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Week 2 Lessons 1-2 Appearance and Revision

This document provides guidance for describing people's appearances in English. It includes vocabulary to describe physical traits like age, hair, build, and complexion. Sample descriptions of relatives are provided as models. Learners practice describing partners to each other without seeing the other's worksheet to match names and pictures. Feedback is given on maintaining a youthful appearance and looking younger than one's age. Overall, the document focuses on developing skills to concisely describe people's physical traits and appearances in English.

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Week 2 Lessons 1-2 Appearance and Revision

This document provides guidance for describing people's appearances in English. It includes vocabulary to describe physical traits like age, hair, build, and complexion. Sample descriptions of relatives are provided as models. Learners practice describing partners to each other without seeing the other's worksheet to match names and pictures. Feedback is given on maintaining a youthful appearance and looking younger than one's age. Overall, the document focuses on developing skills to concisely describe people's physical traits and appearances in English.

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Reviewing appearance and

character
Enhance vocabulary about
appearance through speaking
activities.

Lesson Apply describing skills into

objectives
practice.

Revise physical and character


traits.
When do we need to describe people?

In daily life conversations In the IELTS

Describing people’s
appearance

In reports In books
Don’t show your worksheet to your partner.

Describe the characters with names to your partner


so he/she can find him/her on his/her worksheet
Work in and label the picture with the correct name.

pairs Each description should contain facial features, hair


style/ type and age, etc.

Continue the activity in turns till both worksheets


are complete.

See the next slide for prompts


1. Match the questions with their answers below.

Do you look like any


What does your best Tell me about your
other people in your
friend look like? family.
family?
• No … not at all … take • My father’s getting on • She’s the same age as
my brother for example a bit … he’s in his 60s … me … she has shoulder-
… he has short cropped but he looks very length hair … fair
hair and has quite young for his age … he hair … she has a slim
a pointed face … he’s still does lots of figure and is medium
also quite fair- exercise and is height …
skinned compared to quite well-built …
me …
Pair work.

Describe a person whose appearance you like. You


should say
• who this person is
• what their relationship is to you
• what they look like
and say what it is about their appearance you like.

Before you start talking look at the sample answer.


Sample:

• OK … I’d like to talk about my aunt … her name’s Marta and she’s quite a character …
she’s middle-aged but has a very youthful appearance … she’s a little overweight I suppose
but not too much … she has a friendly round face framed by thick blonde hair … she has a
lovely complexion(skin) and she’s always well-turned out … she actually always looks like
she’s going out for the evening to somewhere special … there’s never a hair out of place …
I’ve always thought she bears a striking resemblance to someone on TV … I can’t remember
the name now … she wears glasses and always seems to have a different pair on every time
I see her … I like the way she looks because she wears clothes that are right for her age and
manages to look glamorous without it looking like she’s too done up … yes … I’ll be happy if I
look like her when I’m her age …
1 .Youthful appearance: to look young 
• Example: People always compliment on her youthful
appearance.
2. Look young for your age: to look younger for your age

Vocabulary • Example: Her style of wearing makes her to look young


for her age.
from 3. To be getting on a bit: to be getting old

previous • Example: Recent years, my parents have been getting on


a bit.
tasks. 4. To bear a striking resemblance to somebody: to look
very similar
• Example: Everyone often says that I bear a striking
resemblance to my father, which I really proud of.
5. To be good-looking: to be attractive
• Example: She is the one I have a crush on who is really
beautiful and good-looking.
6. To be well-built : to be muscular
• Example: He has been working out for years, then he is well-built.
7. To be well-turned out: to look smart
• Example: The guy who is wearing glasses and a yellow T-shirt is well-turned out.
8. To be overweight: to weigh more than is regarded as healthy 
• Example: Overusing fast food can cause to some health problem such as being
overweight.
9. Shoulder-length hair: hair that comes down to the shoulders and no further
• Example: She has shoulder-length hair, and a bright smile. 
10. To lose one’s figure: to have a figure that has lost its toned shape
• Example: Because she ate too much fast food recently, she has lost her figure.
11. To get done up: to dress smartly
• Example: Whenever she shows up in the public, she always gets done up.
2. Complete the sentences with
missing words/ phrases.
1. Yes, they're … — thirty-one and thirty, respectively, which is,
like, seventy-something, in pro-tennis years. lose your figure
2. She has managed to maintain her … . overweight
3. She's always … , so I'm sure she'll come to dinner in pearls well-built
and high heels. shoulder - length hair
4. Ansiedad is a bright Seattle high school student who … even youthful appearance
though she is in some ways wise beyond her years. done up
5. She … to her grandmother. looks young for her
6. She was not exactly … , but perfectly presentable. age
7. He was tall and … , a man who obviously took care of himself getting on a bit
8. I run a fitness center for … men bears a striking
9. If you keep your figure, you stay thin. If you … , you become resemblance
rather fat. well turned out
10.The boys and girls were all … in costumes. good-looking
11.Standing about 1 . 58 metres tall and weighing about 45
kilograms , she has black … , a round face , white complexion
, is of thin build and wears a pair of glasses
Listening.
Listen to two students talking about the teachers at their college. Write the teacher’s
names next to the photos.
• Mr Parker
• Mrs King
• Mr Willis
• Miss Wood
• Mr Johnson
• Mr Chandler
• Mr Joseph
• Mrs Brighouse
• Mrs Amos
• Ms Tully
Ladder of success

TEAM A TEAM B

appearance personality appearance personality


Guess my description
Write 10 sentences about yourself and then pass the piece of paper to
someone else. The person who received the paper reads the sentences
out, starting with the most difficult clues to guess from, until everyone
guesses who it refers to.
What has been learned?

What remained unclear?


Reflection
What is necessary to work on?

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