Post on 14-Apr-2018
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FRIENDS, DESCRIBING PEOPLE
AGE He is my age. He is 22. He is in his 20s.
APPEARANCE good-looking, attractive (beautiful/handsome)HEIGHT tall and slim, muscular, short and fat(overweight)
BUILD plump, well-built (man), tallish, shortish
He is of medium height.
FACE round, pointed, oval, with an upturned/straight nose,
with bushy/thin eyebrows and narrow/huge dark eyes
HAIR straight, wavy, curly, long fair hair, short dark hair
He has a short haircut. My father is bald.
She has brown hair with blonde highlights.SPECIAL
FEATURES She wears glasses. He has pale skin with freckles.
He has a beard and moustache.
wrinkles, scar, tatoo, piercing
CLOTHES smart, casual, scruffy, fashionable, tight, loose
He likes to wear T-shirts and jeans.
CHARACTER
friendly kind nice generous optimistic cheerful honest
unfriendly unkind horrible mean pessimistic miserable dishonest
decisive relaxed sensitive reliable hard-working clever
indecisive tense insensitive unreliable lazy stupid/simple
shy proud helpful patient sociable
self-confident modest unhelpful impatient unsociable
aggressive, arrogant, cruel, moody, selfish, conceited, adventurous,
irresponsible, energetic, brave, curious, lively, talkative,
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RELATIONSHIP, FRIENDSHIP
We have a lot in common.
We have the same hobbies.
We share the same opinions on music.
We both like (computers).
We get on really well.
We are very close.
I can rely on him.I admire his bravery.
We hardly ever argue.
We have fallen out several times but we always make it up quickly.
How many friends do you have? Are they mainly in your school orsome other places as well?
How long have you known your best friend? Where did you meet?
What do you have in common?
What qualities do you appreciate in your friends? What makes
someone a good friend?
What are some good opportunities to meet new friends? How can you
get to know a person better?
Have you ever got into a friendship that turned out false and
disappointing? What made the friendship bad?
Speak about the most interesting people you have met.
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Guess the names of the people described.
He had always been small and skinny for his age. He had a thin
face, knobbly knees, black hair and bright-green eyes. He wore round
glasses held together with a lot of Sellotape. The only thing heliked about his appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead which
was shaped like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as he could
remember
He was tall, thin and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and
beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was
wearing long robes, a purple cloak which swept the ground and high-heeled, buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling
behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked,
as though it had been broken at least twice. This mans name was