For Your Eyes Only

Jennifer dropped her photo album on the floor and all the photos of her relatives and friends got mixed up.

Help Jennifer match the photos with the labels in the photo album.

My mother

is in her late forties, with short black curly hair, and of medium built.

Oops, "medium height" means in the middle between tall and short.

My mother

Mr Benson

is old and frail. We are very much concerned about his health.

Sorry, "frail" means weak or unhealthy.

Mr Benson

Eddy

is a school kid with a round face.

Oops, "kid" means a child.

Eddy

Jason

likes to be the center of attention although he is short and stout.

Incorrect, "stout" means quite fat and solid looking.

Jason

My grandfather

is a cheerful old man who wears a long beard.

Sorry, "beard" means hair grown on the lower part of a man's face.

My grandfather

Shirley

has got a pair of big round eyes.

Sorry, see if anybody has got a pair of big round eyes.

Shirley

Susan

is proud of her long and wavy golden hair.

Sorry, "wavy" means having a series of curves.

Susan

Click on the correct answer for each question.

1. Amy is short and thin and .

Sorry, incorrect word order!

Oops, "Amy" is a singular noun!

Good!

Sorry, you need to add a verb before "black eyes" here.

2. Pauline has got .

Sorry, incorrect word order! The description order of hair should be : Length > Style > Colour

Well done!

Sorry, incorrect word order! The description order of hair should be: Length > Style > Colour

3. Many people think Beckham is quite and charming.

Oops, "pretty" is for females.

Oops, "curvaceous" is used to describe a woman who has a body with attractive curves.

Correct!

Oops, "matronly" describes a woman who is not young, fat and does not dress in a fashionable way.

4. What does your brother look like?

Sorry, "funny" is for characteristic, not for appearance.

Oops, "likes wearing" is for preference, not for appearance.

Sorry, "looks like" is different from "is like".

Excellent!

5. "She's charming- she's tall and she's got a pair of big almond black eyes." What are the three "she's" short for in this sentence?

Sorry, "she's got" is the short form for "she has got".

Great!

Oops, "she's tall" is the short form for "she is tall".

Sorry, "She's charming" is the short form for "She is charming".

6. Sophia is a .

Sorry, incorrect word order! The correct order should be: Height > Shape > Nationality

Good!

Hi, let's revise some language points about Activities 1 and 2.

Useful words for describing people's appearance:

About body build:

short medium height tall slim stout curvaceous

About hair:

short long wavy bald

About age:

kid old late forties

Word order in describing people's appearance:

General description:

Height >> Body Shape >> Nationality

(i.e. tall slim French lady)

About hair:

Length >> Hair Style >> Colour

(i.e. short wavy brown hair)

About eyes:

Size >> Colour

(i.e. big brown eyes)

Now, let's continue with Activity 3.

Martin wanted to introduce his cousin, Jennifer, to Hugo at the Christmas party.

Listen to the following conversation carefully and help Hugo to spot Jennifer in the ballroom by filling in the blanks.

An icon appears if your answer is incorrect, please click the icon to listen again.

Hair:

Skin Colour:

Body Build:

Height:

Eyes:

Clothing:

Oops, Jennifer's eyes are brown in colour.

Sorry, Jennifer has got golden hair.

Try again, Jennifer's hair is wavy.

Incorrect, Jennifer's hair is short.

You will be given ten seconds to look at two suspects.

Give your descriptions to the police by clicking on the correct answers.

Hurry up!

You've got only 10 seconds to study the picture!

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