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Physical description
Physical features
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Type: worksheet


 
Physical description
B&W pictionary
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: flash-card


 
physical description
A colour version of the worksheet i created a couple of weels ago . I hope you like!!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet


 
WHO IS WHO? GAME (PART ONE)
This is a pair work activity that can be used with the cards or without them. If you use the cards, one of the students will read each sentence at a time and the other student will try to guess the name of the character from the main card. A different possibility is to work without the cards and, in this case, one of the students chooses a characte...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?
STUDENTS READ THE INFORMATION FROM THE TABLE AND WRITE SHORT TEXTS DESCRIBING PEOPLE.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
WHO IS WHO? - GAME (PART 2)
SET OF CARDS TO PLAY.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
Personal description and comparison
Students read some information about two characters and write affirmative and negative sentences about them, answer questions, compare both and finally, they write a description about the character based on an example. Great to review some aspects as nationalities, likes and dislikes, abilities and comparison.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE (2)
3 exercises to practise describing people and the verb have got.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet


 
Guess who board game
It´s a pair guessing game. You need 2 laminated game boards. Each student mark his mystery person on the top board with a felt tip pen and then try to guess the pair´s mystery person by asking yes/no questions (they can follow the check list). According to the given answer they cross out the pictures until they find out who the mystery person is. T...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: others


 
The 1st 45-minute-lesson (of 2) on the topic Describing People -- Reading Comprehension for Upper Elementary and Lower intermediate students
This is the first of 2 lessons on personal description (2 Pages + B&W Version ). Reading tasks: After speculating about the text they are going to read (images, key words, parts of the speech, ..., students scan the tex to find information to complete the table (Notice that the students will end up with a systematization of Physical features essen...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: Choose


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE (APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER) - 2 PAGES
STUDENTS READ ABOUT ZODIAC SIGNS (DATES AND CHARACTERS) AND USE THE INFORMATION TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THEIR DATES OF BIRTH. THEY ALSO HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT THEIR ORIGIN, JOB, AGE AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. AFTER WRITING THE TEXTS, THEY HAVE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
Describing People´s Appearance
A worksheet about PEOPLE´S APPEARANCE.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet


 
Describing people´s PERSONALITY
4 exercises that help to consolidate vocabulary related to people´s PERSONALITY.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet


 
Describing Character
Picture dictionary / Study sheet
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet


 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION - POSTER (VOCABULARY-GUIDE IN A POSTER FORMAT)
One more vocabulary-guide in a poster format -physical description:height, build, age, face,hair.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet


 
Lesson - Looks and Appearance
4 skills. This lesson can be a sequel to the lesson entitled “Are you a fashion victim?” (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=101693#thetop). It is about tattoos, piercing, plastic surgery (the article is about meeting the real-life Barbie and Ken!!!)… This topic is usually a hit among teenagers and young adults. See also my other lessons...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet


 
FRUIT PERSONALITY QUIZ! - amazing quiz for you and your students (2pages)
This is one more amazing personality quiz for you and your students.Choose a fruit and find out what kind of person you are. Can be a good warm-up when discribing people and chatacter traits.Hope you´ll like it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading


 
Adjectives of Personality
The student has to fill in the gaps in the sentences using the adjectives related to personality provided in the box. Key included on the second page. Enjoy it!!.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet


 
Describing people´s appearance
It´s a worksheet for students to learn how to describe someone´s appearance with guided activities. There´s a lot of vocabulary divided in family fields and some activities to read and write different descriptions. I hope you find it useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet


 
HAIR! - fun vocabulary set: hair pictionary and hair idioms/2 pages with answer keys
This is a fun vocabulary set about hair. It consists of 2 parts: the 1st part - hair pictionary ( matching activity ), the 2nd part - hair idioms ( 2 activities: matching and gap filling ).You can use the whole set or use each list separately.Hope you will like my pictures.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet


 
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF! - A GUIDE FOR TALKING ABOUT AND DESCRIBING YOURSELF (2 pages)
This is a very complete guide which will help your students to speak and (write ) about themselves! 2 pages with all neccessary vocabulary and phrases for description + an example - Bart Simpson´s profile....You can use each page separately.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: worksheet


 
WHAT IS SHE LIKE? (2 PAGES)
SS READ THE TEXT, ASK AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, MATCH THE OPPOSITES, COMPLETE QUESTION-TAGS AND WRITE THE ADJECTIVES IN THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet


 
Describing people´s personality
This is the second of my worksheets devoted to the description of a person. This time, the students are taught some adjectives related to people´s character. There are some writing and reading activities for students to learn the vocabulary in a context.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet


 
WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? (2 PAGES)
SS LOOK TO THE TABLE AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. THEN, THEY DESCRIBE EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN (AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, EYES, HAIR)
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet


 
Psychological description
Exercises used to introduce new vocabulary about describing people´s personality.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet


 
Physical appearance
Pictionary + describing people
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
This is my first part on people´s appearance. I hope you like it.(Something went wrong in the uploading process: the background isn´t white).
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet


 
Adjectives: Character and Personality
A worksheet for the students to learn adjectives related to character and personality. They have to guess the adjectives with some clues: there are some sentences that define the adjectives and some letters are given. They have to complete the letters that have been taken out. Enjoy it!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet


 
Memory game faces description
It´s a memory game for practicing physical description. I hope you enjoy using it!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card


 
MEET ALISON GREEN (DESCRIBING PEOPLE TEST) 3 PAGES
A SIMPLE TEST FOR YOUNG LEARNERS ON THE TOPIC DESCRIBING PEOPLE. IT INCLUDES READING AND COMPREHENSION, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR AND GUIDED WRITING.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
PERSONALITY (Part I)
This is my first issue on character and personality. I hope you find it useful. (KEY included).You can find the perfect match for the set in my Chinese Zodiac worksheet (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=338858#thetop ).
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet


 
PERSONALITY (Part II)
Here is the second part of my set on describing people (personalities mainly). Most of the work this time is about compound adjectives. (KEY included)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
READING AND COMPREHENSION.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
Describing Character
Exercises (2pages)
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet


 
Who is it? 3 pages
A game to practise describing someone, asking questions and short answers. On the second page students must identify the person described, on the last page they must write their own description then read it to the class, then they can play the game : one student chooses a person, the rest of the class must guess who it is by asking Yes/No questions...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
EXERCISES
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet


 
WHO ARE THEY?
STUDENTS READ THE INFORMATION IN THE TABLE AND WRITE TEXTS ABOUT PEOPLE. (NAME, AGE, NATIONALITY, JOB, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, LIKES AND DISLIKES AND ABILITIES)
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: worksheet


 
WHO IS BOB SPENCER? (2 PAGES)
READING AND COMPREHENSION - SS READ THE TEXT AND IDENTIFY TRUE OR FALSE SENTENCES; THEY CORRECT THE FALSE ONES. THEN, THEY ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, LOOK AT A TABLE ABOUT LIKES AND DISLIKES AND WRITE SENTENCES USING THE CONNECTORS (AND / BUT / OR)
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet


 
Describing people
Easy exercises for beginners!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet


 
I LOVE DANCING! (2 PAGES)
READING AND COMPREHENSION - DESCRIBING PEOPLE AND DAILY ROUTINE. SS READ THE TEXT AND DO SOME EXERCISES.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet


 
Personal Information/ May I introduce myself?
This worksheet is about talking about oneself personal info. It is supposed to be used as conversation builder (asking about personal information) . Students get to know their classmate by answering some personal questions including his/her name, age, family, likes, dislikes and favorites. You can use this ws in two ways: 1.each week you ca...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet


 
Physical description - what are you like?
This is an informative WS about physical decription. Ss can also choose (X) some of the adjectives/words (according to their own description) and then write a text about themselves. Thay also must colour the hairs and the eyes. At the end you/they find an extra help about the verb to be and the verb to have got...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet


 
Describing people
Easy exercises for beginners!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet


 
MAGIC MIRROR ON THE WALL... (DESCRIBING PEOPLE - TWO PAGES)
STUDENTS READ THE TEXT ABOUT SNOW WHITE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. THEN THEY WRITE ABOUT DOC AND THE WITCH ACCORDING TO THE PICTURES AND THE WORDS GIVEN.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-12
Type: worksheet


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE - WHO IS WHO?
HELP SNOW WHITE... WHO IS WHO?
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet


 
Physical Description
Ss read the descriptions, write the names and color their clothes, in exercise 2 they color and descibe the pictures...Hope you like it!!! :)
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet


 
Describing Personality
First of all make Ss find the meanings of all the adj. in the box.Cos I didn´t used all the new voc. in exercise part. After teaching the new voc. make sure ss learn the words and then they can compose a meaningful words from the scrambled letters.Have a nice weekend..See ya all:))))
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet


 
GUESS WHO IS WHO? :) +answer key
GUESS WHO IS WHO? :) There are 9 girls and 9 descriptions students will match the descriptions with the correct picture :) It is enjoyable exercise :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 3-100
Type: worksheet


 
I Spy With My Little Eye....
See if you can detect the different people using different personality traits to descibe someone. Match the picture exercises. With key.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet


 
DESCRIBING PEOPLE - PART 1
DESCRIBING FACE, EYES, HAIR, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet

 


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