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👉 COMMUNICATION
Everyday English
Asking about appearance and personality
1. Listen and read the dialogue between Linda and Mi. Pay attention to the highlighted questions. 🎧
Mi: What does your best friend look like?
Linda: She's short with long black hair. She has bright brown eyes.
Mi: What's she like?
Linda: She's very kind and creative.
2. Work with a classmate. Ask him/ her about his/her best friend. Remember to use the two questions highlighted in 1.
Date of birth and personality
3. Read about these students in 4Teen magazine. Use one or two adjectives to describe them.
 | Vinh (Viet Nam, birthday 7/12) I live in Da Nang. At home, I can do my homework without my parents' help. At school, I like speaking English. I'm going to an English club now. |
 | John (England, birthday 26/2) I come from Cambridge. In my free time, I draw pictures and play the piano. I also help some old people near my house. I usually read to them at the weekend. Now I'm drawing in my garden. |
4. We may have different personalities because we have different birthdays.
Read the descriptions below. Do you think they match the friends in 3?
21/319/4: confident, active
20/420/5: loving, hard-working
21/5-21/6: active, friendly
22/6-22/7: caring, clever
23/7-22/8: confident, creative
23/8 22/9: careful, hard-working
23/9-23/10: creative, friendly
24/10-21/11: careful, funny
22/1121/12: clever, confident
5. Read the descriptions in 4. Share your opinion with the class.
Example:
My birthday is...
It's true that...
It isn't true that...
