What does he look like?

1. Vocabulary:
Height: short/ fairly short/ medium height/ pretty tall / tall
Age: young/ middle aged / elderly
Looks: handsome / good-looking / pretty
Hair: straight black hair / curly red hair / short blond hair/ long brown hair/ bald / a mustache / of medium height
Personality adjectives: kind/ loyal / smart /patient/ generous / helpful/ funny / athletic / ugly / athletic / shy
annoying /strict /
Clothes: Cap/ black leather jacket/ gloves / jeans / heavy boots/ teased hair / wide belt / mini skirt / knee socks / hat / sun glasses /
dress tights /shirt / three-piece suit: jack, vest, pants.

Questions: What items are in style now? out of style.?

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What are two things you wear now that you didn’t wear five years ago?
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2. CONVERSATION: Read and practice pronunciation.
Clerk: Good afternoon. Can I help you?
Jean: Yes, I’m looking for someone. His name is Martin Rock. I’m afraid I missed him-
Clerk: Well, what does he look like?
Jean: Let me see. He’s about 35, I guess. He’s pretty tall, with red hair.
Clerk: Oh, are you Jean Taylor?
Jean: Yes, that’s right!
Clerk: he asked for you a few minutes ago. I think he’s in the restaurant.
Jean: Thanks. I’ll go and look for him.

3. Grammar Focus: Questions for describing people:

A: General appearance Hair
What does he look like? He’s pretty tall, with red hair. What color is her hair? It’s light brown.
Does he wear glasses? Yes, he does. She has dark brown hair
Does he have a mustache? No, he doesn’t. How long is her hair? It’s medium length.
Age Height
How old is he? He is 25 years old How tall is she? She’s fairly short .
He’s his in twenties She is 152 cm (five feet)

B. Order of adjectives
Quantity or number / quality or opinion / size/ age / shape / color / origin / material / purpose / NOUN
Examples: A big , beautiful, brown and white bulldog / a wonderful old Italian clock / a big square blue plastic box
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4. Read the following descriptions.

My grandmother lives in Los Angeles. My grandmother is fairly short. She has reddish-brown hair, and green eyes She wears glasses. She’s very
intelligent, patient and very generous. She likes reading a lot and she tells very interesting stories, she is talkative and she also likes going to
soccer games.
My grandfather is tall and athletic. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He also wears glasses. He’s smart, strict but he’s kind and very funny. He
likes writing detective novels, he also likes doing Thai chi, he always go to the soccer games with my grandma.

5..Write a description of a person in your class. Don’t put the person’s name.

He’s in his twenties. He’s quite good-looking. He’s tall, and he has short hair. He’s wearing a red shirt, a black jacket, and his khaki pants. He’s
sitting next to the window. Can you guess ?

6.Read your description to the group and describe .

- 7. INTENSIFIERS
Pretty, fairly, really, very, and quite are placed directly in front of adjectives or adverbs to add to their meaning. Often they make the meaning
of the adverb or adjective stronger, or more intense. For this reason, these words are called intensifiers.

Really, very, and extremely

Really and very are strong. When one of these words is placed in front of an adjective or adverb, it makes the meaning of that adjective or
adverb more intense, more powerful, as in the examples shown. The meaning of really and very is similar to the meaning of another
intensifier : extremely. Example The water is really cold. (=the water isn't just cold, it's extremely cold)

Quite When quite is placed in front of an adjective or adverb, it adds strength, but not as much strength as really or very. One way to think
of quite is that it tells you that the degree of intensity is noticeable and more than expected.

Fairly, pretty, and somewhat

Fairly and pretty weaken the adverbs or adjectives that they modify. They tell you that the quality described by the adverb or adjective is
present, but only to a limited extent, as shown in the examples below. The meaning of fairly and pretty is similar to the meaning of another
intensifier: somewhat. Ex.: It’s a fairly common disease. (=It’s not common, but it’s not rare, either. It’s somewhat common.)
I have to leave pretty soon. (=I don’t have to leave right now, but I can’t stay for a long time.)