Describing People

A1 · Beginner57 minBasic BasicsLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe yourself and other people — hair, height, and what they look like — so a listener can picture them.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: What do they look like?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What Do They Look Like?

    Read a 99-word text about What Do They Look Like?

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Describing Words

    5 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Describe the People

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Opposites

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Who Is He? Describing a Person

    Role-play: Your friend is meeting your brother at the train station, but they have never met. Describe your brother on the phone. (8 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your Mission: Paint a Picture with Words

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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