Learn English Vocabulary for People: Free Interactive Activities
This interactive lesson is designed to help English learners master essential vocabulary for describing people. For the best learning experience, start with Activity 1: Key Vocabulary, where you can study the definitions of all 15 words related to family, people, jobs, and social roles.
Once you feel confident, you can move through the other activities to test and reinforce your knowledge: check your understanding with the Matching game and the Quiz, practice your spelling and context skills with the Fill in the Blanks exercise, and build fluency by creating your own sentences in the Writing section. Finally, apply what you’ve learned by answering the questions in the Personal Reflection activity.
Interactive People Activities
Learn English Vocabulary for Family, Jobs, and Society
👨👩👧👦 People in Our Lives
Learn these important words to talk about different people.
A group of relatives
Helps sick people
Helps students learn
Cooks delicious food
A person who studies
Writes books and stories
Activity 1: Key Vocabulary
Learn these important words to describe people.
- Family: A group of people who are related to each other.
- Mother: A female parent.
- Father: A male parent.
- Brother: A boy or man who has the same parents as you.
- Sister: A girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
- Student: A person who is studying at a school or college.
- Teacher: A person who teaches students.
- Doctor: A person who is qualified to treat sick people.
- Engineer: A person who designs and builds machines, systems, or structures.
- Scientist: A person who studies science.
- Writer: A person who writes books, articles, or stories.
- Actor: A person who performs in plays, movies, or television.
- Chef: A professional cook.
- Businessperson: A person who works in business.
- Manager: A person who is in charge of a team or company.

