Learn how to describe people in English A1

Material de consulta y de trabajo para enseñar cómo describir personas en inglés.

1. ENGLISH
COURSE A1-A2 3. Describing people

2. CONTENT
•VerbTO BE
•VerbTO HAVE
•VerbTO WEAR
•Listeningtime
•Discussion

3. VERB TO BE
Uses:
•To give personal information, like
name, origin, age.
•Whendescribingpeople,weuse
theverbTOBEtodescribe
height,bodyshapeandage.
Structure:

4. Examples
•I am tall and slim
•He is overweight
•Ann is chubby
•You are old and short
•They are young
A. Say short descriptions of
the people in the pictures
below using the verb To Be and
the adjectives: tall, short,
overweight, slim, old, young:

5. VERB TO
HAVE
Use: When describing
people we use the verb TO
HAVE, to describe hair
colour, lenght and facial
features. Facial features
are eyes, eyebrows, nose,
mouth, lips, ears, chin,
etc.
Structure:

6. EXAMPLE
•She has long brown hair
•She has big blue eyes
•She has a small nose
•She has a wide mouth and big
red lips

7. B. Use the verb To Have, to describe the people below

8. CLOTHES
We use the verb wear to talk about the clothes someone has on.

9. LISTENING
Put the words in the correct spaces. Listen to check
your answers.

10. LISTENING
Put the words in the correct spaces. Listen to check
your answers.

11. LISTENING
Put the words in the correct spaces. Listen to check
your answers.

12. DISCUSSION
•What do you look like?
•What kind of hair have you got? /
What kind of hair do you have?
•What color eyes have you got?
•Are you happy with your
appearence? Why? Why not?