TERM: First TOPIC: Describing people

Comprehends the knowledge

acquired about a place or region of
his/her country, including the
Extract information from texts
characteristics of the population and
and videos about different
COMPREHENSION the landscape, rules of coexistence, COMPREHENSION regions and places in his/her
GOAL: customs, and experiences (his/her PERFORMANCES: country, along with their norms,
own and those of the inhabitants of
customs, and landscapes
the place), and applies all this
information to warn about what
people can or cannot do there.

TEACHER: DATE:

NAME: CLASS:

WORKSHEET No. 4: DESCRIBING PEOPLE

PREVIOUS EXPLORATION
1. Complete this Pictionary with drawings, letters or words.

___ ___ ___ ___ S ___ i m Fat

T ___ ___ l Medium height ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

2. Colour the drawing according to the information.

Dark skin Fair skin Long hair

Short hair Curly hair Straight hair

 Blonde hair Black hair Brunette/brown hair

Moustache Beard Blue eye

Brown eye Hazel eye Black eye

3. In an extra sheet, write in Spanish some adjectives that are used for describing people personality. For
example: juicioso, trabajador, tacaño…

GUIDED INQUIRY
4. Read and comprehend the information about how to describe physically people. Take notes if necessary
5. Fill the gaps in the sentences.
a. He’s only one metre 52. He’s quite ___short____

b. Very _________________ people are often good at basketball.

c. Models are usually _________________.

d. Is her skin dark? No, it’s _________________.

e. She’s only 12. She’s very _________________.

f. If I eat too much, I’ll be _________________.

g. My grandmother is in this hospital. It’s a hospital for _________________ people (DO NOT USE
OLD!)

6. Read and comprehend the information about how to describe people’s personality. Take notes if
necessary.
 7. Check the words in Exercise 3 and find the meaning of each one in Exercise 6. If you don’t find it, then
look up in a dictionary.

8. Match the words on the left with their

opposites on the right.

9. Pair the words that have similar meanings. Example: brainless - silly

10. Magazines often publish questionnaires which are supposed to analyse aspects of your personality.
Look at the words below and match them to the corresponding question.

APPLICATION – SYNTHESIS PROJECT

11. In an extra sheet, describe yourself physically. Later, describe your own personality. Use the words and
expressions you find here or some other that best fit on you. You can get some help from classmates,
friends, or relatives (DO NOT USE THE TRANSLATOR!!!)

12. In Spanish, look for the personality description of people in the place you chose for your Synthesis
Project.

13. In an extra sheet, describe physically the people from the place you chose. Later, describe their own
personality. Use the words and expressions you find here or some other that best fit on them. Try to
generalize the best you can.
Some of the exercises are taken from McCarthy, M., & O'Dell, F. (2017). Describing people: personality.
En M. McCarthy, & F. O'Dell, English Vocabulary In Use (págs. 20-23). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.