E.V.U. - UNit 7: Describing people

• Engels
• Beroepsopleiding
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Unit 7

28 September 2017

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TO DO:

Vocabulary in Use: Unit 7

Homework: finish Unit 7

What do you remember about the previous lesson: The weather

What is an English word for " storm"?

1. gentle breeze
2. gale
3. drought
4. downpour

Which adjective can you use to describe very bad weather?

1. stifling
2. several
3. severe
4. torrential

What is the English word for " benauwd" ? (weather)

1. tropical
2. boiling
3. freezing
4. stifling

 Vocabulary in Use: Unit 7

Can you think of a situation in which you have to be able to describe a person in English?

Pickpocket in Barcelona

How would you describe the pickpocket in the following video?

Draw it!

Draw the people that are being described.

Hair colours:

• blond/fair
• brown
• red/ginger
• auburn (red-brown)
• dark
  

Skin colour:

• fair
• dark
  

Posture:

• slim / skinny
• well-built / muscular
• stocky
• a bit overweight
• plump / stout
• obese
  

Appearance:

• smart/elegant/well-dressed
• untidy-looking/scruffy/messy-looking
  

Straight hair

steil haar

Curly hair

Krullend haar

Bald

Kaal

Wavy hair

Golvend haar

He's got a beard and moustache

Hij heeft baard en snor

He's got a crew cut

korte kapsel

How would you describe these persons?

UNIT 7

Exercise 7. 1 : Choose a word from the opposite page to complete the sentences

Exercise 7. 2: Answer the remarks with the opposite description.

Finished: 7.3

Answers - 7.1

1. tan
2. figure
3. feature
4. complexion
5. impression
6. auburn
7. wrinkles
8. elegant/smart/stunning/well-dressed
9. stunning

Answers 7.2

1. -
2. the fair, bald one/ straight-/curly-haired one
3. scruffy and untidy-looking / messy-looking
4. that slim, dark-haired woman over there
5. unattractive, in fact. (or rather plain) 
6. in her twenties and quite slim.

What is the English word for "snor"?

1. beard
2. mutton
3. moustache
4. mustard

What is the English word for "slank"?

1. stout
2. obese
3. anorexic
4. slim

What is the English word for " rimpels"?

1. scars
2. wrinkles
3. freckles
4. rinkles

What is the English word for "gelaatstrek" ?

1. personality
2. face
3. feature
4. factor

What is the English word for "meertalig" ?

1. monolingual
2. bilingual
3. multilingual
4. bright

What is the English word for " een Zwitser" ?

1. a Swede
2. a Swiss
3. a Spaniard
4. a Switch

Now do ex. 7.3 and 7.4

Vocabulary in Use : study Unit 8 (+ 5,6,7)