Describe somebody!
Student s Worksheet
A. Name parts of the body:
20.
1.
19.
2.
18.
3.
17.
4.
16.
5.
15.
6.
7. 14.
8. 13.
9. 12.
10. 11.
B. Put the words in the right places:
handsome, middle-aged, slim, make-up, straight, tall, young, attractive, freckles, spots, beautiful,
pretty, fat, wrinkles, old, good-looking, pony-tail, medium-height, beard, skinny, adult, ugly, spiky,
plump, teenager, well-built, thin, short, moustache, fringe, bald, elderly, curly
General Age Build Height Face Hair
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C. Find 30 words describing people s personalites (vertically and horizontally).
A H S E L F C O N F I D E N T
M P F G D E R C S S T U P I D
B O R I N G U A E T E S P N R
I L I N Y E E L N F D D J T O
T I E D U N L M S C L E V E R
I T N E S E L F I S H F T L S
O E D P L R Q E T U S F S L O
U W L E I O P T I M I S T I C
S E Y N V U J I V E Q L U G I
K R U D E S H Y E A B A B E A
F F H E L P F U L N R Z B N B
U F Y N Y H F E T D A Y O T L
N A Q T A L K A T I V E R P E
N I C E A Z D Q U I E T N L F
Y R Q H A R D W O R K I N G B
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Describe somebody!
Teacher s Notes
by B. Skulski
Type of activity: individual work, pair work B.
(follow-up) Give your students 10 minutes to complete
the activity. Check the answers:
Focus: to revise vocabulary from the first of the
Gimnazjum Exam topics -  Człowiek
Answers:
General: handsome, pretty, beautiful, ugly, good-
Level/age group: gimnazjum, grade 3
looking, attractive
Time: 45 minutes
Age: young, teenager, adult, middle-aged, old,
elderly
Preparation: Copy the worksheet (one per
student) Build: skinny, slim, thin, plump, fat, well-built
Height: short, tall, medium height
Face: moustache, beard, freckles, wrinkles, spots,
Lead-in:
make-up
Ask the students the following questions:
Hair: bald, curly, spiky, straight, fringe, pony tail
1. When was the last time you had to describe
sb?
C.
2. In what situations do we have to describe sb s
Give your students 15 minutes to complete
appearance?
the activity. Check the answers:
3. In what situations do we have to describe sb s
ANSWERS:
character?
A S E L F C O N F I D E N T
M P F R C S S T U P I D
Answers:
B O R I N G U A E N
1. students answers
I L I N E E L N T
2. When we report a missing person to the police.
T I E D N L M S C L E V E R
(suggested answer)
I T N E S E L F I S H L S
3. When we talk about our friends or classmates.
O E D P L R T S L O
(suggested answer)
U L E I O P T I M I S T I C
S Y N V U V E L U G I
Procedure:
R U D E S H Y E A B A B E A
Hand out the copies of the worksheet.
F H E L P F U L N R Z B N B
U F N Y A Y O T L
A.
N A T A L K A T I V E R E
Give your students 5 minutes to complete the
N I C E Q U I E T N
activity. Check the answers:
Y R H A R D W O R K I N G
Answers:
1. head 11. heel
Suggested follow-up:
2. eye 12. leg
Put the students into pairs (A and B). Student A
3. nose 13. knee
describes a person they both know (appearance
4. mouth 14. foot
and character), Student B has to guess who is
5. chin 15. waist
being described. Then they swap roles.
6. finger 16. back
7. thumb 17. chest
8. hand 18. neck
9. wrist 19. ear
20. hair
10. stomach
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