chapter 9-what does she look like
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Chapter 9-What does she look like?
Appearance and dress; clothing and clothing styles; people
Goals for this chapter
Speaking: Asking about and describing people’s appearance; identifying people
Grammar: Questions for describing people: What…look like, how old, how tall, how long, and what color
Pronunciation/Listening: Listening to descriptions of people; identifying people; identifying styles
Writing/Reading: Writing an e-mail describing people
Describe this personWhat does she look like? How old is she? How tall do you think
she is? What color is hair?
Describe this person
Describe these people
Appearance
Hair Age Looks (handsome, good-looking, pretty) Height
Can you think of three more words or expressions to describe people?
Your Turn
Choose at least four expressions to describe yourself and your partner.
Compare Do you agree with your partner’s
description?
Conversation: “She’s very tall”
Listen and practice. Listen to the rest of the conversation.
What else do you learn about Ashley?
Questions
Come up with questions to describe this person.
Describing People
Questions that we use to describe peopleGeneral appearance- “What” and “Does”Ex. What does she look like? She’s tall, gorgeous, and has red hair.Ex. Does he wear glasses? Yes, and he has a beard.
Can you think of other examples?
Describing People
Age and Height- “How”Ex. How old is she? How old is he? She’s about 32 years old. He’s in his twenties.Ex. How tall is he? He’s quite short.
Can you think of other examples?
Describing People
Hair- “How” and “What”
Ex. How long is her hair? It’s medium length.Ex. What color is his hair? It’s dark/light brown. Can you think of other examples?
Clothes-1
Clothes 1 Answers1. Cap 8. Dress2. Tie 9. Hat3. Belt 10. Tennis Shoes4. Pants 11. Jacket5. Scarf 12. Jeans6. Boxers 13. Bathing Suit7. Bra 14. Shirt and Tie 15. Shirt
Clothes 2
Clothes 2 Answers
1. High-heeled shoes 9. Undershirt2. Bikini 10. Underwear3. Coat 11.Glove4. Shoes 12. Shorts5. Suit 13. Socks6. Scarf 14. Boots7. Dress 15. Vest8. Underwear
Your Fashion Style
Which clothing items do you wear almost every day? Circle the items.
What are three more things you like to wear?
What is your style? Is it classic? Cool and casual? Funky? Something else?
Who’s Raoul?
How can we make these two sentences into one?
1. Raoul is a man.2. Raoul is wearing a green shirt.
Modifiers with participles
We can combine sentences using both participles and prepositions.
Which one is Raoul?1. He is the one.2. He is talking to LizHe’s the one talking to Liz.
Modifiers with Participles
Prepositions:
Who’s Liz?1. She’s a woman.2. She has short black hair.
She’s the woman with short black hair.
Modifiers with Prepositions
Try these examples:
Which one is Julie?1. She’s the tall woman2. She’s in jeans.
Who are the Smiths?1. They are people.2. They are next to the window.
Contrastive stress in responses
When you are comparing and contrasting two things, you stress the contrast.
Example: Is Anthony the one wearing the red shirt?
No, he’s the one wearing the black shirt.
Is Judy the woman on the couch?No, Diana is the woman on the couch.
Contrastive Stress Practice
Write 5 sentences that are false (not true).
Read your sentences to your partner. Your partner will correct your
sentences.