Communicative English Skills 2 Week 2 Appearance The

Communicative English Skills 2 Week 2

Appearance = The way someone looks. A P P E A R A N C E • Hair – example: Length, style, color. • Height – example: Tall, short, average height. • Color – example: Blue eyes, black hair. • Body build – example: Slim, athletic, large. • Age – example: Very young, middle aged, old.

Body build : Description Athletic Large Thin Always remember: Subject + be + adjective So: He is Large

Height We are all different heights. So how do we communicate this to other people in English? First, remember to start the sentence with ‘she’ or ‘he’, when describing one person. She is…. . He is……

Male and female: Description She is a woman. Remember: ‘She’ or ‘He’ = one person. He is a man. Remember: ‘They’ = more than one person. They are women. They are men.

Height : description He is short He is tall Remember body build? ‘He is tall and thin’ He is average height

Height: Description ‘She is tall’ ‘He is short’ ‘He is tall’ ‘She is small’ Also: ‘She is tall compared to him’. ������� Also: ‘She is small compared to him’.

Height Activity ������ In groups of three, describe the height of each person. � • What is your height? ‘I would describe my height as being ……. . ’ • Who is the tallest person in the group? ‘The tallest person in our group is …………’ • Who is the smallest person in the group? ‘The smallest person in our group is …. . ’

Age description Very young ‘He is a very young boy’. Young ‘He is a young man’. Middle aged ‘She is a middle aged woman’. Young ‘ They are young men’. Old ‘He is an old man’. Very old ‘He is a very old man’.

Age description ‘She is a young woman’ ‘I think she is 19 years old’ ‘He is a very old man’ ‘I think he is 77 years old’ If you know his age you would say ‘He is 77 years old’.

Age What age do you think these people are?

Color – Hair Black hair Brown hair No hair ‘She has long brown hair’ ‘He has no hair, he is bald’ Blonde hair ‘She has mid length blonde hair’ ‘She has mid length black hair’ Grey hair ‘He has short grey hair’

Describing people B A 1. ___has short _______ hair. 2. ___is wearing _____. 3. ___is wearing a _______. he face she clothes 1. ___ has ______blonde _______. 2. ___ has blue ____. 3. ___ is _____. teeth hair glasses black scarf moustache old long C 1. __ is wearing _____. 2. __ has a _______. 3. __ is _____. smart very young eyes bald

Describing people A B 1. She has _______hair. 2. She is very ______ 3. She is wearing ____. blue face makeup brown C 1. He is ______. 1. She has _______ eyes. 2. He is wearing ______clothes. 2. She is very _____. 3. He has brown ______. 3. She has _______ hair. teeth hair short black dress moustache thin long smart young eyes large

How would you describe these individuals?

Describing each other Work in pairs and answer the following question…. . Describe your friend 3. Eyes 1. This is Wipada He has blue eyes She is 32 years old. She has Brown eyes 2. Body build 4. He has short brown hair He is large/Athletic/thin She has long blonde hair She is large/Athletic/thin 5. He is tall. She. is short He is average height

Personality is how a person behaves. Match the Thai Personality words to the correct English personality words. Calm adventurous happy argumentative funny Intelligent kind sensible friendly boring lazy silly selfish serious

Personality Which words describe your personality? ‘I would describe my personality as being ………. ’

Appearance or personality What is more important for you, appearance or personality? Friends - 1. Would you be friends with the man in picture A? 2. Would you choose your friends based on appearance or personality? Lover - 3. Does your boyfriend/girlfriend need to be beautiful? 4. Is personality more important than the way they look? A B