language learning center · A2 · Lesson 8
Describing people
Describe someone’s personality and appearance without confusing the two questions.
Step 1 of 8 — Dialogue
~3 min~25 min total
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Ella
What's your new colleague like?
Max
She's friendly, patient, and very easy to talk to.
Ella
What does she look like?
Max
She's quite tall, and she has short, curly hair.
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
What's … like?
What's … like?
She's friendly and…
She's friendly and…
What does … look like?
What does … look like?
She's quite…
She's quite tall, and she has short, curly hair.
She has… hair.
She has… hair.
Which question invites a description of your colleague’s personality?
Listen, then choose what you heard.
Write a reply to this line. Use a phrase from the lesson.
What's your new colleague like?
Answer before viewing the model
Answer in your own words. Record yourself, listen back, and then compare your response with the model answer.
Describe one person with two personality details and two appearance details.
Choose someone you know and use respectful, neutral descriptions.
Describe someone clearly and respectfully
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- 1. What's … like?
- 2. She's friendly and…
- 3. What does … look like?
- 4. She's quite…
- 5. She has… hair.