What do you look like? What does your best friend look like? Warmer
What does she look like? Interchange 1
In this lesson, we are going to learn … Vocabulary for describing people How to ask and answer questions about appearance Pronunciation: Contrastive stress in responses Objectives
A: Look at these expressions. Can you think of three more words or expressions to describe people? Word Power B: Choose at least four expressions to describe yourself, your best friends, your classmates, your family members.
Look at the pictures below and describe them. Teacher-led Practice For example: She has long brown hair. He is young. long brown hair short blond hair straight black hair curly red hair bald a mustache and beard young middle-aged elderly
Look at the pictures below and describe them. Teacher-led Practice For example: He is handsome. He is short. handsome good-looking pretty short fairly short medium height pretty tall very tall
Describe the people in the picture. Grammar Focus A: Listen and answer the questions below: Randy’s new girlfriend She’s gorgeous and very tall Randy doesn’t know 1. Who are Randy and Emily talking about? 2: How does Randy describe her? 3: How old is she? B : Listen to the rest of the conversation. What else do you learn about Ashley? Ashley is probably in her thirties. Ashley is older than Randy. Randy doesn’t care about Ashley’s age.
Role play the conversation with your partner: (handout 1) Grammar Focus Emily: I hear you have a new girlfriend, Randy. Randy: Yes. Her name’s Ashley, and she’s gorgeous! Emily: Really? What does she look like? Randy: Well, she’s very tall. Emily: How tall? Randy : About 6 feet 2, I suppose. Emily : Wow, that is tall. What color is her hair? Randy : She has beautiful red hair. Emily: And how old is she? Randy: I don’t know. She won’t tell me. Emily: She won’t tell you her age? Randy: No. But I don’t care. Emily: How old do you think she is? Randy : Who knows? I think she’s probably in her thirties. Emily: And how old are you? Randy : I’m 29. Emily : Oh, so She’s older than you.
Role play the conversation with your partner: Handout 1 Emily: I hear you have a new girlfriend, Randy. Randy: Yes. Her name’s Ashley, and she’s gorgeous! Emily: Really? What does she look like? Randy: Well, she’s very tall. Emily: How tall? Randy : About 6 feet 2, I suppose. Emily : Wow, that is tall. What color is her hair? Randy : She has beautiful red hair. Emily: And how old is she? Randy: I don’t know. She won’t tell me. Emily: She won’t tell you her age? Randy: No. But I don’t care. Emily: How old do you think she is? Randy : Who knows? I think she’s probably in her thirties. Emily: And how old are you? Randy : I’m 29. Emily : Oh, so She’s older than you.
Match the questions with the answers, guess first and then check with the box. Grammar Focus 1 : What does she look like? 2: How old is she? 3: How tall is she? 4: How long is here hair? It’s medium length. She’s gorgeous. She’s about 32. She’s 6 feet 2.
What are the questions for the following answers: (handout 2) Teacher-led Practice 1: _________________________ ? My brother is 26. 2: _________________________ ? I’m 173 cm(5 feet 8). 3: _________________________ ? Sharon has brown hair. 4: _________________________ ? No, she wears contact lenses. 5: _________________________ ? He’s tall and very good-looking. 6: _________________________ ? My sister’s hair is medium length. 7: _________________________ ? I have dark brown eyes. How old is your brother? How tall are you? What color is Sharon’s hair? Does she wear glasses? What does he look like? How long is your sister’s hair? What color are your eyes? Now let’s think of some similar questions to ask each other. For example: How old are you? How tall is your father? ….
What are the questions for the following answers: Handout 2 1: _________________________ ? My brother is 26. 2: _________________________ ? I’m 173 cm(5 feet 8). 3: _________________________ ? Sharon has brown hair. 4: _________________________ ? No, she wears contact lenses. 5: _________________________ ? He’s tall and very good-looking. 6: _________________________ ? My sister’s hair is medium length. 7: _________________________ ? I have dark brown eyes. Now let’s think of some similar questions to ask each other. For example: How old are you? How tall is your father? ….
Let’s play a game. One describes the person and the other one guesses. Teacher-led Practice A: She has long black hair, and she is very tall. B: Um… you are describing picture 4.
What kind of clothing is in fashion now? Teacher-led Practice classic, cool and casual, and funky. classic: always fashionable cool: fashionable at this time casual: not formal funky: modern and unusual Which clothing items do you wear almost every day? What are three more things you like to wear? What’s your style? Is it classic? Cool and casual? Funky? Something else?
Try to describe Final Task Useful expressions What does ___ look like? He/she is … He/she has … your family members your favorite teacher, singer, movie star your best friend one of your classmates