Oral Practice
2nd semester
Senior students
Lesson plan (in weeks)
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Unit 5: Lifestyles around the World
Unit 5 (cont): Lifestyles around the World
Unit 6: Global Connections
Unit 6 (cont): Global Connections
Unit 7: Language and Communication
Unit 7 (cont): Language and Communication
Unit 8: Tastes and Preferences
Unit 8 (cont): Tastes and Preferences
Midterm Oral Test
Lesson plan (in weeks)
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Unit 9: New Frontiers
Unit 9 (cont): New Frontiers
Unit 10: Ceremonies
Unit 10 (cont): Ceremonies
Final Oral Test
Requirements and Grading
For Midterm and Final Tests
the following is adjusted:
– Attendance (presence in class) – 25%
– Participation
(classroom activity, homework, test papers) – 25%
– Midterm test – 20%
– Final test – 30%
Questionnaire:
to improve 2nd semester
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b)
c)
Shall we keep:
National Geographic Movies?
Picture descriptions?
Desiderata discussions?
2. What new activities would you like to do in class?
(fun, puzzles, poems, tongue twisters, proverbs
and sayings, etc.)
3. What would make you feel happier learning
English in class?
Tongue Twisters
• I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
• Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
• A sailor went to sea to see, what he could
see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
• I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I
thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the
thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so
much.
• An Ape hates grape cakes.
• She sells sea shells on the sea shore she sells sea
shells no more .
What Is Pink? by Christina Rossetti
What is pink? a rose is pink
By the fountain’s brink.
What is red? a poppy’s red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro’.
What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? pears are
yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? the grass is
green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? clouds are
violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? why, an
orange,
Just an orange!
Chinese proverbs
1. "Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a
singing bird will come.“
2. "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he
who does not ask remains a fool forever.“
3. "Those who do not study are only cattle dressed
up in men's clothes.“
4. "With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without
virtue you can't really be rich.“
5. "A great man can bend and stretch.“
6. There are two perfectly good men, one dead,
and the other unborn."
Confucius said:
1. "Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be
worth knowing.“
2. "I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I
understand.“
"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue
to remember it.“
3. “He who learns but does not think, is lost! He
who thinks but does not learn is in great
danger.“
4. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in
rising every time we fall."
Which of the following spelling is correct?
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7.
a) dilemma b) dillemma c) dillema d) dilema
a) excersize b) exercise c) excercize d) exersize
a) consensus b) concensus c) consencus d) consenssus
a) inadvertant b) inadvartant c) inadvartent d) inadvertent
a) prerogative b) perogative c) perogitive d) preragitive
a) rime b) ryme c) rhime d) rhyme
a) envirement b) enviornment c) environment d)
enviarmint
8. a) facinating b) fascinating c) fasenating d) fassinating
9. a) beelieve b) bilieve c) bileive d) believe
10. a) perserverance b) persaverence c) perserverence d)
perseverance
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1a 2b 3a 4d 5a 6d 7c 8b 9d 10d
Palindromes
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EYE; RACECAR; MADAM I'M ADAM
Do geese see God?
Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?
Murder for a jar of red rum.
Some men interpret nine memos.
Never odd or even.
Don't nod
Dogma: I am God
Too bad – I hid a boot
Dennis sinned
Doc Note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a
fatness. I diet on cod
Puzzles
Answers
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For instance
Too funny for words
Back to square one
Once in a blue moon
Small talk
Moral support
Half-hearted
To err on the right side
Split personality
Unfinished symphony
jack-in-a-box
Quotes on Friends
• "Silence is the true friend that never betrays."
(Confucius)
• "We do not so much need the help of our friends
as the confidence of their help in need."
(Epicurus)
• "Friends show their love in times of trouble..."
(Euripides)
• "Without friends no one would choose to live,
though he had all other goods."
(Aristotle)
A standard set of aspects
to describe a picture
the weather:
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"They are wearing coats, so it must be cold.
Maybe it's the fall or the winter, or maybe it's winter
vacation, etc."
the setting:
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"It looks like they are in a big/small city, because there
are many buildings nearby," or
"It looks like they are in the country/mountains/vacation
resort, etc."
the mood of the people:
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“They seem to be happy/nervous/bored/stressed out
because they are on vacation/studying for a test, etc.
How to do describe the setting
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Use 90 seconds to describe a picture in as much
detail as possible
Questions to answer:
– "Where are these people?"
– "What are they doing?"
– "Have you ever had a similar experience?“
etc.
What/ Who is where?
Focus on the most important part of the picture
first and move around the picture.
• In the foreground/ middle ground/ background you can
see ... (there is ...)
• In the foreground/background
• In the middle/centre there are ...
• The central focus of this picture is…
• At the top/At the bottom there is ...
• On the left/right of the picture there are ...
• In the top left corner / bottom right corner of the picture, a
man…
• Behind/In front of ... you can see ...
• Between ... there is ...
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Who is doing what?
Here you describe the persons in the picture or
you say what is happening just now. Use the
Present Progressive
Phrases:
• They are talking….
• She is laughing…
• Now/ at the present moment/ at the moment
• While he is reading… she is watching….
What has happened recently?
How long have they been doing that?
Use the Present Perfect or/and the Present Perfect
Continuous there
Phrases
• She has just received a bouquet of flowers from
her fiancé.
(recently, already)
• She has been riding a bike for 3 hours already…
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Interpretation of Place and Objects
• What kind of place is this? Why are the people
there?
• What
a.
b.
c.
d.
do the objects tell you about
what has happened earlier?
what is happening now?
what will happen later?
the weather and the time of the day?
“From the wrappers on the floor, I can tell that…”
What I think about the picture
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It seems as if ...
The lady seems to ...
Maybe ...
I think ... ... might be a symbol of ... The
atmosphere is peaceful/depressing ...
• I (don't) like the picture because ...
• It makes me think of ...
Describe the following pictures:
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A standard set of aspects
the weather:
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"They are wearing coats, so it must be cold.
Maybe it's the fall or the winter, or maybe it's winter
vacation, etc."
the setting:
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"It looks like they are in a big/small city, because there
are many buildings nearby," or
"It looks like they are in the country/mountains/vacation
resort, etc."
the mood of the people:
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“They seem to be happy/nervous/bored/stressed out
because they are on vacation/studying for a test, etc.
How to describe the weather:
common phrases
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What's it like out? It's miserable out.
How's the weather? It's ten below. (-10 degrees)
Do you have rain? We haven't had a drop of rain for weeks.
What's the temperature there? It's 22 degrees Celsius.
It's snowing here, what's it doing there?
It's pouring outside.
• Beautiful day, huh?
We couldn't ask for a better day than this.
• What's the weather forecast?
They're calling for blue skies all week.
• What’s it like outside? What’s the weather like?
It’s clear/ mild/ miserable/ cool/ refreshing, damp.
It’s beautiful weather today! (lovely, horrible, foul)
How to describe the weather:
common vocabulary
For rainy weather:
drizzle/ drizzly/ drizzling, damp, dew, pour/
pouring, sleet, flood, cloudy, partly cloudy,
overcast, dull, grey, fog/ foggy, humid/ humidity,
lightning, shower/ showery, precipitation, puddle,
rain/ rainy/ raining, raindrops, rainbow, smog,
thunder/ thunderstorm/ thundershower, storm/
stormy, tornado, cyclone, hurricane, typhoon,
tsunami
• It’s chucking it down!
• Nice weather for ducks!
• It’s a bit wild out there!
How to describe the weather:
common vocabulary
For cold weather:
chilly, freezing, freezing cold, bitter/ bitterly cold,
frost/ frosty, a frostbite, an icicle, a cold spell,
snow flurries, a blizzard, below freezing, a
avalanche, hail, icy, minus/ negative (20 degrees),
sleet, slush/ slushy, snow/ snowy/ snowing, a
snowstorm, a cold front, snowflakes
30°C (Celsius)
70°F (Fahrenheit)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/ask_about_english/081007/
How to describe the weather:
common vocabulary
For wind:
a breeze/ breezy, blowy, blustery, high winds,
Northerly / North wind(s), a wind/ windy, a wind
chill factor
For hot weather:
boiling/ boiling hot, sweltering, scorching/ a
scorcher, a heat-wave, a heat stroke, drought,
sun/ sunshine/ sunny, sunburn, dry, a warm
front, dry, a dry season, heat
Vocabulary quiz
1. I don't think you need to bring an umbrella. It's only ____
now.
a) drought b) drizzling c) sleet d) raindrop e) halcyon
2. A ______is a dangerous tropical storm.
a) snowstorm b) blizzard c) hurricane d) precipitation
3. I stepped in a _____and got my pant-legs all wet.
a) paddle b) peddle c) puddle d) piddle
4. There was a ______in the middle of summer; we didn't
have to turn our air-conditioner on for weeks.
a) flurries b) humidity c) cold spell d) rainbow
5. We had to stop playing baseball because we didn't want to
get struck by _____.
a) thunder b) frost c) overcast d) lightning e) wind-chill factor
Vocabulary quiz
1. It was too _____for the pilot to land the plane.
a) slushy b) cats and dogs c) smog d) foggy
2. If you let me borrow your ____ I'll be able to see better.
a) thermometer b) shades c) suntan lotion d) degrees
3. Don't be surprised if you get a light every afternoon on that
island.
a) show b) hail c) tornado d) avalanche
4. When I looked at the ____ it said ten degrees.
a) sun b) scorcher c) heat-wave d) UV
5. _____ will prevent you from getting a burn.
a) heat stroke b) sunscreen c) tanned d) umbrella
How to describe the weather:
Weather Reports
1.
This is CKNY and I'm Anita Pierce with weather.
We couldn't ask for a better day for the first day
of Spring. Right now it's fifteen degrees and
clear. We're expecting blue skies throughout the
day. Though there is only a ten percent chance of
showers, this good weather can't last forever. It's
raining cats and dogs up north, so we should see
rain by morning. Don't forget your umbrella
tomorrow. Now, stay tuned for local news.
How to describe the weather:
Weather Reports
2.
Hi, I'm Jesse Williams. This is your weekend weather
report. This morning we're seeing sun with cloudy periods
as well as a few flurries. Right now I am at the top of Mount
Raven where it is plus two and expected to rise to about six
degrees by noon. Overnight temperatures will probably
drop to at least minus seven. Tomorrow's forecast calls for
more flurries with a high of zero and a low of minus twelve.
With the wind chill factor, that could put us at a record low
of minus twenty. Conditions are perfect for skiing this
weekend, but if you're heading out to the slopes tomorrow,
please remember to bundle up to avoid frostbite. We'll go
back to the newsroom now for a look at what's in sports.
How to describe the weather:
Weather Reports
3. Good morning, this is Alonzo Jacob with your Monday
weather report. The heat-wave that slowed everybody down
this weekend is showing no signs of letting up this week. Our
meteorologists suggest that today's temperature could climb
to as high as 40 degrees Celsius by the late afternoon. Right
now, only an hour after sunrise, the temperature here at the
airport is already 29 degrees. However, there is relatively no
humidity in the air, so it feels quite comfortable out here at
the moment. Unfortunately, there is also no rain in the
forecast for the next five days. This is bad news for the thirsty
forest fires that are raging across the interior of our province.
Looks like setting up a tent in the backyard may be the only
way to catch some sleep tonight if you don't have airconditioning. That's all for today's weather. Stay tuned for the
morning traffic report.
1. Sample descriptions
Sample description 1
• The picture shows a big group of young people
having a barbeque in a park. I think they are
from Japan.
• There are about 20 people in the group, and
most of them are wearing jeans and blue or darkcolored shirts. They are having a lot of fun, and
some of them are making faces at the camera.
Everybody is trying to get in the picture.
• They are in some kind of a park or a forest. They
could be on holiday, or it could be a school trip. I
don't know what they are cooking. It could be
hamburger, but it could also be some special
Japanese food!
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Sample description 2
• The picture shows a man holding a fish and a
trophy.
• He must have won a fishing competition. The fish
he is holding isn't very big, so perhaps he caught
some other ones, or else there was a time limit!
• He's wearing a baseball cap so the weather must
be nice. The man's about 45 years old. He's
standing in a boat or else near a lake or a big
river. I can see some boats behind him.
• The trophy has some names on it. Perhaps they
are last year's winners, and the competition is
held every year.
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Sample description 3
• The picture shows three girls waiting for a plane in the
departure lounge at an airport.
• They are laughing and having a lot of fun, even though I
think they have been waiting a long time. I think they've
been waiting a long time because they look tired, especially
the girl on the left. She is leaning her head on her friend's
shoulder. The girl on the right has finished reading a paper,
and it looks like they have been drinking some Seven-Up
while they were waiting. As well as that, the airport is
crowded, and there are a lot of other people waiting for the
next plane.
• They all have some hand luggage, but I can't see any big
bags, so they must have checked in their baggage already.
They are wearing coats and hats and scarves, so the
weather must be cold at the airport or where they are going.
• http://www.writefix.com/pet/petspeak/waitingplanetxt.htm
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Sample
description 4
• The photograph shows a football player getting a red card
from a referee at a soccer match.
• The player who is getting the card is on the white team. He
is turning away and looks disgusted. I think he can't
believe it. The other players in the picture are all from the
other team. They look very happy with the referee's
decision. The other team has a blue and white kit.
• The referee is holding the red card high in the air. He is
being very clear - I think he is quite strict and is not
allowing any discussion. The stadium is crowded, and it is
difficult to see where the players are from, but it must be
an important match.
• http://www.writefix.com/pet/petspeak/redcardtxt.htm
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Sample description 5
• The picture shows three astronauts waiting for takeoff.
• The astronauts are wearing bright orange uniforms or flight
suits. Two of them have US flags on their shoulders so they
must be American, but I can't see where the other one is
from.
• The astronaut nearest the camera looks nervous. I think he
is worried or anxious about the flight. Maybe he is thinking
about what he has to do on this mission, or maybe he is
thinking about his family. Behind him there is a scientist or
an official.
• They could be waiting for the space shuttle to get ready,
or perhaps there is a problem with the weather and their
lift-off has been delayed.
• http://www.writefix.com/pet/petspeak/astronauttxt.htm
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Sample description 6
• This is an image of a busy street in an Asian
country. As well as bicycles there are motor
vehicles on this street, so it is obviously a high
traffic area. A few of the cyclists have bicycles
attached to their baskets.
• This suggests that bicycles may be their primary
source of transportation. From the architecture it
appears to be a tourist or shopping district. There
are two tall buildings in the distance, which is
likely where the business district is located.
• There seems to be some confusion about
direction of traffic flow. The cyclists are travelling
on both sides of the centre line and are going in
the same direction. The cars, on the other hand,
are going two different ways.
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Sample description 6
• The picture shows three boys in a small boat on a river. The
river looks cold and wet and the water is moving fast.
• One of the boys is holding a paddle or an oar. He is looking
down at the water and he looks worried. Maybe he thinks
that they are going to hit something or fall out.
• The boy in the middle is smiling. He is enjoying the
adventure! He's only wearing a teeshirt, so maybe it is not
very cold. The third boy is looking at something up the
river, near a bridge or a wall. There could be something
coming, or maybe there are some others in a boat.
• I think they are Arab students on a holiday or a summer
school. I hope they are enjoying themselves!
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Sample description 8
• The picture shows a family visiting their new baby in
hospital. It's the evening, because the light is on, so the
father must have brought his children after work or school.
• There are two children beside the baby, a boy and a girl.
The boy is a little older than his sister. He's about six or
seven. He looks proud. The girl looks very excited to have a
new sister.
• The father has his arm around his children. He looks proud
as well. The mother is sitting at the left. She looks happy
but a little tired.
• The baby is in the middle. I think it's a girl, because she is
wearing pink clothes. The baby is sleeping despite all the
noise and excitement.
Introduction
• Give a general overview of what the picture is
about
WHO + WHERE + DOING WHAT
Phrases:
• The photo/picture shows ...
• It was taken by/in ...
• It's a black-and-white/colored photo
What/ Who is where?
Focus on the most important part of the picture
first and move around the picture.
• In the foreground/ middle ground/ background you can
see ... (there is ...)
• In the foreground/background
• In the middle/centre there are ...
• The central focus of this picture is…
• At the top/At the bottom there is ...
• On the left/right of the picture there are ...
• In the top left corner / bottom right corner of the picture, a
man…
• Behind/In front of ... you can see ...
• Between ... there is ...
What/ Who is where?
Who is doing what?
Here you describe the persons in the picture or
you say what is happening just now. Use the
Present Progressive
Phrases:
• They are talking….
• She is laughing…
• Now/ at the present moment/ at the moment
• While he is reading… she is watching….
What has happened recently?
How long have they been doing that?
Use the Present Perfect or/and the Present Perfect
Continuous there
Phrases
• She has just received a bouquet of flowers from
her fiancé.
(recently, already)
• She has been riding a bike for 3 hours already…
Use a wide and suitable range of vocabulary
• Age:
infant, baby, child, toddler, pre-school boy/girl, young
boy/girl, teenage boy/girl, a teenager, an adolescent,
juvenile, young man/woman, yuppie-looking man/lady,
middle-aged man/woman, elderly man/woman, an adult, a
grown-up, an elderly person, an old man/woman
• to be young / old, to look young for one’s age, to be
between … and … years old, there is a gap of … or … years,
to be fully … and a half years older (younger) than …., to be
in one’s early / late teens, to be in one’s mid(dle) …, to be
in one’s mid (middle) …, to be under …, to be over …, to be
of the same age
Use a wide and suitable range of vocabulary
• Facial expressions
Sad: insipid, sombre, glum, sullen, downcast
Liveliness: animated, beaming, wide-eyed
Happy smiles: bel air, graceful, gleeful, smiling like a
Cheshire cat
Shy smiles: coy, demure, pinched
Laughter: hearty, bubbly, hilarious, convulsing with glee
• General characteristics
Handsome, beautiful, pretty, good-looking, ugly, young,
elderly, middle-aged
• Briefly describe the clothes and hairstyle of the characters:
well-dressed, immaculately dressed, shabby, untidy,
imposing, charming, elegant
Interpretation of People
• What do the facial expression and body language
of a character tell you about:
1. how he is feeling or thinking?
2. what he intends to do?
3. his relationship with the others in the picture?
Phrases
“From her facial expression, I can assume that…”
“Perhaps this man is about to…”
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/po/stael/anglais/G3/Speaking/How-to-describe-andinterpret-pictures.htm
Interpretation of Place and Objects
• What kind of place is this? Why are the people
there?
• What
a.
b.
c.
d.
do the objects tell you about
what has happened earlier?
what is happening now?
what will happen later?
the weather and the time of the day?
“From the wrappers on the floor, I can tell that…”
What I think about the picture
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It seems as if ...
The lady seems to ...
Maybe ...
I think ... ... might be a symbol of ... The
atmosphere is peaceful/depressing ...
• I (don't) like the picture because ...
• It makes me think of ...
Some ideas to describe someone
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Sight
Sound
Touch
Personality
Behavior
Interests
Job
Some ideas to describe someone
Sight
• Talk about how the person looks.
• Describe physical statistics (height, weight,
coloration, etc) and outward appearance
(clothing, jewelry, body art, etc).
• Talk about body language (gestures they use,
how they stand and walk, how they move).
• Describe how you feel when you see the person.
Some ideas to describe someone
Sound
• Talk about how the person speaks, what their
voice sounds like, and any other sounds they
make (singing, humming, annoying noises, etc).
• Describe how you feel when you hear the person.
Some ideas to describe someone
Touch
• talk about how it feels when you touch the
person.
• Is their skin smooth or rough?
• Is their handshake firm or wimpy?
• If you hug them, do they hug back
enthusiastically or stiffen up?
• Are their hands calloused or smooth?
• Is the person muscular or flabby?
• Describe your emotions when you touch this
person.
Some ideas to describe someone
Personality
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Talk about the inner person.
What are their hopes and dreams?
What are their fears and worries?
How to they respond to problems?
Do they have an optimistic outlook on life or a
pessimistic one?
• What are their strengths and weaknesses?
• Describe how you feel about their personality.
Some ideas to describe someone
Behavior
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Talk about how the person acts.
Are they outgoing and friendly or shy and fearful?
Do they joke all the time or stay serious?
What to they do in different situations?
• Describe how you feel about the person's
behavior.
Some ideas to describe someone
Interests
• Talk about any hobbies and interests the person
has.
• Describe what they do for fun, and
how you feel about their interests.
Some ideas to describe someone
Job/Daily Activities
• Talk about what the person does for a living, or
about their career plans.
• Going to school is the same as a job, so if they
are a student, you can talk about what classes
they take and what their day is like at school.
• Describe how their career makes you feel.
Positive Qualities
Inventive Exciting Thoughtful Powerful Practical
Proactive Productive Professional Quality Quick
Balanced Achiever Knowledgeable Leader literate
Logical Initiator Original Outgoing Particular
Patient Active Positive Consistent Compassionate
Incredible Independent With Integrity Mediator
Emotional Cheerful Forgiving Sensuous Generous
Sporty Devoted Candid Rebellious Cooperative
Industrious Interesting Racy Meditative
Understanding Quirky Quixotic
More Effective Qualities
Optimistic Accomplished Adept Analytical
Articulate Artistic Self Disciplined
Controversial Individual Tolerant Naïve
Green Unselfish Sophisticated Stable
Strong Successful Tactful Talented Team
Player Fun Intelligent Changeable
Passionate Intense Intuitive Upbeat
Vibrant Funny Constructive Customeroriented Dependable Direct Loyal
More Positive Qualities
Competitive Political Social Consciousness Modest
Courageous Enthusiastic Enterprising
Entrepreneurial Facilitator Focused Genuine Open
Minded Wise Sensitive Sense of Humor Sensible
Sincere Skilled Solid Communicative Helpful Fast
Responsible Results-driven Results-oriented Selfreliant Organized Knowledgeable Logical
Personable Pleasant Flexible Adaptable Persuasive
Perceptive Insightful Trustworthy Easy going Good
listener Imaginative Warm Ambitious Diplomatic
Curious Leader Effective Qualities Honest Assertive
Attentive Direct Broad-minded Committed
Conscientious Dynamic Hard Worker Persistent
Mature Methodical Motivated Objective Tenacious
Sociable Friendly Realistic Reliable Resourceful
Respectful Responsible Creative Confident
Traditional Trustworthy Unconventional Unique
Eclectic
Words that describe behavior
active aggressive ambitious argumentative
arrogant assertive bad-tempered big-headed
bossy careless caring catty cautious charming
cheeky clever conceited conscientious considerate
coy creative curious deceitful docile dogmatic
domineering enthusiastic excitable extroverted
faithful fickle flaky full of himself funny fussy
good-natured grumpy happy-go-lucky impulsive
inconsiderate introverted inventive irritating
jokey jolly kind loud-mouthed loyal manic
manipulative moody nervous old-fashioned
opinionated passive perfectionist persuasive picky
playful pleasant polite pragmatic quick-tempered
reserved rude scatter-brained serious shy sincere
slapdash slimy sly spiteful thoughtful thoughtless
trustworthy volatile witty
Warning
• Merely memorizing the words in a word list
cannot help you make a great progress in
English.
• Knowing more words is only a necessary but not
a sufficient condition for better English.
• Your proficiency level is not determined by how
many words you know but by how accurately and
fluently you use them.
• There is no replacement for the actual application
of the language, i.e. reading, writing, listening
and speaking.
Some ideas to describe someone
(example)
Nicholas is an old man, chubby and soft. His belly
shakes like a bowl full of jelly when he laughs, and
he laughs a lot. His hair is snow-white, and so is
his beard. When you see him, and hear his loud
"Ho, ho, ho!" you feel happy, as if you are with the
world's most loving grandfather. His life's goal is
giving gifts to children all over the world. Most of
his time is spent making the gifts, although
nobody really knows where his workshop is or
what goes on there! It's all a little mysterious, but
somehow he manages to give every child
something once a year. Nicholas has a very
positive attitude, and is usually in a good mood,
although he can be quite firm if he thinks that you
have been naughty. He smells exactly like
Christmas should smell, and whenever you smell
peppermint and evergreens, you think of him.
I would like to tell you about a man I talk
about with my friends
• He is generous and kind with everyone. He always
likes to help someone, and doesn't expect
anything in return. He is in charge of a private
charity association in his home town which helps
many families. It assists with habitat, education
for poor children, and health.
• He is my relative, and is living far away from my
home town. Whenever I see him I like to sit with
him and have a talk. He is the kind of person you
admire, the way he talks, and the topics he
discusses and he never talks about nonsense
topics.
• Sometimes, if I have a problem, I like him to
share with me and advise me what to do to solve
that problem. He is always telling me to be honest
with myself and respect others' opinions.
More tips
• When you are asked to describe someone, here are some
things you should include:
• physical description - age, gender, height, weight, coloring
(eyes, hair, skin),
• any unusual traits or characteristics
• background - where they were born, where they live, what
their family is like (siblings, pets, parents, other relatives),
where they go to school, what their house is like
• community - what organizations do they belong to (church,
clubs, other groups), what jobs they have, what role they
play in their neighborhood or community
• personality - likes and dislikes, hobbies, amusements, traits
they might show or inner traits that might not show, hopes
and dreams, fears, favorite things
Describe the following pictures:
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http://wwwedu.ge.ch/po/stael/anglais/G3/Speaking/How
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http://www.anglictina-online.cz/download/Hit12.pdf
http://www.eslflow.com/describingpeoplelessonplans.ht
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http://hubpages.com/hub/how-to-describe-yourself