Who's who? Describing people so others can find them
Molly describes her cousin so Daniel can find her at the airport; students practice appearance language and find people from descriptions.
B1Adults40 minInformation gapFree
About this lesson
A B1 speaking lesson (information gap). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Information gap
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 40 minutes
- Topic
- Describing people
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- What does she look like?, What's she like?, She's in her late twenties., She's about the same height as me., She's got short curly hair., She might be wearing a hat., That must be her!, easy to spot
- Access
- Free
By the end, students can
- Describe people's age, build, hair, face and clothes in detail
- Tell the difference between What does she look like? and What's she like?
- Identify people from a partner's description and ask checking questions