DESCRIBING PEOPLE

In this unit we will learn to describe people in terms of both physical and personality traits. After learning some useful sentences and phrases to describe people in English, you will listen to some descriptions on famous people, and finally write your own description. Good Luck!

Printable Copy of the DESCRIBING PEOPLE worksheet.

EXERCISE 1. A QUIZ
Have some fun with Describing People Quiz. Click on link and see how many words you know.

EXERCISE 2. SENTENCES AND PHRASES
Listen to some sentences and phrases for describing people in ESLGOLD. Write them down on your notebook and practise saying them with your partner. Click on the Headphones for audio.

EXERCISE 3. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES.
Are you confused about using more than one adjective in a sentence? Remember the golden rule that ALL adjectives are put BEFORE the noun. Believe it or not, there is a specific order that ajectives follow when English speakers are describing something. In this exercise, a teacher of English describes this order. This is helpful in writing as well as speaking. So watch the video on Order of Adjectives in English.



A) Adjective-order 1. Choose the correct word-order for each noun phrase.
B) Quiz. Order of adjectives.
C) British Council. Practice with a grammar game.

EXERCISE 4. FACE MATCH.
Listen to a description of a person. You'll see six faces. Which is the right person? Choose button and find the face that fits the description. Click the link on British Council to start this game.

EXERCISE 5. PERSONALITY TYPES.
Listen to a person describing a personality type in ESL-LAB. Then choose the woord that describes that personality type. Score your quiz.

EXERCISE 6. LISTENING.
You will be given a worksheet. Listen to the different listening and complete the worksheet. Hand it back to your teacher.
Listening 1 (elllo.org). Guess the Girl.
Listening 2 (elll.org). Guess the Guy.
Listening 3 (elllo.org). Hair Styles.
Listening 4 (esl-lab). Haven't we met before?
Listening 5 (esl-lab). Lost in a Crowd.
Listening 6 (esl-lab). Party Time.
Listening 7 (esl-lab). What is she like?
Listening 8 (esl-lab). Clothing Styles.
Listening 9 (esl-lab). Clothing and Fashion.

EXERCISE 7. A LITTLE BIT OF FRENCH.
Work with descriptions but pay attention! The instructions are in French.
A) Vous allez pouvoir entendre des ADJECTIVES DE PERSONNALITÉ et observer leur traduction.
B) Some more practice with DOCUMENT ICONOGRAPHIQUE.

EXERCISE 8. WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?
Look at some pictures. Which books and characters can you identify? There are 11 writers you should think of ... Did you find the 11 writers? Just look at the next pic to see if you found them all. Now do you know what they look like? Do the activity, I am sure you will be surprised!


(Activity created by Renée Maufroid, Quia)

EXERCISE 9. A PERSONALITY TEST.
Find out with the "What Am I Like?" test what your personality type is.

EXERCISE 10. THE ART OF CRIME DETECTION.
The Art of Crime Detection is an interactive Web activity consisting of an introductory animation, two crime-solving scenarios, and a open-ended drawing tool. You help to solve annoying but rather innocuous crimes (e.g., toilet-papering a tree) by using both the left and right brain to draw composite sketches of a perpetrator.