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4.WRITING A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

A. Discuss.                                    B. Read the description of the boy below and compare
                                                  your answers in activity A. In which paragraph does
• What does the boy below look like?              the writer:
• What do you think he’s like?
                                               • describe the person’s personality?
                                               • introduce the person?
                                               • describe how he feels about this person?
                                               • describe the person’s appearance?

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C. Read the following statements and tick the  WRITING TASK
   ones that apply to the description above.   D. Write a description of a person you have recently met.

The writer:                                       Your description should be between 100-120 words.
1. uses a variety of adjectives                   Go to the Workbook, p. 18.
2. gives details about how they met
3. uses the past tense only                      When writing a description of a person:
4. suggests how this person can change            group related ideas together. Organise your description

   personality                                       into paragraphs as shown above.
5. groups related ideas together                  use a variety of adjectives to describe the person’s
6. gives his general opinion about the person
7. gives some examples to explain what he            appearance and personality.
                                                  use examples to explain what you mean.
   means                                          give your general opinion about this person in the

                                                     last paragraph.

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