1. Describing People Spoken English I Self Study Fujian Normal University

2. Singles and Plurals 1.Get into groups of 4 2.An envelope of nouns will be given 3.Sort the nouns into groups that follow the same pattern for changing single  plural 4. Create a rule for each group of nouns: “If a word (nouns) ends in _____, add (or do what) to make it plural.”

3. Single  Plural Rules 1.For most nouns, add -s. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

4. Single  Plural Rules 1.For most nouns, add -s.Friends, bikes 2. If a noun ends with -ch, -sh, -x, or -s, add -es.Dishes, taxes 3. If a noun ends with -f or -fe, add -s or change the f to v and add –es Beliefs, leaves 4. If a noun ends with -o, add -s or -es.zoos, echoes 5. If a noun ends with a vowel+y, add –s.Boys, keys 6. If a noun ends with a consonant+y, change the y to i and add –es Babies, skies 7. Some nouns have irregular changesMen, mice 8. Some nouns do not change at all.Fish, sheep

5. Talking about People: Height How tall is he/she? He’s/She’svery tall.He’s/She’sfairly tall/short. tall.pretty medium height.kind of short.sort of very short.

6. Talking About People: Hair LengthColourTexture It’s long medium length shoulder length short It’s black brown red grey blond(e) white It’s straight wavy curly What color is his/her hair? What kind of hair does he/she have? He/she has (length), (color), (texture) hair.

7. Talking About People: Eyes What color are his/her eyes? They’re (color). He/she has (color) eyes. black brown green hazel blue

8. Talking About People: Clothing What is he/she wearing? jeans dress (short or long) trousers, pants, slacks skirt (short or long) shirt, blouse (short-sleeved or long-sleeved) bow tie, neck tie turtleneck coat, jacket T-shirt hat suit (slacks, coat) gloves, mittens sweater, vest shoes, boots He’s/she’s wearing (a/an) item of clothing.

9. Talking About People: Race What ethnicity is he/she? He/She is (race)He/She looks (race) Asian East Indian Native American Caucasian Hispanic African Middle Eastern

10. Ethnicity/Race Hispanic East Indian Native American Middle Eastern

11. Photo Quiz 1.A Photo card will be given 2.Have a dialogue about describing the looks of the person on the card.