Description of a person

A description of a person is not his/her biography. You inform, as a writer, to the reader who is that person, not he/she was.

Preparation
Make up a list of facts (age, height, colour of the hair and the eyes, ...).

1. Think about adjectives that describes that person.
2. Write 3 parragaphs:

•     Describe his/her appearence. Use Present Simple. Use modifiers.
•     Describe her/his personality. How to describe the personality of a person with her/his physical features?. Use frequency adverbs.
•     What do you and others think about this person? Possitive/Negative. Conclusion.

Writing task
Describe a friend. What are his/her good and bad points?

Useful expressions
Modifiers Adverbs
really = fairly =quite = a bit = not vey

Frequency Adverbs 
always = usually = often = occasionally = sometimes = never

Possibility Adverbs
definitely = probably = maybe

Physical Appearance Adjectives
beautiful = blond = broad-souldered = dark = fair = good-looking = pale = pretty = short = slim = tall

Personality Adjectives
absent-minded = ambitious = broad-minded = cautious = chatty = cheerful = cold-hearted = easy-going = (un)faithful = friedly = honest = interesting =  moody = narrow-minded = patient = quick-tempered = romantic = self-centred = sensible = senstive = sociable = thoughtful = warm-hearted


Example:
My best friend's name is Steve. He's seventeen but he looks younger. He's got fairly pale skin and short black hair which is often quite messy. He's about the same height as me, 182 cm, and he's slim.

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