DESCRIPTION  PEOPLE.
Description of people and places




En la presente unidad nos dedicaremos a la descripción de personas (apariencia física, altura y peso) y de lugares o cosas (tamaño y forma).



En muchos exámenes se suele pedir la descripción de personas lo cual incluye generalmente la apariencia física (physical appearance) y el carácter (character).



En cuanto al ordenamiento de la informacion, no existen pautas pre-establecidas: depende del enfoque que el autor quiera darle a la descripción (unas comienzan describiendo el carácter pero otras arrancan con los detalles fisicos, etc).



Appearance



Aquí tienes una lista de palabras relacionadas con la apariencia de una persona (físico y actitud) y estado civil:



PHYSICAL



AGE

in his/her teens

about twenty-one

in his/her early 50s (fifties)

in his/her mid 50s (fifties)

in his/her late 50s (fifties)

quite young, very old

EDAD

entre los 13 y los 19 años

aprox. veintiún años

entre 50 y 53 años

entre 54 y 56 años

entre 57 y 60 años

bastante joven, muy mayor



HEIGHT

very tall, quite tall

of medium height

ALTURA

muy alto/a, bastante alto/a

de estatura mediana



BUILD

thin, slim

overweight, fat, plump

skinny, stout

CONTEXTURA

delgado, esbelto

obeso, gordo, regordete

huesudo, fornido



FACE

round, oval, square,

long, thin, wrinkled

CARA

redonda, ovalada, cuadrada alargada, delgada, arrugada



HAIR

shoulder–length

black, brown, red

fair, blonde

curly, wavy, straight

bald, fully bald

sideburns

CABELLO

hasta los hombros

negro, castaño, pelirrojo

rubio (hombre), rubio (mujer)

enrulado, ondulado, lacio

calvo, totalmente calvo

patillas



EYES

blue, brown, green

black, big, slanted

OJOS

azules, castaños, verdes

negros, grandes, rasgados



NOSE

hooked, crooked

straight, turned-up

flat, big, small

NARIZ

ganchuda, corva

recta, respingada

chata, grande, pequeña



MOUTH

small, wide

thin lips, thick lips

BOCA

pequeña, ancha

labios delgados/gruesos



BEARD, MUSTACHE

OR EYEBROWS

thick, thin, bushy BARBA, BIGOTE

O CEJAS

espeso/a, ralo/a, tupido/a







ATTITUDE



bitter, cynical

jealous, calm

proud, encouraging

reserved, sensitive

amargado/a, cínico/a,

celoso/a, sosegado/a,

orgulloso/a, alentador/a

reservado/a, sensible





MARITAL STATUS



single, married

divorced, widowed

has a girlfriend/boyfriend

soltero, casado

divorciado, viudo

tiene novia/novio





Height and weight



Cuando se escriben dimensiones que hacen referencia a feet (pies) e inches (pulgadas), y pesos que hacen referencia a stones ('stones') y pounds (libras), se suelen utilizar abreviaturas como las que figuran a continuación:



foot (singular) foot/feet (plural) ft. (abreviatura)



>> pie/pies (unidad de longitud equivalente a 30,48 cm.)



inch (singular) inches (plural) in./ins. (abreviatura)



>> pulgada/pulgadas (unidad de longitud equivalente a 25,4 mm.)



Five foot/feet, ten (inches)

>>

5 ft. 10 ins.

5 ft. 10 in.

5' 10"







stone (singular) stone (plural) ft. (abreviatura)



>> 'stone' (unidad de peso equivalente a 14 libras o 6,348 kg.)



pound (singular) pounds (plural) lb./lbs. (abreviatura)



>> libra/libras (unidad de peso equivalente a 0,454 kg.)



Nine stone, six (pounds)

>>

9 st. 6 Ibs.

9 st. 6 Ib.





A hundred and fifty pounds

>>

150 Ibs.

150 Ib.





Size and shape



Aquí tienes una reducida lista de palabras relacionadas con size (tamaño) y shape (forma) para lugares o cosas:



SIZE



large, quite large

small, quite small

grande, bastante grande

pequeño, bastante pequeño





SHAPE



oval, round, triangular

square, rectangular

ovalado, redondo, triangular

cuadrado, rectangular





U–shaped

Pear–shaped

con forma de U

con forma de pera





SIZE AND SHAPE COMBINED



small rectangular

large square

nearly T–shaped

pequeño y rectangular

grande y cuadrado

casi con forma de T







ACTIVITY # 34a

ANSWERS







Basándote en las explicaciones –y utilizando signos y abreviaturas– escribe de la forma más breve posible las siguientes expresiones relativas a pesos y alturas .





1. Six foot, two





2. Five foot, four





3. Eleven stone, five





4. Eight stone, twelve





5. A hundred and sixty-five pounds











ACTIVITY # 34b

ANSWERS







Observa este plano que muestra la distribución de un apartamento cuyas salas tienen formas que acabas de estudiar. Averigua qué sala se describe en cada una de las siguientes frases.





1.

The ― bathroom bedroom kitchen living-room is a large rectangular room, with one window.



2.

The ― bathroom bedroom kitchen living-room is square and quite large. It has one window.



3.

The ― bathroom bedroom kitchen living-room is a small rectangular room, next to the hall.



4.

The ― bathroom bedroom kitchen living-room is L-shaped.











ACTIVITY # 34c

ANSWERS







Observa el mapa que muestra los estados del oeste de Estados Unidos pulsando aquí. Luego trata de ubicar el estado o estados que corresponden a cada una de las siguientes descripciones y selecciona del menú el nombre de cada estado. Algunas descripciones llevan dos estados.





1. It's rectangular.

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING



2. It's nearly square.

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING



3. It's banana–shaped.

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING



4. It's nearly L–shaped.

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING

― ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO IDAHO MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON WYOMING









ACTIVITY # 34d

ANSWERS







Escribe las vocales que faltan para completar las siguientes palabras que hacen referencia a la actitud de una persona en un momento determinado, o su carácter en general.









1. NCRGNG





3. JLS





2. RSRVD







4. SNSTV











ACTIVITY # 34e

ANSWERS







Lee esta breve descripción y selecciona de cada menú la alternativa adecuada.









Mrs. Yakimoto is in ― his late 50s her early 60s. She’s ― quite young overweight



and of ― medium quite tall height. She has shoulder-length



― bushy wavy hair and ― curly slanted eyes. She has an ― oval round



face which is a little bit ― hooked wrinkled, a small ― stout straight



nose and ― square thin lips.







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SHAKIRA LYRICS

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"Eyes Like Yours"

Oh, you know I have seen
A sky without sun
A man with no nation
Saints, captive in chains
A song with no name
For lack of imagination
Ya he...
And I have seen
Darker than ebony

Ya he Ya he Ya la he

And now it seems, that I
Without your eyes could never be

My one desire, all I aspire
Is in your eyes forever to live
Traveled all over the seven oceans
There is nothing that I wouldn't give
Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

Oh, You know I seen
A woman of means
In rags and begging for pleasure
Crossed a river of salt
Just after I rode
A ship that's sunk in the desert

Ya he Ya he Ya la he

And I have seen
Darker than ebony

Ya he Ya he Ya la he

And now it seems, that I
Without your eyes could never be

My one desire, all I aspire
Is in your eyes forever to live
Traveled all over the seven oceans
There is nothing that I wouldn't give
Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

rabboussamai fikarrajaii
fi ainaiha aralhayati
ati ilaika min haza lkaaouni
arjouka labbi labbi nidai

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

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Physical Descriptions


Words that describe physical appearance

Height

short, average height, tall

Build

small, well built

Age

around 25, in his 30s

Hair

short, long,straight, wavy, curly, a ponytail, white, grey, blond, light/dark brown, red black

Face

square, round, plain, wide

Complexion

light, white, olive-skinned

Eyes

green, blue, brown, black, beautiful, big

General

beautiful, pretty, handsome, sexy, cute, good looking

Other

Exercises

I.- These words describe physical appearance. Add them to the table above.

skinny, slim, muscular, overweight, not very good looking, medium, length, sideburns, moustache, beard, attractive, about 160 cm tall, freckles, dark, glasses, narrow, bald

This is my friend Jane, she´s is tall and thin. She has long straight black hair and white skin. She has big blue eyes. She is pretty. Jane is very friendly and intelligent, too. She is from the USA.

II.- Now you describe your classmate:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

III.- Read these descriptions. What are the missing words? Write is or has.

1.- She is around 20. She is tall, slim and beautiful. She has long straight black hair.

2.- He ________ average height and average build. He ________ long hair. he ________

handsome.

3.- She ________ really cute. She ________ medium length wavy hair, and big beautiful eyes.

4.- He ________ average height and average build. He ________ a ponytail. He ________

handsome.

5.- She ________ around 60. She ________ short curly hair, and wears glasses.

6.- He ________ a wide face and a dark complexion. He ________ very muscular.

Personality

50 adjectives to describe the personality in English and Spanish.

English Spanish

ambitious ambicioso

annoying pesado

argumentative, discutidor

bad-tempered malhumorado

big-headed creído, engreído

brave valiente

carefree despreocupado

careless descuidado, poco cuidadoso

cautious prudente, cauteloso, cauto;

charming encantador

cheerful alegre, jovial;

conservative conservador

cowardly cobarde

crazy, nuts loco, chiflado

cruel cruel

boring aburrido

flirtatious coqueta

friendly amigable, simpático

generous generoso

hard-working trabajador

honest honesto

kind amable

lazy perezoso, flojo

loyal fiel

mean tacaño

modest modesto

moody cambiante

naive ingenuo, inocentón

naughty malo, travieso (niños)

open-minded de actitud abierta, sin prejuicios

narrow-minded cerrado de mente , intolerante;

polite cortés, educado

proud orgulloso

reliable fiable, confiable

self-confident seguro de sí mismo

selfish egoísta

sensible sensato, prudente;

sensitive sensible

shy tímido, vergonzoso

strict estricto, severo, riguroso

sympathetic comprensivo

talkative conversador, hablador

weird raro, extraño

My teacher is talkative, sympathetic and funny. He´s also open minded, but sometimes he´s very strict.

Now describe yourself and your classmate:

___________________________________________________________________

Exercises

I.- Complete the following sentences with the words in the box. (feelings)

excited, happy, mad, embarrassed, jealous, surprised, proud, pleased, sad, upset, angry, lonely, disappointed, worried, scared, frustrated, lazy, important.

1. When someone pushes me, I feel __________________________.

2. When someone calls me a name, I feel __________________________.

3. When someone won’t share with me, I feel __________________________.

4. When I make a mistake, I feel __________________________.

5. When people ask me to play with them, I feel _______________________.

6. When there is a horror movie on TV, I feel _________________________.

7. When I get a star on my homework, I feel _________________________.

8. When someone hits me, I feel __________________________.

9. When I get in trouble, I feel __________________________.

10. When someone likes me, I feel __________________________.

11. When I wear new clothes, I feel __________________________.

12. When my new clothes get dirty, I feel __________________________.

13. When no one will let me play, I feel __________________________.

14. When I get lost, I feel __________________________.

15. When I lose something, I feel __________________________.

16. When someone doesn’t answer me after I say hello, I feel

Simple Present

Simple Present


FORM

[VERB] + s/es in third person



Examples:



•You speak English.

•Do you speak English?

•You do not speak English.

Complete List of Simple Present Forms



USE 1 Repeated Actions





Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.



Examples:



•I play tennis.

•She does not play tennis.

•Does he play tennis?

•The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.

•The train does not leave at 9 AM.

•When does the train usually leave?

•She always forgets her purse.

•He never forgets his wallet.

•Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.

•Does the Sun circle the Earth?

USE 2 Facts or Generalizations





The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.



Examples:



•Cats like milk.

•Birds do not like milk.

•Do pigs like milk?

•California is in America.

•California is not in the United Kingdom.

•Windows are made of glass.

•Windows are not made of wood.

•New York is a small city. It is not important that this fact is untrue.

USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future





Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.



Examples:



•The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.

•The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.

•When do we board the plane?

•The party starts at 8 o'clock.

•When does class begin tomorrow?

USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)





Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.



Examples:



•I am here now.

•She is not here now.

•He needs help right now.

•He does not need help now.

•He has his passport in his hand.

•Do you have your passport with you?

ADVERB PLACEMENT

The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.



Examples:



•You only speak English.

•Do you only speak English?

ACTIVE / PASSIVE

Examples:



•Once a week, Tom cleans the car. Active

•Once a week, the car is cleaned by Tom. Passive

More About Active / Passive Forms



EXERCISES AND RELATED TOPICS

Verb Tense Exercise 1 Simple Present and Present Continuous

Verb Tense Exercise 2 Simple Present and Present Continuous

Verb Tense Exercise 16 Present and Past Tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs

Verb Tense Exercise 17 Present and Past Tense Review

Verb Tense Exercise 21 Simple Present and Simple Future

Verb Tense Exercise 22 Simple Present and Simple Future

Verb Tense Exercise 24 Simple Present, Simple Future, Present Continuous, and Future Continuous

Verb Tense Practice Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review

Verb Tense Final Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review

ENGLISH EXAM TECHNICAL OF SYSTEM


NAME--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE------------

COMPUTER

Eduard Wilkinson is 15 years old and he lives in Manchester . He spends more than five hours a day on his computer. Before he goes to school in the morning ,he reads the sports news on the internet. As he likes working with computers, he goes to the computer room every lunch time and break time to help Jim , the computer studies teacher. He looks for interesting websites on the internet and Jim uses these with different classes in the school . When he gets home after school, Eduard switches on his computer and logs onto the internet. He loves visiting sites about his favorite rock and film stars and he listen to interviews and music on his computer

- ACCORDING TO THE READING ,ANSWER THE QUESTION.

- WHERE DOES LIVE EDUARD------------------------------------------------------------------------

- HOW MANY HOURS DOES HE SPEND IN HIS COMPUTER------------------------------------------

- WHEN DOES HE READ THE SPORT NEWS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- WHAT DOES HE LOVE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



WRITE OUT A LIST OF 10 VERBS IN PRESENT TENSE.

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TRANSLATE TO SPANISH THE READING ABOUT EDUARD WILKINSON.

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