Read and translate these descriptions. Can you match Philip’s relatives with their description?

a) mother b) sister c) uncle d) grandmother e) elder brother f) girlfriend g) father h) nephew i) cousin j) younger brother

1) She is over 69 but she is still an energetic and active person. She is just starting to show signs of old age - her hair has turned grey and her face has a lot of wrinkles. She is a bit hard of hearing.

2) He is 23. He is of medium height. He has an average build. He is a bit stocky, but a strong man. He has long straight shoulder-length hair and doesn't want to cut it. It's fashionable in Britain at the moment for men to grow their hair. Usually he wears a comfortable T-shirt and jeans. He doesn't really care how he looks like.

3) She is a pretty girl of 25. She's tall and slim, slender and stylish. She has got lovely dark hair and looks like a teenager. She is married and has a baby.

4) He is very tall, he towers above me even though he is only 15. He does quite a lot of sport. So he is quite strong and has well-developed muscles. He has straight brown hair which refuses to lie flat and is always sticking up.

5) He's about 25, medium build and he's got wavy brown hair, and the last time I saw him he had a bushy moustache. He has been a researcher at the University for three years, so he looks very serious and academic. In fact I'm pretty sure that he wears glasses now.

6) He is tall. He has short, dark, curly hair and a small beard. His arms, legs and chest are hairy. He's a cheerful person. He wears spectacles (glasses) and you can't see his eyes, but I know they are steel gray. He's 43. He usually wears jeans and shirts or sweaters. But for work he wears a suit and a tie and looks every inch a teacher.

7) She's a bit short. She tries to hide her age and it’s quite successful. She has long, straight, fair hair and dark eyes. She has a beautiful smile. She likes to be well-dressed. Her favourite colours are red and light blue. She is an even-tempered person.

8) She is beautiful. She is thin, with slender arms and elegant legs. She likes pink nail-varnish, high-heeled shoes and fashionable clothes. She uses lots of make-up, is always going to the hairdresser's and has fantastic hairstyles. She has long eyelashes which she darkens with mascara. Her full lips are always red. She has dimples and rosy cheeks. She's open-minded and nice.

9) He is still just a toddler; he can't speak yet, but he's very selfish and he bores me.

10) He is an elderly man, rather short and stout. His hair is grey and thin and he's bald on top. He's clean-shaven. He has a double chin. He's always immaculately dressed: a white shirt, a dark well-creased suit with a matching tie and black leather shoes. He's a serious and punctual man, doesn't talk much and seems not overgenerous.

Describe your friends/groupmates. The others will try to guess which you are describing. Does the person agree with your description?

Now in the same way, describe somebody very famous, e.g. a movie star and see if someone else can guess who you are describing.

Role play the conversation and make up similar ones.

Missing person

Police officer: Police Department. May I help you?

Woman: I'd like to report a missing person - my grandmother.

Police officer: Your grandmother? OK.

Woman: Yes, she went out at three o'clock this afternoon. It's already past

midnight and she hasn't come back.

Police officer: Uh-huh. What's her name, please?

Woman: Mrs. Rose Baker.

Police officer: And... how old is she?

Woman: She's seventy-eight.

Police officer: OK. Now can you describe her?

Woman: Yes, she's about five feet tall.

Police officer: Five feet, uh-huh.

Woman: She has curly gray hair and she wears glasses.

Police officer: And what is she wearing?

Woman: Let me see. A red and a white jacket.

Police officer: A red dress and a white jacket.

Woman: Oh, and a little with flowers on it.

Police officer: All right. We'll call you...

Woman: (Clock strikes three) Oh, Grandma, it's you! I was so worried

about you. It's three o'clock in the morning.

Grandma: Why were you worried? I was out on a date.

Woman: A date? With who?

Grandma: Mr. Franklin - my new boyfriend. He's only eighty-three!

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