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Ex. 1a) Lead-in: Look at the pictures. How could you describe the people in them? How much can appearance say about people? What is the most important thing about our appearances?
 a). |  b). |  c). |
 c). |  d). |  e). |
Ex. 1b). Take a look at these three questions which look similar, but have very different meanings. Match the questions and the answers.
| 1. What is she like? | a) 'She likes talking, reading and eating cheese.' |
| 2. What does she look like? | b) 'She is outgoing and talkative.' |
| 3. What does she like? | c) 'She is short, slim and she has big brown eyes.' |
Structure for describing appearance:
1. Age (young / middle-aged / elderly / old / a baby/ toddler / teenager / in his/her 20s / 30s … / in his/her early/ late 20s / doesn’t look her/his age)
2. Heigh t (165 cm tall / of average/medium height / tall / very tall / rather tall / short)
3. Build (fat / overweight / plump /chubby / skinny /thin / slim / plump / well-built / muscular)
4. Hair/face (black / straight hair / a round / long / square face)
5. Clothes (wears a hat / earrings / is in black)
6. Distinguishing features (wears glasses / contacts / braces / has (got) a tattoo / a piercing)
E.g. Bill, who is in his early twenties, is quite tall and well-built, with thick black hair and piercing blue eyes. He is usually dressed in jeans and T-shirt and he’s got a tattoo on the right hand.
Ex. 2a) Match the sentences with the underlined phrases with the word age and their meanings.
| 1. They were buying cigarettes though they were under age. | a) a minimum or maximum age allowed |
| 2. This wine improves with age. | b) younger than the law allowed |
| 3. In Belarus you come of age at 18. | c) a minimum or maximum age allowed |
| 4. There was no one there over the age of 15. | d) twice as old as he |
| 5. She married a man twice her age. | e) older than |
| 6. My grandmother’s got very forgetful in her old age. | f) appear to be the age she is |
| 7. Is there an age limit. | g) since she got old |
| 8. She’s 30, but she doesn’t look her age. | h) behave the age that you are |
| 9. Stop being stupid and act your age. | i) as it gets older |
Ex. 2b) Complete the sentences using phrases from ex. 2a..
1. Everyone thinks that he must have married her for her money. She’s _______!
2. You shouldn’t eat this cheese straight away. It improves _______.
3. The boys were thrown out of the bar because they were ________.
4. I wish you’d stop being so immature and start ________.
5. In your country is it 18 or 21 when people ________.
6. I always have to carry some ID with me when I go out because although I’m 25, I don’t __
7. My grandfather came to live with us because he found it hard to look after himself _____
8. I must’ve been the oldest person at the concert. I don’t think there was anyone else __ 21!
9. Anyone can do the course. There’s no _______.
