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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

�� a�� b��c��d�� e

�� 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:��

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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

�� following.

��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 �

��C - Practice:��

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)

fun��cheer��

greed��use��

dream��wonder��

help�� fear��

�� -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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