Use the following texts as models.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 399.

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

I. What do we look like?

Combine the nouns with the adjectives given in brackets. Pay atten­tion to the use of the articles.

a) hair (short, long, fair, dark, grey, straight, curly)

b) face (round, thin, oval)

c) figure (tall, short, well-built, thin, slim, stout)

II. Make up dialogues following the models given below.

- What does your father look like?

- Well, he is not very tall, with dark hair and gray eyes.

- What does your sister look like?

- She's got a slim figure, bright eyes and curly hair.

- We are very much alike.

- Is your brother a good-looking/handsome fellow?

- Yes, he is rather tall, with fair hair and blue eyes.

- Is your girl-friend Ann good-looking/pretty?

- Yes, she is beautiful. She looks very much like her mother who is still a very good-looking woman.

III. Say a few words about the appearance of your relatives or friends.

a) My sister Jane is a pretty girl of 20. She is rather thin and
looks like a teenager. She's got dark brown hair and brown eyes. Her
face is round. She looks very much like mother.

b) My grandmother is over 70. She's got grey hair and blue eyes.
She is rather stout. She's got a kind smile.

c) My cousin John is 22. He is a handsome fellow with an oval face, fair hair and grey eyes. He is tall and slim. Girls think a lot of him.

d) My mother is in her early forties. I must say she looks young for her age.

She is not very tall. She is well-built and has beauti­ful curly hair.

I like her brown eyes, her soft voice and the way she smiles. We are very alike.

IV. Complete the following by describing the person's appearance (add 3 or 4 sentences)

1. You can't call him handsome actually.

2. He is the kind of man you go for at once.

3. Richard is quite good-looking.

4. Little Jane's as pretty as a picture.

5. She is nice to look at.

6. His sister is very plain actually.

7. She is not a bit like her mother.

8. His mother is over 40, but she doesn't look her age.

9. Ann is Arthur's age, but she looks much older.

10. When you meet her, the first thing you notice is...