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Describir a una persona

Nombre:Fecha:

Describe a alguien que conoces: cómo es físicamente, cómo es su carácter y por qué es importante para ti.

My neighbour, Mrs Okafor

Mrs Okafor is my neighbour and I've known her since I was a child. She is about seventy, quite short and slim, with short grey hair and bright brown eyes. She usually wears colourful dresses and big round glasses.

She is very kind and patient, and she has a great sense of humour. She is also very hard-working: she gets up early every day to look after her garden. When I was younger, she taught me how to grow tomatoes.

I really like her because she always has time to talk.

¿Aspecto o personalidad?

Elige la mejor respuesta.

  1. A: What is your sister like? B: ___
    • a) She's very friendly and funny.
    • b) She's tall with long hair.
    • c) She likes tennis.
  2. A: What does Ravi look like? B: ___
    • a) He's really generous.
    • b) He's tall and slim, with a beard.
    • c) He's fine, thanks.
  3. She has ___ hair.
    • a) black long straight
    • b) straight black long
    • c) long straight black
  4. My uncle always gives presents to everyone. He's very ___.
    • a) shy
    • b) generous
    • c) lazy
  5. Aiko doesn't talk much when she meets new people. She's a bit ___.
    • a) shy
    • b) noisy
    • c) rude
  6. He usually ___ glasses and a blue jacket.
    • a) carries
    • b) wears
    • c) dresses
  7. My grandmother is ___ her eighties.
    • a) at
    • b) on
    • c) in

Completa la descripción

Escribe la palabra que falta. Usa la palabra entre paréntesis cuando la haya.

  1. My best friend Tomás is tall and slim, ___ short dark hair.
  2. He ___ a small beard and brown eyes.
  3. He is very funny. ___ example, he can tell a joke about anything.
  4. A: What ___ he like? B: He's kind and patient.
  5. A: What does she look ___? B: She's quite short, with red hair.
  6. I like him ___ he always listens to me.
  7. She usually ___ (wear) jeans and trainers.

Tarea de escritura

Escribe una descripción de una persona que conoces bien, por ejemplo un amigo, un profesor o un familiar. Di quién es la persona y cómo la conoces. Describe su aspecto y su personalidad, da un ejemplo y di por qué es importante para ti.

80–120 palabras

Revisa tu texto

  • Dije quién es la persona y cómo la conozco.
  • Describí su aspecto (altura, pelo, ojos o ropa).
  • Describí su personalidad con al menos dos adjetivos.
  • Di un ejemplo con For example ...
  • Expliqué por qué me gusta esa persona, usando because.
  • Usé párrafos separados para el aspecto físico y para la personalidad.

Respuestas

¿Aspecto o personalidad?

  1. a) She's very friendly and funny.What is she like? pregunta por la personalidad, así que la respuesta usa palabras como friendly y funny.
  2. b) He's tall and slim, with a beard.What does he look like? pregunta por el aspecto: altura, cuerpo, pelo y cara.
  3. c) long straight blackEl orden habitual es longitud, luego estilo y luego color: long straight black hair.
  4. b) generousUna persona generous es alguien a quien le gusta dar cosas a otras personas.
  5. a) shyUna persona shy se siente nerviosa con gente que no conoce.
  6. b) wearsLlevamos puestos clothes y glasses: he wears glasses.
  7. c) inDecimos in her eighties, que significa entre 80 y 89 años.

Completa la descripción

  1. withUsamos with para añadir detalles sobre el aspecto: tall, with short hair.
  2. has / has got / 's gotUsa has (o has got) para el pelo, los ojos y la barba: he has a beard.
  3. forFor example introduce un ejemplo que muestra la personalidad de la persona.
  4. is / 'sWhat is he like? pregunta por la personalidad.
  5. likeWhat does she look like? pregunta por el aspecto.
  6. because / asBecause da la razón por la que te gusta. As también es posible aquí.
  7. wearsCon she, añade -s al verbo en presente simple: she wears.

Respuesta modelo

My cousin Ines is one of my best friends. She is twenty-two and she lives in the same town as me, so we see each other almost every weekend.

Ines is quite tall, with long curly brown hair and dark eyes. She usually wears jeans and a big yellow jumper.

She is very clever and organised, and she is also really generous. For example, last year she lent me her laptop for a whole month when mine broke.

I love spending time with her because she always makes me laugh.