Help pupils explore the characters in J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls with this set of seven printable character description worksheets. Students choose five words or phrases to describe Inspector Goole, Arthur Birling, Sheila Birling, Eric Birling, Mrs Birling, Gerald Croft and Eva Smith, recording their ideas in the speech bubbles around each character.

These activities can support character analysis, vocabulary development, class discussion and revision. Use them as a lesson starter, an independent task or a quick way to check pupils’ understanding of the characters and their relationships. Suitable for GCSE English Literature lessons in UK secondary schools.