UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA

VICERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE IDIOMAS
guía para el desarrollo de clases virtuales

SUBJECT CODE # WEEKS TOPIC GRAMMAR EXPECTED

TIME
Inglés III 8104889 6-7 Your look Physical
appearance 2 weeks
Parts of the 8 hours
body
Questions
with how,
what…
What…like?

Teacher’s name:__________________________________ Date:_________________

Student’s name: __________________________________ Code: _____________

Objectives:

Procedures

● To identify vocabulary concerning clothes, parts of the body and adjectives.

● To describe your own style taking into account the previous vocabulary.
● To reflect about your perception of your appearance before and after a specific
situation.
● To participate in every activity and tutorial of this unit.

PRESENTATION:

Throughout this unit, you will learn more vocabulary and grammatical structures in order
to describe someone’s physical appearance, personality and way of dressing taking into
account different styles and trends. Try developing your creativity and increasing your
knowledge using all the different links, videos and tutorial videos to carry out this process
in a dynamic way and having meaningful learning.
Let’s start learning VOCABULARY about parts of the body, physical appearance,
personality and clothing developing several exercises.

1. Match image and word. Write the correct body part using the word box.

FACE

Eyes forehead

Nose teeth

Ear chin

Hair head

Tongue lips

BODY

Neck shoulders

Chest back

arms Elbow

wrist hands

nails fingers(10)

toes(10)

stomach

belly button/navel

legs knee

Additional activity:
Find and match body parts vocabulary to definitions.

● The organ that cleans the blood. (liver)

● The back part of the foot. HEEL/
● Tube that carries blood. VEINS
● There are 24 of these bones on the chest. RIBS
● The organ where food is digested. (STOMACH)
● Another word for backbone. SPINE
● This covers the eye. (EYELID)
● Tissues that produce movement. MUSCLES
● Organs in the chest for breathing. (Lungs)
● Holes in the nose for breathing. (NOSTRILS)
● The organ that covers your body. (skin)
● The organ that controls thinking. (brain)
● The organ that sends blood around the body. HEART
● The bottom part of the foot. (SOLE OF THE FOOT)
● The part of the leg that IS above the knee. THIGH
● The bone that encloses the brain. (skull)
● The joint between the foot and leg. KNEE
● The soft part on either side of your face. CHEEKS

HOW TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE

Begin with the person’s physical appearance, for instance: height, build, hair, eye colour,
nose, etc. Then, go into more detail, for example: hair length, the shape of the nose, etc.
(shape of my heart)

Try to be as specific as possible. For example, rather than(en vez de) (just) saying that
someone has blond hair, think about what shade of blond hair the person has, maybe light
blond (dark). Also, think about the hair length and hair style(dreadlocks). Giving more
information about each physical attribute will help your description sound better.

What adjectives can be used to describe someone’s physical appearance? Think of the
adjectives you already know and write them down. Try to write at least three adjectives for
each category.

Height: tall, short

Build: tiny, fat, skinny,thin, plump, chubby

Hair: long, short, blond, brown, red, curly, wavy, straight, bald

Eyes: small, big,

Nose: big, small, pointed.

Mouth/teeth: big, small. Lips: full-thin

General appearance: _____________________________

Build (body type) Thin, slim, overweight, heavy, fat, chubby, strong, weak, thick,
medium build.

Height Tall(1.80)(1.70), short(1,50) , medium height (1,60-65)

Hair Short, should-length, medium-length, long, curly, straight, wavy,

black, brown, red, blond (for male), blonde (for female), streaks,
dyed hair,

Eyes Sunken(hundidos), bulging(inchados), slanting(inclinados), cross-

eyed, blind (melon). Round-eyes. One-eyed

Nose Hooked, big, pointed, flat. (apartamento), plano(a)

Facial Thin, oval, clean-shaven, chubby, bloated(inchado), freckles,

features(characteristic moles, wrinkles. (beard-bear-bird-beer)
)

General appearance Handsome, good-looking, attractive, beautiful, pretty, ugly

A: secretly choose a classmate or a member of your family to describe. Tick the boxes
below to describe their appearance.

Height Tall Medium height Short

Build Overweight Medium build Slim

Eyes Blue Brown Green

Hair Blond Dark Fair

B: Tick the clothes your classmate or family member is wearing and write down the color
of each item.

Item of clothing Color

A jumper / sweater

A shirt

A T-shirt
 A dress

A skirt

A jacket

A scarf

Trousers

Jeans

Shorts

Socks

Trainers

Shoes

Sandals

C: use the information above to write a description of your classmate’s appearance.

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● If you want to practice more, click on the following link:

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/appearance

Now, consider the person’s personality and character. Is the person generally easy-
going

, funny, talkative, confident, shy, etc…?

Read the description and guess the personality adjective. The words that are underlined
are also adjectives, you can write them down and look up the words in a dictionary. So,
you can increase your vocabulary.

Pretty-good looking WINNER-PERSISTENT-ambitious

A person who is very attractive and A person who wants to be successful. It’s
pleasant. It’s the opposite of repulsive. the opposite of unambitious.

Smart-intelligent-bright FIGHTER-CHEERFUL

A person who is clever and learns things A person who is always happy and
quickly. It’s the opposite of stupid. optimistic. It’s the opposite of miserable.

GENEROUS SINCERE-HONEST

A person who likes giving things to others. A person who is dependable and can be
It’s the opposite of selfish or stingy. trusted. It’s the opposite of unreliable.

UNFORTUNATE PATIENT

A person who often drops and breaks A person who doesn’t mind waiting. It’s the
things. It’s the opposite of graceful. opposite of impatient.

CONTROLLER INFLEXIBLE-

A person who always tells people what to A person who refuses to change their
do. It’s the opposite of modest. mind. It’s the opposite of flexible.

DESCENT PEACEFUL

A person who has good manners. It’s the A person who is relaxed and calm. It’s the
opposite of impolite or rude. opposite of uptight or intolerant.

HONEST JUDICIOUS

A person who always tells the truth. It’s the A person who puts effort and care into
opposite of dishonest. their work. It’s the opposite of lazy.

SOCIABLE CREATIVE

A person who likes to meet and spend A person who has original ideas to create
time with people. It’s the opposite of something. It’s the opposite of
unsociable. unimaginative.

_____RISKY______ AMOROUS

A person who does things that might be A person who is caring and respectful of
dangerous. It’s the opposite of cautious. others. It’s the opposite of inconsiderate.

Finally, we are going to learn vocabulary about clothing which is also used in order to
describe someone.
Answer the following questions.

● What kind of clothes do you like? (QUE TIPO DE ROPA TE GUSTA?)

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● Describe your favorite item of clothing.(DESCRIBA SU PRENDA DE VESTIR
FAVORITA)
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● Which item of clothing would you never wear?(QUE PRENDA NUNCA TE
PONDRIAS?)
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● What do you normally wear to work or class?(QUE ROPA NORMALMENTE USAS
EN EL TRABAJO EN LA U?)
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● What color do you like to wear(QUE COLOR TE GUSTA USAR)(USAR-VESTIR)?
USE(HE IS WEARING A JACKET)
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● What style of clothing is trendy at the moment?(QUE ESTILO DE ROPA ESTA A
LA MODA EN EL MOMENTO?)
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● What do you normally wear to a party?(QUE USAS NORMALMENTE EN UNA
FIESTA?)
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● Do you think you are fashionable? Why / Why not? (CREES QUE ESTAS A LA
MODA?
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● What are you wearing today? (QUE ESTAS USANDO HOY?
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Analyze the trends in women and men respecting fashion, describe physical appearance,
personality and clothes before and after the covid-19 complete a comparative chart.

Example:
 BEFORE
Women had dyed hair
because they went to
parties and birthday
celebrations and they
wanted to look
fashionable.
AFTER
Women have natural hair
COVID 19 color because they stay at
home and they don’t need
to go out of their houses.

 
Cognitive

GRAMMAR:

Now, we are going to learn how to start a conversation about trends, personality, physical
appearance and styles using the questions: (what, how, what … like). Read the following
grammar chart and try to understand the different rules and structures for each question.

Question and explanation Example using vocabulary

HOW ARE YOU?
Para preguntar por la salud de alguien
usamos
HOW + verb to be + subject?
WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?
This is referring to someone's personality
WHAT+ verb to be + subject + like?
No usamos LIKE en la respuesta
WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE?
How is your mother?
She is fine.
What is your new teacher like?
She is friendly and funny.
She seems friendly.
What does your friend look like?
this is referring to physical appareance He is tall, thick and handsome.

WHAT + do/does + subject + look like?

No usamos LIKE en la respuesta y
contestamos con el verbo to be
HOW OLD ARE YOU? How old is your dad?
To ask for someone´s age He is about fifty four.

How old + verb to be + sujeto?

we always use the verb to be to ask and
answer about the age.
HOW TALL ARE YOU? How tall is your mom?
Para preguntar por la altura de alguien She is about average height
HOW TALL + verb to be + sujeto? She´s 1,65 meters
Responder usando el verbo to be
WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR EYES? What colour is your skirt?
It´s purple.
WHAT COLOUR + verb to be + subject?
What colour are her eyes?
They are brown.

Procedure

1. Write the questions for the answers about Shakira.

● How old is she? she is in her fourties

● ____________________? she's slim,short and athletic-looking.
● ___________________? she´s about 1,50 m.
● ___________________? she´s friendly and cheerful.
● ____________________? her real hair is dark.
● _____________________? her eyes are brown.
 2. Write a short description about the image, physical description and clothing (click
on the following link if you want to do this activity on the webpage)

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=appearance_442

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3. Listen and choose the correct option.

● Mark wants to buy a T-shirt Pair of jeans Pair of socks

● His size is small big medium

● He prefers the blue black brown pair of jeans.

● He pays Fifty-five Forty-five Fifteen pounds.

● The changing rooms are on the left the right.

if you want to practice more, click on the following link

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Ph
ysical_description/Listening_test_se17250gi

Production:

Choose a person that you would like to describe; this person can be one of your relatives
or a famous person, you are going to describe his/her physical appearance, personality
and way of dressing. First, click on this link where you can create an avatar
(https://avachara.com/avatar/) or you can draw or cut an image from a magazine.

submission of work: xxxxxxx

Evaluation rubric

scale
 INDICATORS E B S I OBSERVATIONS
Identify vocabulary related to physical appearance,
parts of the body, personality adjectives, clothing,
styles and trends.
Demonstrate his/her knowledge writing something
about his/her way of dressing taking into account
all the vocabulary..
Participate actively in the classes or during tutoring
in order to demonstrate his/her skills.
Demonstrate interest and commitment to the
development of activities by following the
instructions and requirements given by the teacher

WEBGRAFÍA

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/appearance

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/appearance
https://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/clothes-and-fashion-questionnaire.pdf
https://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/describing-people.pdf
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=appearance_442
https://avachara.com/avatar/
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Ph
ysical_description/Listening_test_se17250gi
https://www.teach-this.com/functional-activities-worksheets/describing-people-
appearance
https://www.english-learn-online.com/vocabulary/body-parts/learn-body-parts-vocabulary-
in-english/
https://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/clothes-and-fashion-questionnaire.pdf