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Inglés III 4 Descriptions. Weeks 8 and 9

Questions with how, what, What…like?

Parts of the body.

Teacher: Yimer Andrés Morales C.

Student’s name: Henry Esteban Gordo Sáenz

Due date: September 17th 2021.

Enviar esta guía de trabajo y la actividad evaluativa (video), a través del correo institucional o WhatsApp (si no
es posible enviarlo por el primer medio).

1. Objetives:
 To describe people’s appearance and personality.
 To learn questions with Like to describe people.
 To identify vocabulary concerning to parts of the body.

2. Presentación:

Apreciado estudiante:
A continuación, encontrará una guía detallada que le permitirá conocer todo el vocabulario y las estructuras necesarias
para describir la apariencia física y forma de ser de una persona. Recuerde que de su compromiso y motivación depende
los buenos resultados que obtenga al finalizar esta guía.

A. Activación de conocimientos

In the following chart, you will find four different aspects to describe characters such as:

Weight.

Height.

Hair.

Eyes.

So, look at the pictures and write a word (adjective) to describe each character and the particular aspect (Weight,
height, hair, eyes). Follow the examples given.

Weight Slender Slender slim Thin fat

Height tall Short Medium height tall tall

Hair bald fair curly spiky Curly

Eyes brown black green black Blue

Physical
description

Think and write about the trends in women and men respecting to fashion, physical appearance, clothes, hair styles,
etcetera, before and after the covid-19, complete the comparative chart below.

Example:  
 BEFORE AFTER

 Women liked dyed hair.  Women have natural hair color.

 Men used to shave.  Men wear long beard.
 Women liked long hair  Women have short hair
 Women liked straight hair  Women have curly hair
 Men liked jet black hair  Men have brown hair
 Men liked dark skin  Men like light brown skin.
COVID 19
 Men used to be hairy  Men wax their bodies
 Men used toe at junk foof  Men like to eat healthy
 Men used to drink alcohol  Men like to drink alcohol and beer
 Men used to wear black clothes  Men like clothes whit warm colors
 Women liked to wear high shoes  Women have sports shoes
 Women liked painted red lips  Women have light colored lipsticks
 Men liked short hair  Men have long hair

3. Apropiación

Now, you going to learn how to ask question using like for describing people´s physical appearance and personality.

Question and explanation Example using vocabulary

WHAT ARE YOU LIKE? What is your new teacher like?

This is referring to someone's personality He is friendly and funny.

WHAT+ verb to be + subject + like? He seems friendly.

No usamos LIKE en la respuesta

WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE? What does your friend look like?

this is referring to physical appareance She is tall, thin and pretty.

WHAT + do/does + subject + look like?

No usamos LIKE en la respuesta y contestamos con el

verbo to be
When the auxiliary verb of the question is to be we ask about personality. When the auxiliary verb of the question is
do/does we ask about appearance.

HOW TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE

For a person’s physical appearance, you can for instance talk about height, build, hair, eye color, nose, etc.
Then, in order to go into more detail, for example rather than just saying that someone has blond hair, think
about what shade of blond hair the person has, maybe light blond. Also, think about the hair length and hair
style. Giving more information about each physical attribute w ill help your description sound better. In the next
chart you can find many options to make detailed descriptions:

Build (body type) Thin, slim, overweight, heavy, fat, chubby, strong, weak, thick,
medium build.

Height Tall, short, medium height

Hair Short, should-length, medium-length, long, curly, straight, wavy,

black, brown, red, blond (for male), blonde (for female), streaks,
dyed hair,

Eyes Sunken, bulging, slanting, cross-eyed, blind.

Nose Hooked, big, pointed, flat.

Facial features Thin, oval, clean-shaven, chubby, bloated, freckles, moles, wrinkles.

General appearance , good-looking, attractive, beautiful, pretty, ugly,

Now, consider a person’s personality and character. Is the person generally easy-going, funny, talkative,
confident, etc…?

Read the descriptions about personality and check the meaning of the adjectives. You can look up the words in a
dictionary so that you can increase your vocabulary.

A person who is very attractive and pleasant. A person who wants to be successful. It’s the
It’s the opposite of repulsive. opposite of unambitious.
A person who is clever and learns things A person who is always happy and optimistic.
quickly. It’s the opposite of stupid. It’s the opposite of miserable.

A person who likes giving things to others. It’s A person who is dependable and can be
the opposite of selfish or stingy. trusted. It’s the opposite of unreliable.

A person who often drops and breaks things. A person who doesn’t mind waiting. It’s the
It’s the opposite of graceful. opposite of impatient.

A person who always tells people what to do. A person who refuses to change their mind.
It’s the opposite of modest. It’s the opposite of flexible.

A person who has good manners. It’s the A person who is relaxed and calm. It’s the
opposite of impolite or rude. opposite of uptight or intolerant.

A person who always tells the truth. It’s the A person who puts effort and care into their
opposite of dishonest. work. It’s the opposite of lazy.

A person who is outgoing or who likes to meet A person who has original ideas to create
and spend time with people. It’s the opposite something. It’s the opposite of unimaginative.
of unsociable.

A person who does things that might be A person who is caring and respectful of
dangerous. It’s the opposite of cautious. others. It’s the opposite of inconsiderate.

b. Answer correctly the following question about either appearance or personality.

What is your mother like? __She is friendly and funny

What does your best friend look like? __He is tall, strong and have black eyes

What are your siblings like? _ I am a brother. He is relaxed, happy and optimistic.

What do you look like? _ I am medium build, medium height and handsome.

Practice

a. Now, in order to practice the previous contents, you are going to write a short description about the people on
the pictures, describing their physical appearance and their possible personality.
She is medium height and slim. Her hair is long and black. She
has blue eyes. Her lips are pink.

He is medium build. His eyes small. He is a person relaxed and calm..

He is handsome.. He has brown hair. He is 1.70 meters tall. He Is a
person caring and respectful of others

He is middle-aged. He is handsome. He has big hazel eyes. He has short

wavy black hair. He is tall, he is 1.90 meters tall. He is well-build

She is young and gorgeous. Her eyes are small and black. She has long
straight black hair. She is medium-height. She is slim and attractive.
Some other questions to give descriptions:

HOW OLD ARE YOU? How old is your dad?

To ask for someone´s age He is about fifty four.

How old + verb to be + sujeto?

we always use the verb to be to ask and answer

about the age.

HOW TALL ARE YOU? How tall is your mom?

Para preguntar por la altura de alguien She is average height.

HOW TALL + verb to be + sujeto? She´s 1,65 meters.

Responder usando el verbo to be

WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR EYES? What colour is your skirt?

It´s purple.

WHAT COLOUR + verb to be + subject? What colour are her eyes?

They are brown.

b. In this exercise you are going to write the questions for the answers about Shakira.

● How old is she? she is in her fourties.

● How build is she? She´s slim,short and athletic-looking.
● How tall is she? She´s about 1,50 m.
● How funny is she ? She´s friendly and cheerful.
● What colour hair is she ? her real hair color is dark.
● What colour eyes is she? her eyes are brown.

c. Listen to the recording about Mark buying some trends and choose the correct option.

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d. Now listen again to the recording and write 5 of the 6 questions the saleswoman and Mark asked each other
during their dialogue. Example: Can I help you?

 What is your size?

 Can l help you?
 Do you blue jean?
 How much does it cost?
 When I can try on jean
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5. Evaluative task

Describing people and things

You are going to make a video describing someone. First you are going to choose the person you would like to describe;
this person can be one of your relatives or a famous person. You are going to describe his/her physical appearance and
personality.

Important!

 Make a video which lasts minimum 3 minutes.

 Be creative.
 Have a good pronunciation of each word in your speech.
 Use the vocabulary learned along this guide.
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