- •Is he/she wearing
- •Describe a person.
- •Write a description of the people in these pictures.
- •Write down the names of three people you know. Point out:
- •Cut out some pictures of people from magazines - pop stars, sportsmen, tv stars.
- •Choose three well-known famous people. Describe each person using the prompts below.
- •Read the clues and write the features.
- •Complete these sentences in a suitable way. More than one variant is possible.
- •Replace the underlined word with a word that is more suitable or more polite.
- •Follow the descriptions:
- •Answer the questions with your own ideas and information.
- •Complete the dialogue:
- •Organize the words into pairs of opposites and put them in the columns below.
- •What nouns can be formed from these adjectives? Use a dictionary to help you. Example: kind kindness
- •How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?
- •Fill the gaps with a suitable word.
- •Agree with the opinions below using a word with the same meaning.
- •Fill the gaps in the text with suitable words from the box.
- •Describing character – What`s he like? Is she nice?
- •Match the following words with their equivalents:
- •Sort out the adjectives given in the box into the columns with the name of physical features they can usually describe.
- •Divide the words given in the box below into those which usually refer to men only, women only or people of both sexes.
- •Answer the following questions to find out how you usually respond to people`s appearance.
- •Match the adjectives describing personal qualities with their definitions.
- •Complete the following sentences choosing one of the adjectives given in the box.
- •Complete the table of nouns and adjectives which can be used to describe people`s character and personality.
- •Match the following adjectives with their opposites.
- •Complete the sentences with one of the adjectives below.
- •How many adjectives can you remember for describing people's looks? Try this quiz to test your vocabulary. Match the word on the left with the same meaning on the right.
- •Choose the best alternative to complete these sentences:
- •Match the word on the left with the opposite meaning on the right.
- •Complete the sentences with one of the adjectives.
- •Underline the most suitable word.
- •Complete the sentences with a suitable adjective. The first letter is given.
- •Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- •Complete the sentences below with the pairs of words in the box.
- •What type of person … ?
- •Read the text below. Put the words given into the correct form by adding necessary prefixes/suffixes.
- •Read the text below. Put the words given into the correct form by adding necessary prefixes/suffixes.
- •Read the text below. Put the words given into the correct form by adding necessary prefixes/suffixes.
- •Match the adjectives with their definitions:
- •Choose the right prefix to make the following adjectives negative.
- •Sort out the personality qualities and features of appearance given in the box into the corresponding column according to your opinion.
- •Complete the text with appropriate words dealing with character traits and personality. Bear in mind that more than one variant is possible. Peter Brown
- •Read the following text and match the headlines given in the box to the appropriate paragraph. How to be a better friend
- •Answer the following questions about yourself, your friends and your ideas about friendship.
- •Read two letters to a youth magazine and express your opinion about them. What advice could you give to these people?
- •Try the following ideas on and say if you agree or disagree with the statements?
- •Upper-intermediate level
- •Upper-intermediate level
- •Wanted! missing! Complete the gaps in these police posters.
- •Answer these remarks with the opposite description.
- •From these jumbled words, find combinations for describing people, as in the example. Some of the combinations are hyphenated. Use a dictionary if necessary. You can use the words more than once.
Fill the gaps in the text with suitable words from the box.
sense |
punctual |
confident |
trust |
initiative |
miserable |
timid |
sensible |
sensitive |
shy |
cheerful |
reserved |
I spent the weekend camping with friends but it wasn’t very successful. Sally is not very (1) ………………. and we had to wait an hour for her to turn up. Apparently she had a problem with a train, but didn’t have the common (2) ………………. to call me on my cell phone and warn me she would be late. Then, when she finally arrived, she had a friend with her, called Jill. She was quite nice, but so (3) ………………. that she didn’t really speak to anyone for the first day. She`d got a bit more self- (4) ………………. by the end of the weekend. However, she didn’t seem to have much (5) ………………. : we were only 400 meters from a farm but Jill said she couldn’t make tea because we had no water! Bill got angry at that, for no real reason, and poor Jill almost started crying. Bill`s problem was that he never really wanted to go camping in the first place, so he was pretty (6) ………………. most of the time.
Describing character – What`s he like? Is she nice?
Give the definition to every word below.
Use the words below to describe what your friends, family and teachers are like.
In pairs: one student writes down a description and the other student must guess who it is.
careful hard-working worried cheerful broad-minded 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 |
Match the following words with their equivalents:
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a strand of hair
beard
moustache
mean
generous
curly
hazel
stout
skinny
plump
selfish
ambitious
absent-minded
obstinate
patient
повний, огрядний
товстий
егоїстичний
впертий
пасмо волосся
неуважний
підлий
вуса
честолюбний
кучерявий
карі (про очі)
спокійний
худий
борода
щедрий
Sort out the adjectives given in the box into the columns with the name of physical features they can usually describe.
underweight overweight generous thinning turned up |
grey stout hazel plump slender |
straight square crooked chestnut |
dark red fat blue |
strong mean blond long |
large weak slim short |
wavy skinny curly pointed |
eyes |
nose |
mouth |
chin |
hair |
size |
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