Workshop 2 Level 1

Physical Appearance

Generic Competences
1. Ability to organize and plan time.
2. Ability to use information and communication technology.
3. Ability to work autonomously
SKILL
COMMUNICATIVE
CONTENTS
COMPETENCE
Listening
To recognize
The verbs have got
adjectives for
and verb to be.
describing people.
Adjectives for physical
Reading
To understand
descriptions.
sentences about
physical appearance.
Vocabulary about
Writing
To write properly
height, weight,
physical descriptions.
complexin, hair, face
Speaking
To describe famous
etc.
people

You must know

The language for physical descriptions in English is quite
specific depending on the physical characteristic you are
describing.
When giving physical descriptions, the two most common
verbs to use are BE and HAVE, however, they are quite
specific.
We use BE for: height, weight, skin color.
We use HAVE for: hair (length), hair (style), hair (color) and
facial features.
Height
Short - Medium height - Tall
Weight
Skinny - Thin - Slim - Medium weight - chubby - fat overweight - obese
Skin Color
Fair-skinned - Tanned - Dark-skinned
Hair (Length)
Short - Medium length - Long
Hair (Style)
Straight - Wavy - Curly
Facial Features
Beard - Black Eye - Moustache - Pimples
Other Features
Mole - Scar - Wart Wrinkles
Examples:
Chris is medium height.
Tanya has blonde hair.
Albert is overweight.
Donna has curly hair and is tanned.
Patrick has a long beard and he also has a black eye right

now.
Tony is tall and has medium length hair.
If you want to combine hair characteristics together in the
same sentence, then the structure is:
Length + Style + Colour + Hair
Michael has short curly black hair.
Mary has long wavy brown hair.

This is an online dictionary about physical appearance:

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/appe
arance/vocab1.html
Activity 1
1.1. Grammar: Lets learn how to describe someone in English.
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.html#build
1.2. Vocabulary: Choose the right words according to the pictures.
http://cerquella.com/bilingual/deploy/Unit2/vocabulary_2.html

1.3 Listen and write the right adjective

http://www.vocabulary.cl/Games/Physical_Descriptions.htm

1.4 Reading game

Activity 2
2.1 Write two sentences using To be and Have got
http://cerquella.com/bilingual/deploy/Unit2/vocabulary_2.html

Activity 3
3.1 Test your knowledge about physical appearance and keep your
results in your portfolio (use a screenshot for that)
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson24/TestIt/Appearances.htm

Activity 4
4.1 Speaking: Prepare an oral description about any famous person.