adj · neutral
personal
UK/ˈpɜːsənəl/US/ˈpɜːrsənəl/PER·son·al
Band 5-6speakingtask2
relating to a particular person rather than to people in general or to an organization
Examples
“I prefer to give my personal opinion in the conclusion.”
“She has a personal interest in environmental issues.”
“Keep your personal information private online.”
Band 8 sentence
“While I recognise the importance of public policy, my personal experience suggests community-based solutions work best.”
Collocations
- personal opinion
- personal information
- personal experience
Word family
person npersonal adjpersonally advpersonnel n
Common mistakes
my personal opinion is...→in my opinion / personally, ...
personal data are not public→personal data is not public
Say it for a higher band
5private→6individual→7+personal
Synonyms
individual
private
Easily confused
personnel
“The company hired more personnel for the new project.”
Related words
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In -al
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