at it. Keep pushing yourself. Now I've been pushing myself. It means it started in the past and it continues until now. So it's the present perfect continuous. I've been pushing myself to, and then it's the infinitive. So to is part of the next verb. It's the infinitive. I want to stop apologizing so much. So if you find yourself always saying, sorry, even though something isn't necessarily your fault, I want to stop apologizing so much. So I want to stop. Stop is a gerund verb. So your next verb is in the ING. I want to stop apologizing so much. Yeah. You can use my friend's been, my friend has been, my friend's been pushing herself to be more social. I love that. I've been pushing myself to speak up for myself. If you speak up for someone that someone could be yourself, it means that you advocate for yourself. So you say things that support your own wellbeing. That's a good one. I love it. I'm slowly learning to delegate. Oh, so remember we talked about hands-on, hands-off. So to delegate means that you give some of your tasks to other people. Now in today's day and age, it could be to AI as well. So you can delegate certain tasks. You do more administrative tasks or non-creative tasks to AI. Or of course you can delegate to a person as well. I'm slowly learning. Now they're adding on slowly to let you know that it doesn't come naturally to you. Maybe you're more of a hands-on person. 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