Describing People: Personality and Appearance1.. What kind of person are you?. What are the most important character traits for a person to have2. What about footballers or people who we
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1 What kind of person are you? How would you describe yourself? How do you think your best friend would describe you? What about your boss?
2 What are the most important character traits for a person to have? Why?
3 Describe a person you admire What things do you admire about him/her? Describe
a person that you can’t stand What are his/her worst traits?
4 What’s your zodiac sign? What are people with your sign like? Do you fit that
description?
5 What are some stereotypical characteristics of public employees? What about people who live in small villages? What about footballers or people who wear glasses?
6 Do you know what these phrases referring to people mean?
• To be a pain in the neck (a pain in the
ass)
• To be down-to-Earth
• To be worth one’s salt
• To be a (wo)man of many hats
• To be a few bricks short of a load
• To be off one’s rocker
• To have a stiff upper lip
• To have one’s head on straight
7 Can you think of a person as an example
for each phrase?
8 On what aspects of a person’s appearance
do we base our opinions of that person? (hair, actions, style…) How important is a first
impression? Are first impressions lasting? Have you ever misjudged a person based on their appearance? Tell about it
9 What do different physical traits tell about a person? Do you think a person’s
hair-style, eye color, or foot size can be an indicator of what kind of person s/he is? Are there
any cultural superstitions regarding different physical traits and personality in your culture?