Spotlight 11 Module 1e

Descriptive writing (people)

Warming up

• Do you have many friends?
• How do you get on with them?
• Who is your best friend?
• Do you have common interests?
• Do you often argue?
• Does your friend help you if you are in need?

List the words under the following headings :

• energetic • of medium height
• ice-skating • optimistic • outgoing
• likes scuba diving • cooking • straight nose
• sensitive • piercing eyes • tennis
• casual clothes • arrogant • tanned
• sailing

APPEARANCE

PERSONALITY

HOBBIES

Plan:

1. Introduction (Paragraph 1)

Name / relationship to you & how / when you met him / her

2. Main body (Paragraphs 2-4)

Physical appearance

Personality

Hobbies, interests, achievements

3. Conclusion (Paragraph 5)

Your comments & feelings

HEIGHT

Short, of medium height, just under six foot, tall

BUILD

Skinny, overweight, slender, well-built, petite

AGE

In her mid-twenties/thirties etc., late teens, middle-aged, elderly

COMPLEXION

Dark-skinned, pale-skinned, wrinkled, tanned, freckled/rosy/rough, dry skin

FACE

Round, attractive, heart-shaped, high-cheekbones, triangular, long oval, square

HAIR

Curly, straight, long, blond, dyed, thick, medium-length, spiky, permed, neatly-combed, ponytail, bun, shoulder-length, brown

EYES

Deep blue, light brown, sparkling, piercing, sad, almond-shaped, tear-filled, expressive, lively

NOSE

Hooked, crooked, long, straight, upturned

CLOTHES

Formal, casual, designer, fashionable

Jane is quite good-looking.

She’s slim with…and…hair.

She’s pale-skinned with a…nose.

She always looks well-dressed in…clothes.

1. Lyn is very shy.

She doesn’t like going to parties.

Tend to, seem to, is rather, can sometimes be etc.

2. Josh can sometimes be rather selfish. (NOT: Josh is selfish.)

• Мой друг очень упрямый.

• Моя сестра всегда ведет себя по-детски.

- Он ужасно неорганизован.

Tend to, seem to, is rather, can sometimes be etc.

Let's relax

• energetic

2. easy-going

3. talkative

4. lazy

5. bossy

6. optimistic

7. ambitious

8. selfish

9. hot-tempered

10. popular

in addition,

also,

and,

both…and,

moreover,

as well as,

but,

on the other hand,

however,

although etc.

She is both kind and helpful.

Moreover , she never loses

her temper.

She is independent and

knows her own mind.

H owever , she is sometimes

very stubborn.

APPEARANCE

PERSONALITY

HOBBIES