Describing people

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5True or false?Reading comprehension
6. 6Read and thinkReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Stefan's messageListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find me, him, her and themGrammar exercise
11. 11Me, him, her, themGrammar rule
12. 12Me, you, him, her…Grammar exercise
13. 13He or him?Grammar exercise
14. 14Say it rightSpeaking practice
15. 15Who is it?Speaking practice
16. 16Let's talkDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which word?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: me, him, her…Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a person I knowDiscussion

Words

• look like/ˈlʊk ˌlaɪk/

  how a person seems from the outside: their face, hair and body

• tall/tɔːl/

  higher than most people

• short/ʃɔːrt/

  not tall; or not long, for hair

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  curly/ˈkɜːrli/

  with a lot of round curves, not straight (for hair)

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  blond/blɑːnd/

  yellow or very light (for hair)

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  bald/bɔːld/

  with no hair on the head

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  beard/bɪrd/

  hair on a man's chin and face

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  glasses/ˈɡlæsɪz/

  two pieces of glass in a frame; you wear them to see better

• friendly/ˈfrendli/

  kind and nice to other people

• shy/ʃaɪ/

  quiet and a little afraid with new people

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about people.

1. Who is your best friend?
2. Is your best friend funny or quiet?
3. Who in your family is very tall?

Grammar rule

Me, him, her, them

before the verb	I	you	he	she	it	we	they
after the verb	me	you	him	her	it	us	them

• after a verb: Everyone loves him. We all like her. Come and visit me!
• after with, for, to: I have lunch with her. Wait for us! Talk to them!

Not I like she or with he: after the verb, use me, him, her, us, them.

In a question, is or does comes before the person, and he, she and they stay the same: Is he funny? What is she like? Does she have glasses?

Two questions

• What does she look like? — She is tall, and she has curly hair. (her hair, face and body)
• What is she like? — She's friendly and funny. (the person)