Remember that we use the structure What is XXX like? to ask someone to describe people, places and objects, but when used for people we just refer to their personality.
In the answer, we generally use adjectives, and we never include the word like in our answer (which is used as a preposition in this question).
Another interesting point to bear in mind is the use of the article the + nationality adjective (the British) to refer to British people in general (always followed by plural verb). To talk about the nationals of a country we can say
The + nationality adjective (The British are...) or
Adjective + noun with no article (British people are...)
Spanish people or The Spanish
French people or The French
We can also use the structure the + adjective (with no noun) to refer to a group of people in general: the poor, the rich. The verb is always plural after the adjective.
The rich are always a minority
The poor are always the first to suffer in crisis times.
Watch the videos and find our what the British and Americans are like. You may need to watch the clips with subtitles on the Real English website (links are provided below) as the main difficulty of the videos is not the accent or how fast the people interviewed talk, but the meaning of some of the adjectives used to describe people.
You can do an exercise on this video on the Real English website.
You can watch the same video with subtitles on the Real English website.
Students at an intermediate level can watch a longer version of this video on the Real English website.
You can do an exercise on this video on the Real English website.
You can watch the same video with subtitles on the Real English website.
Students at an intermediate level can watch a longer version of this video on the Real English website.