Describe what someone looks like and what they are likeصف شكل شخص وشخصيته

Describing people, places, and thingsLesson 4 · B1 · 10 minutes

In this lesson

Describe the looks and character of someone you know.

Try one question before you read

A friend asks What is Omar like? How do you answer?

The idea, simply

To ask about appearance, say What does he look like? and answer He is tall with short hair. To ask about character, say What is he like? and answer He is friendly and patient. Do not use like in the answer: say She is quiet, not She is like quiet. Look like also means to resemble: You look like your mother.

Examples

What is your new manager like?
She is tall with long dark hair.
He is very patient and a bit shy.

Lesson words

patientصبور
A good teacher is patient.
shyخجول
He is shy with new people.
honestأمين، صادق
I trust her because she is honest.
beardلحية
My uncle has a grey beard.
hard-workingمجتهد
Our new driver is hard-working.

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Lesson exercises

Put the words in the correct order.
Words: is / like? / manager / new / What / your
Answer
What is your new manager like?
Complete the gap: What does your brother look ___?
Answer
like
Choose the correct English sentence.
- My sister is friendly and funny.
- My sister is like friendly and funny.
- My sister looks friendly and fun like.
Answer
My sister is friendly and funny.
A friend asks What is Omar like? How do you answer?
- He is honest and hard-working.
- He is tall with a beard.
- He likes football.
Answer
He is honest and hard-working.
What is he like? asks about character. Looks answer What does he look like? and hobbies answer What does he like?
Describe the looks and character of someone you know.
Model answer
What is your new manager like?
Compare your answer with the model and check word order, capitals, and punctuation.