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Giving details and descriptions Describing people 1 Speaking
Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
• Do you look like anyone in your family?
• Do you think you look like anyone famous?
• How would you describe your teacher? 4 Pronunciation 2 Listening
Listen to a conversation between a police officer and a young woman and answer the questions. What has happened to the woman? How does the woman feel?
Listen again and make notes about what the thief looked like. Compare your notes with a partner. Notes 3 Vocabulary
Look at the words below. Tick (
 ) the ones used in the listening. good-looking short dark-haired fair-skinned clean-shaven curly-haired brown-eyed athletic middle-aged well-dressed thin attractive
Which words would you use to describe yourself? © British Council ARS_A2_08_P022CEA_HO_v1.0 1 lOMoAR cPSD| 46836766 Pre-intermediate
Giving details and descriptions Describing people
Listen to your teacher saying the words and underline the stress, e.g. dark- hair ed. Practise saying the words.
Put the words into the correct columns in the table. Eyes/hair Skin Clothes General/build good-looking
With a partner, add more words to the table. 5 Language
Four of the compound adjectives from the previous exercise are also common as noun phrases ( e.g. curly hair).
Complete the following sentences with the noun phrases.
1. Unlike my blue-eyed brother, I have . 2. People with should wear sunscreen.
3. He looks like his father; he has , not blue.
4. Would you prefer to have straight hair or ? 6 Speaking
Use words from the previous exercise to describe other students in the class. Let another pair guess who you are describing. © British Council ARS_A2_08_P022CEA_HO_v1.0 2 lOMoAR cPSD| 46836766 Pre-intermediate
Giving details and descriptions Describing people
e.g. Pair A: He’s tall, athletic and clean-shaven. Pair B: Is it Matt?
Pair A: No, he has curly hair.
Pair B: It’s Kevin ! 7 Pronunciation
Read the following conversation where someone is describing a person.
Mark the places in the conversation above where the speaker pauses. Use / to show a short pause and // to show a
long pause. Practise the conversation.
A: So, tell me! What was he like?
B: Well, he was thin and I would say he was thirty-ish. A: Nice, what else?
B: Um … he had long, black hair. His hair was longer than mine. And he had glasses.
A: What was he wearing?
B: He was wearing a blue sweater and jeans. 8 Language
Complete these questions you can ask about how someone looks. 1. What does ? 2. How tall ? 3. What kind of ? 4. What colour ? 5. Is ? 6. Has ? 9 Speaking
Using the picture your teacher has given you think how you could describe the person. © British Council ARS_A2_08_P022CEA_HO_v1.0 3 lOMoAR cPSD| 46836766 Pre-intermediate
Giving details and descriptions Describing people
Try to be as detailed as possible. With a partner ask and answer questions to describe your person.
Try to find the person from the pictures on the wall. Eyes/hair Skin Clothes General/build © British Council ARS_A2_08_P022CEA_HO_v1.0 4