APPEARANCES AND PERSONALITY
PROF. ANDREA FERNANDEZ
APPEARANCES AND PERSONALITY
PROF. ANDREA FERNANDEZ
APPEARANCES AND PERSONALITY
A) Describing people: Physical appearance What does he look like? 1- He has + adjective + substantive
He has blue eyes 2- He is + adjective
He is bald
1- Height: tall, tallish, short, shortish, medium height. 2- Build: frail, stocky, slim, thin, plump, fat, skinny, well-built. 3- Age: young, elderly, middle aged, teenagers, in his twenties, in her 40s. PROF. ANDREA FERNANDEZ
APPEARANCES AND PERSONALITY 4- Face: round, square, oval, with scares, wrinkles, freckles, sun-tanned, pale. 5- Eyes: big round blue eyes, large, small, bright, narrow. 6- Hair: bald, straight, curly, spiky, wavy. 7- Clothes: casual, scruffy, shabby, smart, tidy, messy.
Example: My cousin, Paul, is a tallish man in his mid-thirties. He is a bit plump and has got long straight hair which he wears in a ponytail. He has a round friendly-looking face with a little scar on his cheek from a childhood accident. He has got bright blue eyes and wears glasses. He has got a beard. He isn`t very smart and tends to wear shabby clothes.
B) Describing people: Personality What’s he like?
careful, hard-working, worried, cheerful, broadminded, active, curious, secretive aggressive, tough, careless, practical, sensible, independent, strong-minded, stupid dull, boring, imaginative, ambitious, crafty, sensitive, gentle, naive generous, loyal, self-controlled, moody, trusting, modest, tolerant, friendly energetic, confident, selfish, shy, stubborn, reliable, clumsy, intelligent
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PROF. ANDREA FERNANDEZ
APPEARANCES AND PERSONALITY Adjectives Complete the short conversations below with the adjectives in the box. Then listen and check your answers.
big-headed generous liberal gorgeous mean religious fussy
quiet strict easy-going independent out-going sporty
1- A- What’s your dad like? B- He’s all right, but he can be quite…………………..He always wants to know where I am and he makes me come home before nine o’clock – even on a Saturday.
2- A- What’s your brother like? Do you get on? B- Not really. He’s so…………………about everything! For example, he won’t eat any vegetables except peas. If you suggest going somewhere, he never wants to. He’s just so difficult to please. I’m exact the opposite. I am really………………………..
3- A- What’s your gran like? Do you get on? B- Yeah, I supposed so. She’s OK. She’s very………………….She’s eighty-five and she still lives on her own, but she’s very………………………and I’m not. She’s always saying I should go to church or I’ll end up in hell, but then at the same time, she can be really…………………..She bought me a piano for mi birthday once.
4- A- What are your parents like? B- They’re great. I’m quite lucky because they’re quite………………They let me do more or less whatever I want.
5- A- What’s her new boyfriend like? B- He’s………………., really good-looking. He looks like a film star, but he’s quite………………..He doesn’t really say anything.
6- A- What’s her boyfriend like? B- He’s awful! I don’t know what she sees in him. He’s really…………., he’s always showing off and saying how good he is at everything, and he’s so…………………..! Do you know what he bought her for her birthday? A bar of chocolate!
7- A- What’s his girlfriend like? B- Really nice. She’s very chatty and…………………….She’s very easy to get on with. She’s also really……………………………She plays football and hockey. She’s really fit. Honestly, I don’t know what she sees in that slob. She should be with me! PROF. ANDREA FERNANDEZ