Vocabulary Task
Complete the following story with adjectives from the box.
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leather thin square blond long scruffy broad greenish gold cashmere suede filthy nylon fair pointed huge dark steel pale tiny short smart muscular bright (+colour) |
The woman was able to give the police a detailed description of her attackers. One of the men was tall and (1) _______ with short (2)______ hair, (3)_______ skin, and (4)_______ blue eyes. He was wearing a (5) _______ grey suit with a (6) _______ blue (7) _______ jumper underneath, and he had an expensive-looking (8) _______ ring on the index finger of his left hand. In contrast, the other man was much shorter, but with (9) _______ shoulders and a very (10) _______ build. He also had short hair but it was (11) _______ and quite curly, and his face was (12) _______ than the other man’s with a (13) _______ chin. His clothes were old and (14) _______. He wore blue jeans, an old black (15) _______ jacket, and a pair of (16) _______ red trainers.
WRITING
I. Write a descriptive paragraph.
Describe your favourite clothes.
Note: 1. Describing an object, introduce it and give a general impression of it.
2. Present descriptive details (shape, size, colour, texture, weight…) to capture the individuality of the object and create a unified impression.
3. Reinforce the general impression.
II. Write a contrast/comparison paragraph.
Compare the kind of clothes you are wearing now to the ones you consider your Sunday best.
Note: points in contrast/comparison paragraphs can be arranged in two orders:
1. alternating / point-by-point (ABAB) order, i.e. a point about subject A is immediately followed by the matching point about subject B;
2. block (AAA BBB) order, presenting all details about subject A and then all those about subject B. Whichever approach you choose, you should present the details about subject B in the same order that you use for subject A.
Use transitional words to indicate points of comparison and contrast:
Comparison: and, both, in the same way, just as, like, likewise,
neither, similar, the same
Contrast: but, by contrast, different, dissimilar, however, on the other hand,
unlike, whereas, while, .