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Describing People

Learn how to describe people's physical appearance using simple adjectives and modifiers for A1 level English learners.

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Describing People

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Learn how to describe people's physical appearance using simple adjectives and modifiers for A1 level English learners.

Reading Text

My friend is named Tom. He is very tall and quite thin. Tom has short brown hair and blue eyes. He is young. My teacher is Mrs. White. She is not tall; she is short. She is an old woman with grey hair. She is very kind. My sister, Anna, is quite short too. She has long blonde hair. We are all different but happy.

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Definitions:

Text: The opposite of short; reaching a great height.
Text: The opposite of thick or fat.
Text: A color between black and white; often hair color for older people.
Text: Measuring a small distance from end to end; not long.
Text: A word used to make an adjective stronger, like 'a little bit'.

Items:

Label: tall
Answer: A
Label: thin
Answer: B
Label: grey
Answer: C
Label: short
Answer: D
Label: quite
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: Basketball players are usually very
After: .
Answer: tall
Before: He eats a lot but he is still very
After: .
Answer: thin
Before: My grandmother has beautiful
After: hair.
Answer: grey
Before: I cannot reach the top shelf because I am
After: .
Answer: short
Before: The weather today is
After: cold, so wear a jacket.
Answer: quite