WEEK N° 1

DESCRIBING PEOPLE
I.- VOCABULARY

Some more adjectives…

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 FEELINGS
PEOPLE NOISE SIZE
Angry Anxious Aggressive Beautiful
Noisy Big Fat
Confident Helpful
Bored Cruel
Pretty Kind Calm
Nice clever Large Tall
Depressed Hungry
Kind lazy Quiet Wide High
Brave Cheerful Messy shy
peaceful Short overweight
Impolite hard
Happy Perfect
Working jealous
Proud Friendly

II.- CONVERSATION:
A: Have you seen the new girl in school?
B: No, I haven't.
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A: She's really pretty.
B: Describe her to me.
A: She's not too tall.
B: Well, how tall is she?
A: She's about five feet even.
B: What does she look like, though?
A: She has pretty light brown eyes.
B: I may know which girl you're talking about.
A: So you have seen her around?
B: Yes, I have.

III.- GRAMMAR
Language point:
When describing people, we use the verb “to be” to describe height, body build, age
and personality.
Example:
 I am tall and slim.
 He is overweight.
 Ann is short.
 Karen is beautiful.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

I Am Fat.

HE
SHE Is ugly
IT

YOU
WE are Pretty.
THEY

NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
I Am not Fit.
HE
SHE Isn’t ugly
IT
YOU are Pretty.
WE
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 THEY

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
Am I Tall?
HE
Is SHE Old?
IT
YOU
Are WE thin?
THEY

Example:
1. Lorein is fit. 3. My sister is young.
2. Mario is fat. 4. Carlos and Jhon are middle- aged.

IV.- EXERSISES:
1.- Write short descriptions of the people in the picture below use the verb “to
be” and the adjectives. Short, tall, thin, slim, old, young, noisy, calm.
Example: Alex
- Jeison is short.
Jeison
1. _______________________________

2. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

4. _______________________________ Angela
Mary
5. _______________________________

6. _______________________________

7. _______________________________

8. _______________________________

2.- Complete the sentences with the appropriate words (friendly, nice, clever,
kind, lazy, messy, shy, impolite, hard-working, jealous)
1. Tim never helps with the housework. He’s so__________!
2. Zoe was___________ of Linda. She was much prettier than Zoe, and more
intelligent, too.
3. Karen rarely gets angry with people. She’s usually ___________ and
understanding.
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4. Pam is very ____________ . I’m sure you’ll like her when you meet her.
5. The teacher felt very ________________ when all her students passed the exam.
6. My friend Rainia is very ______________ . She is good at learning things.
7. People who push in front of you in queues are very ____________ !
8. My sister Marisa is_________________ . I'm the opposite. I'm very outgoing.
9. My brother Jorge is very___________ . His bedroom is always tidy.
10. My neighbor is a good person. She has been very___________ to me.

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