Personality · People and relationships

easygoing

calm and relaxed

Relaxed and not easily worried or annoyed.

B1 common speech & writing

This vs that

he doesn’t get annoyed easily

He’s easygoing about mistakes.

he thinks he’s better than others

He’s arrogant about his achievements.

Hear it in real life

What’s your new boss like?

She’s really easygoing and lets us organise our own time.

Play the conversation

My flatmate is easygoing, so we rarely argue about housework.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

Say it together

Whole chunks natives use with it.

be pretty easygoing about ___

She’s pretty easygoing about people changing their plans.

I’m pretty easygoing about what we eat at the weekend.

Phrases to borrow

More for talking about personality.

have a good sense of humour

She has a good sense of humour and never takes herself too seriously.

seem like a ___

He seems like a genuinely nice person.

Personality words

People and relationships · Personality: the words around “easygoing”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

He’s pretty easygoing.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

easygoing

calm and relaxed

“My flatmate is easygoing, so we rarely argue about housework.”

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