Unit 2: READY FOR ANYTHING

Writing Skills: A description of a person

Question
Your teacher has asked you to write a description of a person you
admire. Write why you admire him/her and how he/she has influenced
you.

Use
 present tense
e.g
a description he is/she is …
he has/she has …

singular subject – singular verb

e.g.
he/she helps/likes/does not like

plural subject – plural verb

e.g.
we/they help/like/do not like

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 and 3

Introduction Main ideas

- who describe personality – give examples to support your

- name opinion
- relationship to you
- job Personality Example

 courageous  risks his life every day

 kind and to save others
Paragraph 4 unselfish  always offers to help
others even when he is
Conclusion
not working
make a general comment about the
person
How has the person influenced you and other
I really like my uncle Tony and people?
so does everyone in the
community. - has shown me how important it is to help others
in need
- he is the reason why I have decided to become a
how do you feel about him? doctor
- I hope I can gain that kind of
respect from the people in the
future, too
Practice describing a person
Who? – cousin
- 15 years older than me
- friendly
- reliable
- hardworking
- good sense of humour
Why do you admire him/her?
- has made a success of himself
- so dedicated to his job
- very easy to talk to
- I turn to him when I need some good advice
Example how to write your sentences in the present tense to describe a
person:

The person I admire the most is my cousin, who is 15

years older than me. He is very friendly, reliable and hard-
working. He also has a good sense of humour. I admire him
because he has made a success of himself. I like the fact that
he is so dedicated to his job. Furthermore, he is very easy to
talk to. For this reason, he is the one I turn to when I need
some good advice.

subject verb – description

Present
tense

Important note: use all the vocabulary you have learnt in this unit –
adjectives and adverbs – refer to p26
Grammar – relative pronouns – who/which/whose/where