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TESOL/Describing people
What does your favorite athlete look like?
Key sentences
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What does your (person) look like? | They're (adjective). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| How tall are they? | They're (adjective). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What is their build? | They're (adjective). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What does their hair look like? | It's (adjective). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
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| How old are they? | They're in their (decade). They're (adjective). |
Drills
Say these sentences without looking.
| person | sentence |
|---|---|
| friend | What does your friend look like? |
| coworker | What does your coworker look like? |
| teacher | What does your teacher look like? |
| favorite actor | What does your favorite actor look like? |
| adjective | sentence |
|---|---|
| tall, thin, and blonde | They're tall, thin, and blonde. |
| short and thin | They're short and thin. |
| tall with black hair | They're tall with black hair. |
| short and a little overweight with brown hair | They're short and a little overweight with brown hair. |
| adjective | sentence |
|---|---|
| quite tall | They're quite tall. |
| average height | They're average height. |
| a little short | They're a little short. |
| very short | They're very short. |
| adjective | sentence |
|---|---|
| thin | They're thin. |
| a little heavy | They're a little heavy. |
| of average build | They're of average build. |
| well built | They're well built. |
| adjective | sentence |
|---|---|
| long, straight, and blonde | It's long, straight, and blonde. |
| short, wavy, and black | It's short, wavy, and black. |
| shoulder-length, curly, and red | It's shoulder-length, curly, and red. |
| brown and kinky | It's brown and kinky. |
| decade | sentence |
|---|---|
| teens | They're in their teens. |
| early 20s | They're in their early 20s. |
| mid 30s | They're in their mid 30s. |
| late 40s | They're in their late 40s. |
Example
Practice this conversation.
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What does your (friend) look like? | They're (tall, thin, and blonde). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| How tall are they? | They're (quite tall). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What is their build? | They're (thin). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What does their hair look like? | It's (long, straight, and blonde). |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| How old are they? | They're in their (teens). |
Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.
Exercise
Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
|
What does your ... look like? |
They're ... . |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| How tall are they? | They're .... |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What is their build? | They're .... |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| What does their hair look like? | It's .... |
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| How old are they? | They're in their .... |
Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.
Practice
| Asking about someone | Talking about someone |
|---|---|
| Think of someone. Ask your partner what that person looks like. | Answer your partner's questions. |
Further study
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Resource type: this resource is a lesson in English as a second language. |
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