ESL Lesson Plan Idioms: Personality

Level
B2-C1
Time
90 min
Media
Video + Article
Idioms: Personality

Lesson Overview

This ESL idioms lesson plan explores expressions used to describe personality and character, including go-getter, dark horse and jack of all trades. It helps students understand the meanings of these idioms and how to use them when describing people, their qualities and their abilities.

The lesson includes structured exercises that introduce each…

This ESL idioms lesson plan explores expressions used to describe personality and character, including go-getter, dark horse and jack of all trades. It helps students understand the meanings of these idioms and how to use them when describing people, their qualities and their abilities.

The lesson includes structured exercises that introduce each expression and explain its meaning before giving students opportunities to practise using the idioms in context. These activities reinforce understanding, expand vocabulary and encourage learners to describe different personality traits more naturally.

Combining clear explanations with practical exercises, this lesson helps ESL students develop their understanding of idiomatic language and communicate more confidently when talking about personality and character.

Activity Layout

  1. Picture round
  2. Create the Idioms. 
  3. Idioms Examples
  4. Idioms: Definitions. 
  5. Sentence Completion. 
  6. Dialogues. 
  7. Dialogues: Activities.
  8. Questions. 
  9. Listening practice.

Homework

There is a homework task to supplement this grammar lesson. Students consolidate their learning by practising the target grammar through a range of activities designed to improve their accuracy.

  1. Writing Task.

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