What does he look like?
Useful Language
Describing people
My brothers are tall and have got glasses. My sister is slim and has got blue eyes.
My new classmates aren’t tall and they haven’t got long hair. My best friend isn’t short and he hasn’t got a beard.
We use the verbs be and have got to describe people.
1 Pairwork Look at the description of Marek Hamsik. Then take turns to describe the other people.
His name is Marek Hamsik. He’s from Slovakia and he’s a football player. He’s tall and slim and he’s got short, dark hair.
MAREK HAMSIK FOOTBALL PLAYER SLOVAKIA
ED SHEERAN SINGER ENGLAND
CHRISTINA AGUILERA SINGER AMERICA
JASON DERULO SINGER/DANCER AMERICA
SALMA HAYEK ACTRESS MEXICO
2 Guessing game Work in pairs. Student A, describe a person you both know. Student B, you have five guesses to discover the person. Then swap roles.
FUNCTIONS
Asking and answering yes/no questions
A Is your brother tall?
B Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.
A Are they pretty?
B Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
A Has he got green eyes?
B Yes, he has. / No, he hasn’t.
A Have they got long hair?
B Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t.
We use yes/no questions to ask if information about people is true or false.
3 1 Fatima is talking to Ben about her new classmate. Complete the conversation with the expressionsinthebox.Thenlistenandcheck.
he’s got you’ve got Is he Has he got Yes, I have in your class
Ben Hi Fatima, I hear (1) you’ve got a new student (2)
Fatima Oh hello Ben. (3) .
Ben Well, what does he look like? (4) dark eyes?
Fatima Yes, (5) beautiful dark eyes and curly, black hair.
Ben (6) tall or short?
Fatima He’s tall!
Ben So he looks like me?
Fatima No Ben, he doesn’t look like you!
‘Yes, she has.’ / ‘No, she hasn’t.’ Useful Language
4 What’s the difference? Student A, look at this picture. Student B, look at the picture on page 84. Ask and answer questions to find the five differences.
Student A
Watch out!
What’s the rule when you answer these questions?
‘Are you short?’
‘Yes, I am.’ / ‘No, I’m not.’
‘Has she got glasses?’
Student A Has John got blond hair?
Student B Yes, he has.
Student A Is he tall?
Student B No, he isn’t. He’s short!