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4-SKILLS : Describing People

Technicum Si-Tarek Of Relizane

First Year Students

Technological Streams 2004/2005

Practice: Describing People

A - Get Ready:

1-Picture Study I: Look carefully to the pictures, then answer these questions.

a) What do you see on the picture?

b) Are they the same?

c) In what way are they different? Choose: and

2-Picture Study II: Look carefully to the pictures and try to find who is who.

Complete the sentences next to the picture

f-She's a very beautiful girl.

h-He's very small. That's .

i-She's a rounded woman. That's .

j-She's very tall. That's .

3-Vocabulary Check I: Match each word with the appropriate picture.

1-Neighbours 2-Curly 3-Square 4-Straight -Round

4-Vocabulary Check II: Match each word with the appropriate definition.

Words Definitions

Eg: ~~a) Good looking~~ 1-Who respects the opinions or practices of others.

b) Talkative 2-Who is between 45 and 65 years.

c) Middle-aged a 3-Beautiful.

d) Patient 4-Who likes to speak to others friendly.

e) Tolerant 5-Who does not become angry after the others quickly.

B - Read and Understand:

Read the following text carefully then do the exercises below.

My next-door neighbors are a middle-aged couple. Bert, the husband, is a man of forty. He is Australian and works in the local bank. Doris, his wife, is about thirty. She is English and works as a cashier in the supermarket. They live in a small house and have no children.

Bert is a tall, athletic person with clear blue eyes, fair curly hair and a square face. He often dresses in black trousers, blue shirts, red jackets brown ties and black shoes. He is a talkative person, especially with children. He enjoys reading newspapers but hates watching television. He is tolerant and patient with people. He is not selfish. He is ambitious.

Doris is a tall, good-looking person. She has green eyes, fair straight hair and a round face. She generally dresses in black skirts, red shirts, blue cardigans, black shoes. She is a smart woman. Unlike her husband, she enjoys watching TV very much but not reading newspapers. She is generous, helpful and audacious. She has a great sense of humor because she likes telling funny stories and diverting her friends.

1-Vocabulary: Find in the text words or expressions that are opposite in meaning to the

a) short=/= b) dark=/= c) stupid=/=

d) timid=/= e) unpleasant=/=

2-Quick understanding: Read the text quickly then say if the following statements are

TRUE, FALSE or NOT MENTIONED in the text.

a) Bert is the director of the local bank.

b) Doris has long hair.

c) Bert does not like watching TV.

d) Bert does not like giving to the others.

e) Doris likes having good time.

3-Detailed understanding : Now read the text carefully then answer these questions.

a) What does Bert like? -He likes and .

b) What does Doris do? -She .

c) What doesn’t she like? -She .

d) How does Bert look like? -He's a .

e) Does he have a job? -.

f) Choose a title to the text. -

4-More understanding: a) Here is some information about Bert. Classify them in the table

Tall – Works in a local bank –

Bert – Not selfish –

Blue eyes – Black trousers –

Forty – Australian –

Talkative – Curly hair –

Ambitious – Patient –

1-Nationalities I: Complete the table.

Noun=Country	Adjective=Nationality
England	English
France
Algeria
	Tunisian
Germany
Turkey
	Moroccan
	Spanish

2-Nationalities II: Complete the sentence.

a) John is from the USA. He is .

b) Romario is Brazilian. He is .

c) Paula is from Scotland. She is .

d) Ali is Belgian. He is .

e) Shen is from Japan. He .

f) Mao is Chinese. He .

3-Formation of adjectives:

-1-Look carefully at the following examples.

Beauty	+	*ful*	=>	beautiful		Hand	+	y	=>	handy
Noun		Suffix		Adjective		Noun		Suffix		Adjective

- 2-Now do the same with the following. (write the adjective in the box)

-3-Complete the following sentences with a word from the previous activity. (noun or adjective)

a) She always helps the others because she is a person.

b) He is a boy. He wants to be a president.

c) What a person she is! She wants to eat all the cakes and chocolate on the table.

d) Mr. Bean is a comedian.

e) Mr. Bean’s films are very .

f) Pictures are very to understand the lessons.

g) They have a garden. There are a lot of flowers and trees.

4-Odd One Out: Tick the odd word in each of the following lists.

a) English – Philippine – French – Tunisian – Irish

b) Enjoy – like – hate – love – prefer

c) Tall – small – short – slow – slim

d) Teacher – electrician – mechanic – medicine – cashier

e) Sport – television – music – studies – reading

5-Who are you:

a) Complete the table with information about yourself.

b) Write a paragraph describing yourself using the information from the table

*Identity*	Name: Date of birth: Place of birth: Age: Nationality: Occupation/Job:	… … … … … …
*Physical appearance*	Face:	Round - Square - Oval
	Height:	Tall - average height - small
	Build:	Slim - Fat - Rounded
	Eyes:	Fair - dark - color=…….
	Hair:	Fair - dark - straight - curly - wavy - short - long
	Complexion:	Fair - dark - color=…….
*Personality*		Helpful - cheerful - Generous - Audacious - Careful - Ambitious - Selfish - courageous - ……….

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.....................Do this by yourself at home...............

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