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Unit 5 - Lesson 24 - Appearances (1) + to have

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Revise (do again) the verbto be

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Describing people
	height and build	type of hair	complexion

Appearances

Height
How tall is he?	He is tall.	He is short.	He is medium height.
+	He is very tall.	He is quite short.	-

Build
She is skinny. (negative)	She is fat. (negative)
She is thin. (negative)	She is overweight. . (negative)
She is slim. (positive)	She is plump. (neutral)
She is slender. (positive)	She is stocky. (neutral)

The verb to have

Type of hair
	She has long hair.	She has short hair.	He has no hair.	She has medium length hair.	She has medium length hair.	She has short hair.
+	She has long, black hair.	She has short, black hair.	-	She has medium length , blonde hair.	She has medium length, red hair.	She has short, blonde hair.
++	She has long, straight, black hair.	She has short, straight, black hair.	-	She has medium length, straight, blonde hair.	She has medium length, wavy, red hair.	She has short, curly, blonde hair.
+					She wears glasses.

Type of complexion
He is Asian. He has light-brown skin.	She is black. She has dark skin.	He is white. He has fair skin.	She is white. She has slightly tanned skin.	She is white. She has very pale skin.

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For homework read and do the exercises in English Vocabulary in Use (Unit 32 - Pages 68 and 69 Part A and B - Questions 32.1 and 32.2 - email me for the answers).

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Week 24