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STUDY NOTES EPISODE 23: OCTOPUSES DESCRIPTIONS STUDY TIPS In the IELTS speaking test, when describing someone, make your description more interesting by including information about the person’s attitude, behaviour and intellectual ability, in addition to describing their physical characteristics. This will give you an opportunity to demonstrate a good range of vocabulary. Providing a good clear description of someone may be particularly useful when participating in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test. Using a variety of adjectives, which refer to a person’s appearance or provide information about a person’s character can make your description more interesting and exciting. It can create a ‘word picture’ of a person, which may leave a good impression on your listener. Also, providing su ch a description allows you to demonstrate your vocabulary range. These study notes focus on the organisation of descriptions using adjectives. Describing people: organisation of descri ption – a ppearance A. When describing someone’ s appearance, it is important to think about various headings to help organise your description: Category Language Examples 1. Age late teens, middle-ag ed, early twenties, a twenty-one-ye ar-old, mid seventies 2. Height tall, short, average height * 3. Build heavy, heavy set, stocky, plump, fat, skinny, slim, long-legg ed, muscular, broad shouldered, well-built, average build 4. Hair Colour: blond, brunette, black, red, auburn Length: long, short, a number one [meaning: very short, almost shaved], bald Style: straight, curly, wavy, frizzy 5. Eyes Colour: blue, green, brown, black Qualities: cold, dreamy, shifty Size: big, tiny Shape: almond, oriental, round 6. Face long, thin, narrow, with narrow lips, chubby cheeks, huge forehead, no chin, pointed chin, pretty face 7. Skin Colour: white, pale, tanned, oriental, yellow, dark, black, tanned Texture: wrinkled, lined, aged, pimply, oily, greasy 8. Distinguishing Features glasses, beard, mole, tattoo, scar, birth mark, bushy eyebrows, freckles, pimples *In North America feet and inches are used for height, whereas in many other countries, metres & centimetres are used. Example: That broad shouldered soccer player is 6 foot 3. Page 1 of 2
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STUDY NOTES EPISODE 23: OCTOPUSES
DESCRIPTIONS STUDY TIPS
In the IELTS speaking test, whendescribing someone, make your description more interesting byincluding information about theperson’s attitude, behaviour andintellectual ability, in addition todescribing their physicalcharacteristics.
This will give you an opportunity todemonstrate a good range of vocabulary.
Providing a good clear description of someone may be particularly useful whenparticipating in Part 2 of the IELTS Speakingtest.
Using a variety of adjectives, which refer toa person’s appearance or provideinformation about a person’s character canmake your description more interesting andexciting. It can create a ‘word picture’ of a
person, which may leave a good impressionon your listener.
Also, providing such a description allowsyou to demonstrate your vocabulary range.
These study notes focus on the organisation of descriptions using adjectives.
Describ ing people: organisation of description – appearance
A. When describing someone’s appearance, it is important to think about variousheadings to help organise your description:
Category Language Examples
1. Age late teens, middle-aged, early twenties, a twenty-one-year-old,mid seventies
2. Height tall, short, average height *
3. Build heavy, heavy set, stocky, plump, fat, skinny, slim, long-legged,muscular, broad shouldered, well-built, average build
4. Hair Colour: blond, brunette, black, red, auburnLength: long, short, a number one [meaning: very short, almostshaved], baldStyle: straight, curly, wavy, frizzy
5. Eyes Colour: blue, green, brown, blackQualities: cold, dreamy, shiftySize: big, tinyShape: almond, oriental, round
6. Face long, thin, narrow, with narrow lips, chubby cheeks, hugeforehead, no chin, pointed chin, pretty face
7. Skin Colour: white, pale, tanned, oriental, yellow, dark, black, tannedTexture: wrinkled, lined, aged, pimply, oily, greasy
8. DistinguishingFeatures
glasses, beard, mole, tattoo, scar, birth mark, bushy eyebrows,freckles, pimples
*In North America feet and inches are used for height, whereas in many other countries, metres & centimetres are used.
Example: That broad shouldered soccer player is 6 foot 3.
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Describ ing people: organisation of description – character
B. When describing someone’s character, think about the following headings to help
organise your description for character features:
Categories Language Examples
1. Intellectual ability silly, clever, wise, intelligent, bright, dumb, clever, stupid,foolish, cunning, smart
2. Attitudes a. towards life: optimistic, pessimistic, introverted,extroverted, sensible, down-to-Earth, sensitiveb. towards others: polite, impolite, cruel, generous, kind,mean, sociable, honest, reliable, sincere, jealous, envious
3. Behaviour Positivedeterminedeconomicalconfidentassertiveinteresting
Negativestubbornmiserly, stingyarrogantaggressiveweird, odd, strange
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