TEACHER'S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Appearance Crossword

Activity Type Introduction

Writing, listening and In this fun worksheet activity, students complete a crossword by
speaking activity, pair describing and guessing words related to physical appearance.
and group work
Procedure
Language Focus Divide the class into two groups (A and B).
Physical appearance
Give each student a corresponding A or B worksheet.
Defining
Tell the students that they are going to write clues for words
related to physical appearance.
Aim
Explain that the students in both groups have the same crossword,
To complete a crossword but Group A has the words down and Group B has the words
by describing and across.
guessing words related to
physical appearance. Working together, the students invent and write down clues for
the physical appearance words written on their crossword. All the
students should write the clues on their own worksheet.
Preparation
Make one copy of the two When the students have finished writing, they pair up with
worksheets for each pair someone from the other group.
of students.
Have the pairs of students sit face to face.

Level Tell them not to show their crosswords to each other.

Elementary The students then take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to
one of their missing words, e.g. 'What's 1 down?'
Time Their partner reads out the clue for that word and the other
35 minutes student tries to guess what it is.

If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it on their

crossword.

If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student
is able to guess the word.

When the students have finished, they check their spelling by

comparing crosswords.

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 DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Appearance Crossword

Student A
1 2
S H
3 4
L A M S
5
I N O K A
6
M D U - I T

S S N T
7 8
O T N R
9
M A Y A

E C C
10
H B T
11 12
C E L I
13
H O V F
14 15
B U N E I
16
E B D T

A B E
17
R Y

A. Write clues for the words down.

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

10. _______________________________________________________________________

12. _______________________________________________________________________

13. _______________________________________________________________________
14. _______________________________________________________________________

B. A
 sk your partner for clues to the missing words and complete your crossword, e.g. 'What's
6 across?'

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 DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Appearance Crossword

Student B
1 2

3 4

6
M E D I U M - H E I G H T

7 8
S H O R T T H I N
9
T A L L

10
B E A U T I F U L
11 12
F R E C K L E S
13

14 15
O V E R W E I G H T
16
B A L D

17
C U R L Y

A. Write clues for the words across.

6. ________________________________________________________________________

7. ________________________________________________________________________

8. ________________________________________________________________________

9. ________________________________________________________________________

10. _______________________________________________________________________

11. _______________________________________________________________________

15. _______________________________________________________________________

16. _______________________________________________________________________
17. _______________________________________________________________________

B. A
 sk your partner for clues to the missing words and complete your crossword, e.g. 'What's
1 down?'

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