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    I can ask about appearance.

    Describing people I can describe someone’s appearance.

    1 VOCABULARY
    A Word meanings
    Label the pictures with the words below.
    middle-aged tall and thin medium-height
    short and overweight elderly long and wavy
    shoulder-length bald curly

    B Pair work
    Put the words above in three columns: height and build, hair, and age.
    AGE HEIGHT AND BUILD HAIR

    What else can you say to describe people? Think about some special features on a
    person’s face.

    a mustache a beard glasses

    2 CONVERSATION
    A Listening
    1. Listen. Who is Diego Sanchez?

    2. Listen again and role-play the conversation between a woman (W) and a man (M).
    M: Good afternoon. Can I help you?
    W: Yes, thanks. Is Diego Sanchez here? He’s my husband.
    M: Mr. Sanchez? I’m afraid I don’t know him. What does he look like?
    W: He’s tall, slim, and has brown hair. He wears glasses.
    M: Does he have a mustache?
    W: Yes.
    M: Is that him over there?
    W: No, that’s not him. That guy’s hair is short.

    iTalk 2021 > Level 2 > 2E1.6 > 2E1 online | Student’s Copy 1
    B Language to learn
    Asking about appearance Describing someone’s appearance
    What does he/ she look like? He’s… . tall and thin.
    Is he tall? short and overweight.
    Does he have a mustache? middle-aged.
    Does she have long hair? elderly.
    medium-height.
    bald.
    He has… . short curly hair.
    a mustache.
    a beard.
    glasses.
    Notes about the order of adjectives: size, age, shape and color
    size + color She has long black / short brown hair.
    age + color She has new pink / old black glasses.
    size + shape He has little round / big square glasses.
    shape + color He has curly brown / straight dark hair.

    3 PRACTICE
    Practice 1: Complete these sentences with two adjectives. Then practice saying them
    with your partner.
    He is a _________ and ________ man.
    His hair is _________ and _________.
    He has a _________ _________ beard.
    He has _________ _________ glasses.
    She is _________ and _________.
    She has _________ _________ hair.
    She has _________ _________ glasses.

    Practice 2: Work with a partner. Describe a person in one of the pictures below, but
    don’t say his or her name! Your partner guesses the person. Take turns. The
    guessing person can ask questions, e.g.
    Is he/she tall?
    Does he/she have glasses?
    Is his/her hair curly?

    Student A: Describe people in these pictures.

    2 iTalk 2021 > Level 2 > 2E1.6 > 2E1 online | Student’s Copy
    Student B: Describe people in these pictures.

    Practice 3 (Class Work): Take turns to describe a person in your class. Don’t say his/her
    name. Other students will need to guess who it is. You will need some time to
    prepare before you talk.

    4 PROGRESS CHECK
    1. What do you say to ask about someone’s appearance?
    2. What do you say to describe someone’s appearance?

    Today I can …
     ask about someone’s appearance.
     describe someone’s appearance.

    iTalk 2021 > Level 2 > 2E1.6 > 2E1 online | Student’s Copy 3

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