(4) Special People in Our Eyes

b. Crossword Puzzle
Vocabulary Adjectives to describe personalities / qualities of people:
Items brave, caring, generous, gentle, good-tempered, loving,
kind-hearted, funny, humorous, patient, helpful, thoughtful,
super, smart, bright, clever, wise, friendly, sociable, polite
Adjectives to describe feelings:
frightened, scared
Verb phrases to describe people and relationships:
give away things, (never) give up, (never) get angry,
(never) lose temper, (never) shout at people, share with
others, tell funny jokes, do marvellous tricks, do difficult
sums, make funny faces, make friends, meet people, spend
time

Activity Description
Pupils work out crossword puzzles on special people before they design different
crossword puzzles for others to work on. They need to write clues to describe their
special classmates, family members or relatives.

Materials
Crossword puzzle Special People
Crossword puzzle template

Procedures
1. Pupils work on a crossword puzzle to revise the spellings of adjectives that
describe personalities and qualities of people, and to familiarise themselves with
the design of crossword puzzles.
2. Before pupils design their own crossword puzzles, the teacher demonstrates how
to write clues to describe the personalities and qualities of people and construct
the crossword puzzle grid.
3. Pupils write clues and design crossword puzzles on their special classmates,
family members or relatives. They also need to prepare the answer keys.
4. Pupils work on one anothers puzzles and check answers.
Answer Keys
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 Crossword puzzle on Special People
DOWN
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Across
1. My aunt is ? because she always tells us funny jokes.
2. My brother is ? because he spends a lot of time teaching me English.
3. My uncle is ? because he likes making friends.
4. My grandma is ? because she always speaks softly.
5. My mum is ? because she likes sharing things with others.

Down
6. My sister is ? because she is not frightened of tigers.
7. My teacher is ? because she never loses her temper.
8. My dad is ? because he is good at doing sums.
Write the clues for the following crossword puzzle.

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S M A R T

Across
1. My dad is smart because he is good at doing sums.
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Down
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