DESCRIBING PEOPLE

MONSTERS INC

A. Write down the characteristics we use to describe people under the correct verb column:
To Have or To Be.

HAIR – EYES – FAT – THIN – SHORT – TALL – CHUBBY – SLIM – ARMS – LEGS – HEAVY – MUSCULAR – BEARD –
MUSTACHE – AVERAGE HIGHT
TO HAVE TO BE

B. Watch the movie segment and then describe the monsters below, using the words in exercise “A”. Make
sure you say, for example, how many eyes, legs and arms the monsters have and their colors too.

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C. Draw a monster. Be creative. Don't show it to anyone.

YOUR MONSTER: YOUR PARTNER’S MONSTER:

1. Describe your monster to a partner. Your partner draws what s/he listens.
Remember: To Have: It has ... (Hair, Eyes, Arms, Legs)
To Be: It is … (Fat, Thin, Short, Tall, Chubby, Slim, Heavy, Medium-Built)

2. When you both finish, show each other the original monster and the monster your friend drew, based on
your dictation. Check how similar they are.