Speaking Situations: Describing People

Conversation Practice

1. Tell your classmates about the people in your family.

Describe their personality and appearance.

Example,

My father is kind of tall. I think he's handsome and smart.

My mom is really nice. She has short brown hair...

2. Describe your best friend to your partner. What kind of person is he/she? What does he/she look like?

Example,

Tony is my best friend. He looks like Tom Cruise. He's a very funny person.

3. Describe one of your classmates to your partner, and have him/her guess who you are describing.

Example,

This person is wearing jeans and a pink t-shirt. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes.