Student´s name: Date:
Topic: English level:
Grade: Teacher’s name: Sigrid Castillo
DESCRIBING PEOPLE/ PERSONALITY AND PHYSICAL ADJECTIVES
Height, body build and age
When describing people, we use the verb to be to describe height, body build and age. Examples: I am tall and slim.
He is overweight. Ann is
thin.
You are old and short. They are
young.
A. Write sentences describing the pairs of people in the pictures using the verb to be
and the adjectives: tall, short, slim, old, young.
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Facial features
We use have and has to describe hair color, hair length and facial features. Facial features are eyes, eyebrows,
nose, mouth, lips, ears, chin, etc.
Example: She has long brown hair.
She has big blue eyes. She has a
small nose.
She has a wide mouth and big red lips.
B. In pairs, take turns describing each person's facial features below to your partner, who guesses who it is.
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Clothes
We use the verb wear to talk about the clothes someone has on.
Present simple form 'wear' Past simple form 'wore' Present continuous form 'wearing'
Example: She wears a uniform to Example: I wore a T-shirt and jeans Example: He is wearing a shirt and tie.
school. yesterday.
C. What other items of clothing can you add to this list? Write your answers in the spaces below.
T – shirt jeans dress sweater shirt ................ ................
trainers skirt suit boots ................ ................
socks trousers shoes ................ ................
D. What are you wearing now?
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E. What did you wear yesterday?
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F. In pairs, describe what these two people look like and what they are wearing.
G. Complete the description with the correct verbs.
My friend John (1) ................ tall. He exercises a lot and (2) ..................................................................... very strong.
He (3) ................ blue eyes and brown hair. He (4) ............................................................... big ears and a small nose.
Today, he (5) .................................... wearing a blue shirt and jeans.
H. Use the words in the box to complete the description.
am x 2 is have x 2 has x 2 wear wore wearing China first-year
My name is Mei. I am a (1) .................... student. I come from (2) ................................................................................. I
(3) ................... not tall, and I (4) ................... not overweight either. I (5) ...................
long hair and a pony tail. Like most Chinese, I (6) ...................................................................brown eyes. Today, I am
(7) ................................my student uniform. Yesterday, I didn't have class, so I didn't
(8) .................... my uniform. I (9) .......................................................... jeans and a yellow T-shirt. I went to a
movie with my friend Noi. She (10) ................... tall and (11) ........................................................................... short hair. She
(12) ....................................a big nose, but I think she is pretty.
I. Write a short paragraph describing yourself.
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J. Write a description of someone in the classroom. Don't write their name or tell anyone who you are describing.
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K. Now, read your description to the class and see if they can guess who it is.
L. Some thieves have been stealing things from your classroom. A student saw them steal some pencils. Here is what
the student told the police. Read the descriptions and draw pictures of the thieves.
Thief 1 Thief 2 Thief 3
1. The first thief is tall and thin. He has a long face.
2. The second thief is short and overweight. He has a round face.
3. The other thief is short and thin. He has an oval face (egg shaped).
4. The thief with a round face has a big nose.
5. The thief with a long face has small eyes and a long nose.
6. The overweight thief has big ears and short hair.
7. The thief with an oval face has big eyes and a small mouth.
8. The thief with a big nose has big eyes and a big mouth.
9. The other thief has a long mouth and a long hair.
10. The thief with a small mouth has a small nose and small ears
11. One man has ears that look like the number 8.
12. The man with a small nose is bald.
13. All of the thieves wore T-shirts and jeans.
14. Now, compare your drawings with your classmates. Are they the same?