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For the 1st year students of all specialties

UNIT XVII

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

A

Height /haɪt/ (= how many metres?)
Mary Pimm is a very tall woman.
[NOT Mary Pimm is a very high woman.]
Tom Jakes is quite short.
[NOT Tom Jakes is quite -law.]
If you aren't tall or short, you are medium height.
To ask if someone is tall or short, we say:
How tall is Mary/Tom? She's 1.60 metres tall. / He's 1.48 metres tall.

Mary Pimm Tom Jakes

В

Weight /weɪt/
(= how many kilos?)
Dolly Ryan is really slim.
I was very thin when I was in hospital. (thin is a more negative word)
A rather fat man opened the door, (fat is quite negative)
The doctor said I am overweight. (= more kilos than is good for me)
How much do you weigh? I weigh 62 kilos / 74 kilos, etc.

Dolly Ryan

С

Face and head
Sally has dark hair and dark skin. She has brown eyes.
Polly has blonde (or fair) hair and fair skin.
She has blue eyes.
Billy has a beard and long hair. He has green eyes.
Harry has a moustache /mǝ'stæʃ/ and short hair,
You can also use has got, for example, Sally has got dark hair and dark skin.

D Age
My grandmother is 97. She's very old. My sister is 14. She's young, but would like to be
older. My father is 56. He's middle-aged, but would like to be younger!
This hospital is for elderly people, (more polite than old)

E Looks: positive (+) and negative (-)
My sister is quite pretty. (+++) (usually girls/women only). She's a very beautiful girl.
(++++) Jim's a very handsome man. (++++) (usually for men only) Bob's a rather ugly man. (---) I'm not ugly or beautiful, I'm just ordinary-looking! (+/-)
Exercises

1. Fill the gaps in the sentences.

1. He's only one metre 52. He's quite .. short....
2. Very …………………… people are often good at basketball.
3. Models are usually ……………………… .
4. Is her skin dark? No it's …………………………
5. She's only 12. She's very …………………………
6. If I eat too much I'll be ………………………….
7. My grandmother is in this hospital. It's a hospital for ……………………….. people, (don't use 'old')
   2
   3. Ask questions for these answers. Use the words in brackets.

1 ........... How tall is your brother? . (your brother) He's about one metre 75.
2 Is ………………………………………………? (Elena's hair) No, her hair's dark.
3 Is ………………………………………………? (Mike's hair) Yes, it is quite long.
4 Are ………………………………………..…? (your parents) Not really, they're middle-aged.
5 Is ……………………………………….? (his sister) Yes, all the boys want to go out with her.
6 Why ………………………………………….? (Sara-thin) She has been very ill.
4
5 . Write sentences describing the people in these pictures.

Suzanna Jeff Caroline Dick

1. Suzanna's got.........................................................................................................
2. Jeff has..................................................................................................................
3. Caroline's got...........................................................................................................
4. Dick's hair is..................... and he............................................................................

6.
7. Write down the names of three people you know. Then write about:

1. their height (tall, short, medium height)
2. their hair (colour, long, short, beard)
3. their eyes (colour)
4. their looks (ordinary, handsome, etc.)

5 Look at the pictures carefully. Choose the right expressions in bold.

| Name: Sharon Age: 16 Height: 150 cm Weight: 44 kg |  |  | Name: William Age: 24 Height: 185 cm Weight: 78 kg
Sharon is a high school student/teacher. She is young/old. She is short/tall and she is slim/plump. She has got short/long, brown/black hair and hazel/brown eyes. |  | William is a handsome/beautiful boy. He is young/old. He is short/tall and he is fat/of medium weight. He has got, fair/black hair and green/black eyes.
| Name: Roger Age: 65 Height: 170 cm Weight: 95 kg |  |  | Name: James Age: 67 Height: 187 cm Weight: 70 kg
Roger is a young/an old man. He doesn't work. He is retired/a worker. He is short/of medium height and he is plump/slim. He has got short/long, brown/black hair and blue/black eyes. |  | James is a musician/driver in a rock group. He is tall/of medium height and he is plump/slim. He has got short/long curly/ straight red hair. He is wearing glasses/a hat. He's old/young.

6 Guess the family relationships. Look at the photos and complete the sentences.

a) Will is Sue's son. c) Gus is Zainab's _______________
b) Nancy is Simon's ______________. d) Albert is Jem's ________________
Will | Nancy | Gus | Albert
Simon | Zainab | Jem | Sue
52 Listen and check.

7 Complete the descriptions of each photo with the correct name.

a) Will has a shaved head. He's very good-looking.

1. has short, straight hair with blond highlights.
2. has dark hair and green eyes.
3. has short, grey hair.
4. has dark brown eyes and short hair.
5. has short, curly hair. She's very sweet.
6. has medium-length, dark hair. She has a lovely smile.
7. has very curly hair.

53 Listen, check and repeat.
8 Complete the table with words and phrases from Exercise 8.

Hair length | Hair colour | Hair style | Eyes | Opinion | Other
a shaved head __________ | dark ___________ | straight _________ | green __________ | very good-looking ______________ | a beard ___________
__________ | ___________ | _________ | __________ | ______________ | ___________
__________ | ___________ | _________ | __________ | ______________ | __________
__________ | ___________ | _________ | __________ | ______________ | ___________

9 54 Listen and repeat the words in the box. Then add them to the table in
Exercise 8.

a beard beautiful blue fair handsome long a moustache a tattoo wavy

Grammar

## Contents

- ВВЕДЕНИЕ
- UNIT I. Introduction.The Verb ‘to be’
- UNIT II. Favourite Things. Articles UNIT III. The Family Tree. Possessive Case of Nouns
- UNIT IV. Family. The Verb ‘to have / have got’
- UNIT V. Numbers (Cardinal,Ordinal)
- UNIT VI. Everyday Things. Present Simple
- UNIT VII. Time, Days, Months. Prepositions of Time
- UNIT VIII. Daily Routine. Personal Pronouns
- UNIT IX. At School and University. Plural of Nouns
- UNIT X. In the living room. Prepositions of Place
- UNIT XI. In the bedroom and bathroom. Construction ‘There is/are’
- UNIT XII. In the kitchen. Modal verb (can)
- UNIT XIII. Food and Drink. Indefinite Pronouns ‘some/any’
- UNIT XIV. Eating Out. Construction ‘Would you like… / I’d like
- UNIT XV. Parts of the Body. Possessive Pronouns
- UNIT XVI. Clothes. Present Continuous
- UNIT XVII. Describing People. Adjectives / Comparison
- UNIT XVIII. Moving. Past Simple
- UNIT XIX. Jobs. Future Simple
- UNIT XX. Weather. Adverbs
- REFERENCES

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