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Past simple regular

We often add -ed to verbs (regular verbs) to make the past simple.

Spelling of regular verbs

When do we double the consonant?

We double the consonant when the verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant. This is always true when the verb is one syllable.

When the verb is two syllables, we only double the consonant when the STRESS is in the last syllable.

reFER ⇒ referred, preFER ⇒ preferred, reGRET ⇒ regretted

But we do NOT double the consonant when the STRESS is NOT in the last syllable.

VIsit ⇒ visited, ANswer ⇒ answered.

Past simple irregular

Some verb are irregular and they don't add -ed to make the past simple. Some very common irregular verbs are:

Past simple - use

Past finished actions or states

We can use the past simple to talk about past finished actions or states. We know and we often mention when these actions happened with a past time expression: yesterday, yesterday morning, last night, last week, two days ago, five years ago, etc.

Past repeated actions

We can use the past simple to talk about habits or repeated actions that happened in the past but don't happen in the present. We often use adverbs or expressions of frequency ( often, always, every day, etc.).

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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

What is the difference?
I speak English - is in the Present Simple tense
I am speaking English - is in the Present Continuous tense

When do we use the Present Simple and when do we use the Present Continuous?

Let's look at each one...

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

We use the present simple tense:
1. For facts or things that are always true or generally true.

Whales live in the ocean.
(This is a fact, this is always true)

A dog has four legs.
(This is generally true, unfortunately some dogs have three legs or less)

It rains a lot in winter.
(Yes, this is generally true)

Water boils at 100º Celsius.
(This is a fact, just like the fact that water freezes at 0º Celsius)

The present simple tense is also used...
2. For regular habits or repeated actions
These are often daily routines and they happen always, often, generally, every week, etc.

I brush my teeth three times a day.

I read in bed every night.

He walks to school every day.

She goes to the gym after work.

I study for two hours every evening.

Common time expressions used with the present simple tense are:

always, often, generally, normally, usually, sometimes, never ...

every day, every week, every year...
(note the time word is in single form, day, not days.)

once a day, twice a week, three times a month...
(then the rest are four times, five times etc. then A and the time period, a month, a year, a century)

in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night
(we don't sayin the night)

on Mondays, on Fridays...
(when the day is in plural it refers to all Mondays, all Fridays)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

We use the present continuous tense:
1. An action happening right now at the moment of speaking.
When somebody is doing something right now or something is happening right now.

I am teaching an English lesson. (Yes, that is what is happening right now)

You are watching a video.

Steve is washing his hair.

She is taking her dog for a walk.

Please be quiet, the baby is sleeping.

It is snowing right now.

Listen! The birds are singing.

You can see that these actions are happening right now and they are temporary actions, normally for a short period of time.
2. To talk about something that is happening AROUND the time of speaking but not necessarily at that exact moment.
This action is in progress and hasn't finished.

(It doesn't necessarily mean that I am reading a book right at this moment. It refers to this moment of my life. I have started reading this book and I haven't finished it)

They are staying at a local hotel because the roof of their house was damaged during the storm.

(It doesn't necessarily mean they are at the hotel right at this moment. Maybe they are at work right now or somewhere else. This situation is temporary.)

(It doesn't necessarily mean he is learning the language right now at a desk with all of his language books. It refers to this moment of his life.)
Common time expressions used with the present continuous are:

Now, right now, at the moment, still

NOTE: Sometimes the present continuous is called the present progressive in some workbooks or lessons.

Now let's compare the two tenses together...

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Here are the sentences from the beginning of this lesson.

We say I speak English, because it is a fact. I generally speak English. So we use the Present Simple tense.

We say I am speaking English because it refers to what I am doing now. It is a temporary action because in a moment I might start speaking in Spanish. So we use the Present Continuous.

Let's compare more sentences:

We use the Present Simple for things that don't change for a long time. I plan to live in England for a long time and I don't plan to change soon. It is more or less permanent. But if I say:

I used the present continuous because this situation is temporary. Next month I plan to live in a different city.

Another example:

We use the present simple because this is a fact or is generally true.

We use the present continuous because we are talking about an action that is happening right now. It is in progress. It will not continue forever, it is temporary. Tomorrow it might be sunny.

Compare these two sentences:

The first sentence shows the action that is happening now... he is biting his nails right now.
The second sentence uses the present simple because it is talking about his habit, sometime that he does when he is nervous. Notice how we use the present simple tense with the adverb of frequency, always.

Another example:

That is what he does for a job from Monday to Friday every week. This is his routine.

He is teaching business at the local school this week.

It is possibly a temporary job he has this week because next week he will return to his normal job or maybe he will teach at another school next week.

Affirmative, Negative, Questions

Let's compare the present simple and present continuous in affirmative sentences, negative sentences and in questions.

Here are two affirmative sentences:

Let's look at the negative form:

We use DO NOT or DOES NOT to make negative sentences in the present simple. Remember, we can use the contractions don't and doesn't.

We add NOT between to be and the verb to make negative sentences in the present continuous.

And making questions:

We use DO or DOES to make questions in the present simple tense.

We change the order of the subject (pronoun) and the conjugation of the verb To Be when making questions in the present continuous tense.

Questions - Same verbs, different meanings

Questions can have the same verb but its meaning changes depending on if the question is in the present simple or present continuous. For example:

What do you do? = What is your job?

What are you doing? = What (action) are you doing at the moment?

What do you read? = What type of books do you like to read?

What are you reading? = What is the name of the book you are reading right now?

Lesson tags: Continuous Tense, Present Continuous, Present Tense

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Present simple - Form

The spelling of he/she/it

The spelling of he/she/it is different in the present simple. Check how it changes below. The spelling is the same for all the other persons.

Present simple - Use

Habits or situations that happen regularly

We use the present simple for actions that we do (or we don't do) regularly:

Permanent situations or things that are usually or often true

Adverbs of frequency

We often use the present simple with adverbs of frequency ( always, sometimes, etc.) and expressions of frequency ( once every three months, twice a week, every other day, etc.).

Adverbs of frequency go in mid position (before the main verb or after be).

Expressions of frequency go at the end of the sentence

Present continuous - Form and spelling

Present continuous - Use

Actions in progress

We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now or 'around now' (a time around this moment, such as these days, weeks or months)

I finished the Lord of the Rings and now I'm reading a new book.

Temporary actions

The present continuous is used for temporary actions:

With expressions meaning 'now' or 'around now'.

The present continuous often appears next to expressions such as now, these days, this week/month, or at the moment.

Stative verbs

(or stative verbs) cannot be used in the present continuous. They must be used in the present simple. The most frequent are the verbs of the senses ( hear, see, smell, etc. ), verbs of opinion ( believe, consider, like, love, hate, prefer, think, etc.), and other verbs like be, have, need, want, etc.

Present simple vs present continuous

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Will and shall - Future

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with I will (I'll), Shall I or Shall we.

Will - Form

Will is an auxiliary verb. This means that:

we use will + infinitive: I'll be (or will be ) at home next Saturday.

will has a negative form: I won't be (or will not be ) at home next Saturday.

we put will before the subject in questions: Will you be at home next Saturday?

we use will in short answers: Yes, I will. / No, I won't (or No, I will not ).

Will - Use

We use will to talk about things that we think will happen in the future.

Note that it's common to use will with the expressions I think, I don't think, I hope, etc. or also with I'm sure, I'm not sure, perhaps, etc.

I don't think they'll win .

I'm sure you'll be fine.

We use will for promises or refusals.

We use will when we make decisions at the moment of speaking (instant decisions).

A: There's no milk in the fridge. B: I'll go to the shop to buy some more.

A: This box is very heavy. B: Don't worry. I'll help you.

Shall I...? Shall we...?

We use Shall I...? or I'll when we offer to do things for other people.

We use Shall we...? to suggest doing something.

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Present continuous - I'm doing, I'm not doing, Are you doing?

Exercise 1

Write positive or negative sentences in present continuous using the verbs in brackets. Use SHORT FORMS when possible.

Present continuous - Form

We form the present continuous with am/is/are + the -ing form of the verb.

She is listening to the radio.

They are doing their homework.

The short forms of am/is/are are: 'm/'s/'re.

The negative short forms of am not/is not/are not are: 'm not/isn't/aren't.

Note that we can use short forms only in negative short answers, but not in positive short answers.

'Are you writing a book?' 'Yes, I am.' (NOT Yes, I'm.)

Actions happening now

We use the present continuous for things happening now, at the moment of speaking.

'What are you doing?' 'I'm watching TV.'

Actions happening around now

We use the present continuous for temporary things that are happening around now (=not at the moment of speaking but these days, or weeks, etc.)

Now, these days, at the moment, etc.

We use the present continuous with time expressions that mean 'now' or 'around now': now, at the moment, at present, today, these days, this week, etc.

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Be going to - plans and predictions

Exercise 1

Use the verbs in brackets to complete these sentences with be going to affirmative or negative.

Be going to - Grammar chart

Be going to - Form

Be going to consists of the present continuous of the verb go (I'm going, you are going, etc.) + to infinitive form of the main verb.

When the main verb is go

When the main verb is go, we can exclude it if we want.

I'm going shopping this afternoon. (=I'm going to go shopping this afternoon.)

We are going to Cyprus next summer. (=We are going to go to Cyprus next summer. )

Be going to - use

Predictions

We use be going to to talk about something that we see is going to happen (there is present evidence).

Don't drive like a crazy man. We're going to have an accident!

The doctor said I'm going to have a girl.

Look at those clouds. It's going to rain.

Intentions or plans

We use be going to for intentions or plans (decisions taken before the moment of speaking).

'Why are you undressing?' 'Because I'm going to go for a swim.'

We are going to have a drink after work. Do you want to come?

Future time expressions

We often use be going to with future time expressions ( tomorrow, next week, etc.).

We are going to play cards tonight .

She's going to study biology next year.

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Predictions

Use will to talk about something that you think will happen.

Use be going to to talk about something that you see is going to happen (there is present evidence).

Sometimes there's little difference between will and be going to for predictions. Compare:

The conference starts in 10 minutes. We are going to be late. (=I can see that we cannot be at the conference in 10 minutes)

We need to hurry up. We'll be late for the conference. (=I think we will be late)

Decisions

Use will for decisions that you take at the moment of speaking (instant decisions).

Use be going to for decisions that you have already taken at the moment of speaking (intentions or plans).

'Why are you undressing?' 'Because I'm going to go for a swim.'

Compare these two sentences:

'Sarah said she needs to talk to you.' 'Oh, I didn't know. I'll call her in a minute.' (=I took the decision while having this conversation.)

'Sarah said she needs to talk to you.' 'Yes, I know. I'm going to call her in a minute.' (=I took the decision before having this conversation.)

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Present perfect - Form

Short forms

Note that short forms are not used in positive short answers.

Present perfect - Use

Summary chart

Past events when time is not mentioned

We use the present perfect to talk about past actions or events when time is not mentioned, i.e. we don't say when these events happened.

Just already, yet

We often the present perfect with just, already and yet. We can use just after the verb have to emphasise that these events are very recent.

We use already in positive sentences to talk about actions that we have completed sooner than we expected. Already goes after the verb have.

We use yet in negative sentences and questions to talk about things that we expect to happen soon. Yet goes at the end of the sentence.

Recently

We often use the present perfect with recently to talk about past recent actions.

Today, this week, this month, this year

We can use the present perfect with time expressions when the time we mention has not finished.

Past experiences - never, ever, before

We use the present perfect to talk about past experiences when we don't say or we don't know when something happened.

Never, ever, before

We often use the words never, ever, or before to talk about experiences.

The best thing I've ever done

We can use the present perfect simple with a superlative adjective and ever.

How many times

We can also use the present perfect to say how many times something has happened until now.

Have gone to or have been to?

We say someone has gone somewhere when this person is still away, and we say someone has been somewhere when this person has already come back from that place.

Duration from the past until now - for, since

We can use the present perfect with for, since and how long to ask or talk about situations that started in the past and have not finished.

Compare:

For + period of time; since + moment in the past

We use for + period of time ( 2 hours, 3 days, 20 years, etc.) and we use since + the moment in the past when something started.

Lately, all morning/day/year/etc.

We can also use the present perfect with lately or with all + period of time ( all day, all morning, all my life, etc.) to talk about actions that started in the past and continue in the present.

Don't use ago

We can't use ago with the present perfect.

Past simple or present perfect?

When did it happen?

We use the present perfect (NOT past simple) to talk about past experiences and actions when we don't say or don't know when they happened.

We use the past simple (NOT present perfect) when we mention or ask about when something happened, or when the time is known by the speaker and the listener. We often use a past expression ( last week, yesterday, when I was a child, etc.)

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Past simple - Form and use

Exercise 1

Choose the correct past simple forms to complete the sentences below.

Past simple - Form

Spelling of regular verbs

Past simple - Use

Completed actions in the past

We use the past simple to talk about actions or events that happened in the past. We know or we say when the events happened.

I saw Jim yesterday.

We didn't go out last Saturday. We stayed at home.

She moved to Chester three years ago.

Past habits

We use the past simple to talk about past habits (things that we did more or less often).

She washed her hair every day.

She worked as a nurse.

I often played in the park when we were children.

Situations that were true in the past

We also use the past simple to talk about things that were true in the past.

My grandfather had two brothers.

He lived with my grandparents as a child.

Events in chronological order

We use the past simple to describe the main events of a story in chronological order.

When I arrived home, I took off my shoes and then I relaxed on the sofa

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Comparative adjectives - older than, more important than, etc.

Exercise 3

Write comparative adjectives using the adjectives in brackets. Include than when necessary

Comparative adjectives

We use more + adjective + than or adjective + -er + than to compare things or people.

In this chart you can see when we need to use more ... than or -er than and the changes in spelling.

Two things

We use the comparative form of an adjective to compare two things.

Less ... than

When we compare two things, we can also use the form less + adjective + than (less ≠ more).

Than me

If we use a personal pronoun after than we need an object pronoun ( me, you, him, etc.).

My sister is taller than me.

His sister is more intelligent than him.

Much/a bit + more

Before the comparative ( more or -er) we can use much (=big difference) or a bit (=small difference).

Common mistakes!

More or -er

We use more or - er, but we cannot use more + -er.

My brother is taller than me. (NOT My brother is more taller that me.)

More than (NOT that)

After a comparative adjective, we use than and NOT that.

My brother is taller than me. (NOT My brother is taller that me.)

Than + second element of the comparison

We use than + the second thing that we are comparing. When we don't mention the second element of the comparison, we do NOT use than.

My brother is taller than me .

I am tall, but my brother is taller. (NOT my brother is taller than.)

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Superlative Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons

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Superlative adjectives - the oldest, the most important, etc.

Exercise 1

Write the superlative forms of these adjectives.

EXAMPLE: poor ⇒ the poorest

Superlative adjectives

Three or more things

We use the superlative form of an adjective or adverb to compare three or more things.

The best in

After the superlative we use in before names of places or before singular words referring to groups of people ( class, school, team, family, etc.)

The Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (NOT of the world)

The / my / John's

Before the superlative we always use the or a possessive adjective ( my, your, his, etc.) or noun + possessive 's ( Paul's, Elisabeth's, etc.)

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The meaning of Easter

Easter is a Christian festival which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For many Christians, Easter is a celebration of the triumph of life over death, and a very important time of the year. Many non-Christians also have a holiday at this time, so it is a popular time to travel or spend with friends and family. We see lots of symbols of new life at Easter, especially eggs, chicks, flowers and rabbits. These symbols go back to ancient pagan traditions which celebrated fertility, rebirth and new growth after the long, winter months.

When it is celebrated

The dates of Easter change from year to year but it usually falls sometime between the end of March and the end of April. In Western Christianity, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, which starts on 21 March. The Eastern Orthodox churches, which use a different calendar, have a slightly different way of calculating Easter and usually celebrate Easter a little earlier or later.

Holy Week

The week before Easter is called Holy Week. The first day of Holy Week is Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter. Many Christians celebrate this as the day that Jesus entered Jerusalem and people threw down branches from palm trees on the road to welcome him. Four days later is Maundy Thursday, which marks the Last Supper, when Jesus ate bread and drank wine with his twelve disciples. The following day is Good Friday, which is significant for Christians as the day that Jesus was put to death on the cross. Many Christians believe that Jesus was killed and buried in a tomb on the Friday and that God raised him from the dead on the Sunday. So Easter Sunday is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

How Easter is celebrated

In many countries there are religious processions during Holy Week, and practising Christians attend special church services. On Palm Sunday, many churches bless palm branches and people put them on the ground during processions to mark the day that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. The Last Supper on Maundy Thursday is celebrated in many Christian traditions in the form of the Communion, when believers share bread and wine. Good Friday is traditionally a day of fasting, reflection and sadness. A lot of church services start at midnight the night before Easter Sunday with the lighting of candles or, in Greece, fireworks. This represents the triumph of light over darkness. On Easter Sunday, churches are filled with flowers representing new life, and at home chocolate Easter eggs are given as presents.

Other Easter traditions

There are many different Easter traditions around the world. In some places, people eat lamb on Easter Sunday, but there are many other foods, such as hot cross buns - spiced, sweet bread buns made with raisins - that are traditional in the UK.

In some places in Eastern Europe, boys and girls throw water at each other, while in Corfu, Greece, there is a tradition of throwing pots and pans out of windows and from balconies, breaking them on the street. In the United States, a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter has evolved into making Easter bonnets - fancy hats decorated with flowers, rabbits and other symbols of spring. For fans of crime fiction, Norway is the place to be at Easter, when it has become traditional to read crime novels and solve mysteries.

Eggs are a popular part of Easter celebrations. Traditionally, people paint chicken eggs and decorate them with bright colours to give as presents. Nowadays, chocolate eggs are more popular than the traditional kind, especially with children. They are often hidden around the house and garden so that children can find them in an Easter egg hunt.

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Food and cooking

In this intermediate vocabulary lesson, you will learn about a wide range of foods, from fruits and vegetables to different types of meat and seafood, and cooking methods. Check the pictures below and read the definitions and sentence examples to expand your culinary vocabulary.

Fruit and Vegetables

1 Grapes are used to make wine.

2 Cherries are small, round fruit with red skins, often used in desserts.

3 A peach is a sweet summer fruit with pinky-orange skin.

4 Apples and pears are two very common fruits.

5 Mango is a tropical fruit with sweet orange flesh.

6 Watermelon is a big and refreshing fruit with green skin and red flesh.

7 Raspberries are often used in desserts.

8 Carrots are long, thin vegetables with orange skin and flesh.

9 Broccoli is a nutritious green vegetable.

10 Spinach is a vegetable with large dark green leaves packed with vitamins.

11 Green beans are long narrow beans that are eaten as a vegetable.

12 Peppers are green, red, or yellow vegetables that add flavour and colour to many dishes.

13 A courgette (UK) or zucchini (US) is a long thin vegetable with dark green skin and white flesh.

14 An aubergine (UK) or eggplant (US) is with a smooth, dark purple skin.

15 Cabbage is a round vegetable with white, green, or purple leaves.

16 Cauliflower is white and similar in shape to broccoli.

Meat, fish & seafood, types of cooking methods

Meat

1 Beef is the meat of a cow.

2 Turkey is a popular dish for Thanksgiving dinner.

3 Chicken is white meat from a bird, and it's considered to be healthy.

4 Duck is meat from a bird and is popular in Asian dishes.

5 Pork is the meat of a pig.

6 Lamb is the meat of a sheep.

Fish and seafood

7 Salmon is a popular fish with pink meat.

8 Tuna is a large fish with red meat. We often buy it in tins preserved in oil or water

9 Squid is commonly served as calamari.

10 Prawns have a tasty, soft meat inside.

11 Crabs have a hard shell and large claws.

12 A lobster has a hard shell and claws and it's an expensive food.

13 Clams have a smooth shell and live in the sand in the sea.

14 Oysters are considered a luxury food. They can also produce pearls.

15 Mussels have a smooth black shell and orange flesh.

Types of cooking methods

16 Steamed means cooked in vapour over boiling water. Steamed food is thought to be healthy, as it is cooked without oil or fat.

17 Boiled means cooked in very hot water. Boiling is a healthy way of preparing vegetables or eggs. Pasta is always boiled too, then served with a tasty sauce.

18 Fried means cooked in oil or fat in a frying pan. Many people fry eggs and bacon to make a quick and tasty meal.

19 Baked means cooked in the oven using flour and yeast. Common baked foods include bread, cakes, biscuits, and muffins.

20 Roasted means cooked for a long time in the oven or over a fire. Meat is often roasted, surrounded by potatoes and vegetables, for a special meal.

Phrasal Verbs

There are also many phrasal verbs that we use when talking about food.

To eat out means to eat away from home, in a restaurant or other establishment serving food. Many people eat out as a social activity or because they don't have time to cook.

To cut down on something means to consume less of something. Doctors often advise patients to cut down on salt, fat, or sugar for health reasons.

To go on a diet means to follow a special eating plan to lose weight or for health reasons. People who go on a diet often cut down on certain foods or stop eating them altogether.

To put on weight means to become heavier and to lose weight means to become lighter.

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Family and relatives

Family tree picture

Discover the members of a family in our simple family tree picture, including parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and more.

Sentence examples

Check the following sentences introducing the members of the family in the picture. Note that when we talk about our family, we often use the possessive 's.
My uncle's name is Michael, and he is my mom's brother. My aunt's name is Susan, and she is Michael's wife. I have two cousins, William and Jessica. They are Michael and Susan's children.
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Describing People | Adjectives To Describe People In English

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Describing people's appearance

In this lesson, you will learn how to use certain adjectives and words to describe people's physical appearance. Check the following pictures and look at the definitions below.

Height and Build

When someone is 1 tall, they are higher in height than most people.

If a person is 2 short, they are smaller in height compared to others.

A person who is 3 medium height or build is not very tall or very short.

4 Slim refers to a person who is thin in a healthy and attractive way.

If someone is 5 thin, they do not have much fat on their body. Thin does not mean in an attractive way, like slim.

6 Skinny describes a person who is extremely thin, often to an unhealthy extent or in a way that you find unattractive.

7 Overweight people are fat people. They have more body fat than is considered healthy.

8 Fit people are in good physical shape and have strong muscles.

A 9 curvy woman is a woman who is attractive because of the curves or rounded parts of her body.

If a woman or girl is 10 petite, she is small, thin and delicate in an attractive way.

Hair

When we describe someone's hair, we often mention one or more of these three things: length, shape and colour.

In terms of length, hair can be 11 long, 12 short, or 13 medium-length. For women, for example, long hair would reach past the woman's shoulders, medium-length hair would reach a point near the shoulders, and short hair would be any length shorter than that.

About the shape, we normally use straight, wavy and curly.

Regarding the colour, we often talk about 14 blonde hair, dark hair or brown hair. A woman with dark brown hair is often called a 15 brunette.

If we want to use any of these adjectives together, we need to do it in this order: length > shape > colour. For instance, long dark hair, short wavy hair, curly blonde hair, etc.

Other words and phrases

To describe people's appearance, we can also mention whether they 16 wear glasses, or have any distinctive traits, like 17 a beard, 18 a moustache, 19 wrinkles or 20 freckles.

Wrinkles are lines that form on the skin as a person gets older, and freckles are small brown spots on the skin.

If we want to mention the weight or height of a person, we use the verb be with the height, and the verb weigh with the weight:

Lastly, if you want to know about someone's appearance, the appropriate question to ask is: "What does he/she look like?"

After completing the exercises in this lesson on Describing People's Appearance, you can use the unit's Vocabulary Flashcards to revise and help you memorize the terms.

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Describing people's personality

In this lesson, you will learn how to describe different types of people using simple personality adjectives. Check the following pictures and look at the definitions and sentence examples below.

Positive Adjectives

1 Someone who is friendly is happy to talk to you and makes you feel welcome.

2 A kind person is considerate towards other people and says and does nice things.

3 A person who is generous is willing to give or share things with others.

4 Optimistic people are positive and believe that good things will happen in the future.

5 People who are reliable always keep their promises and do what they say they will.

6 Responsible people make good decisions and usually do the right thing.

7 Someone who is cheerful is usually happy and has a smile on their face.

8 Outgoing people are confident around others and find it easy to socialise.

9 People who are easygoing are very calm and rarely get stressed about anything.

10 Hardworking people work hard and always try their best.

Negative or Neutral Adjectives

11 Pessimistic people have a negative attitude and think that bad things are more likely to happen.

12 People who are unfriendly do not welcome you or act like they're happy to see you.

13 Rude people are not polite and rarely say "please" or "thank you".

14 A person who is mean is unkind or cruel.

15 A mean person is also someone who isn't generous and doesn't like sharing things or spending money.

16 People who are unreliable often break their promises, so you cannot trust them or depend on them.

17 Irresponsible people aren't careful and don't always think about the results of their actions.

18 Miserable people are usually unhappy, so you rarely see them smile.

19 Someone who is shy doesn't talk very much and is uncomfortable in social situations.

20 Lazy people don't like working or using energy, and they try to do as little as possible.

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About my family (Describing people) - A1 Reading test - Test-English

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Reading comprehension test for beginner or elementary students (CEFR A1 level) about family and describing people. You will find a text and 9 true-false questions.

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Writing about my family

Exercise 1

Check the 'Explanation' tab above before doing these exercises. Complete the text below with the words in the box.

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Plan your paragraphs

Before writing an essay, you should plan how to organise your ideas. For example, if you want to write about your family, you could use a paragraph for each member of your family. Then, you could think about the things that you want to say about each person. It's a good idea to draw a diagram before writing your text.

Also, make sure that you use connectors to link your sentences.

Check the word order

When you are writing, check the word order in each sentence. Don't forget to start your sentences with a subject + a verb, and then add other details that you want to include. The elements of an English sentence usually appear in this order: subject + verb + object + how + where + when.

Plan your grammar

Your text should be rich in grammar and vocabulary. Make sure that you use different grammar items that are learned in level A1. For the example essay in Exercise 1, we used grammar items such as be going to, possessive 's, comparative adjectives, infinitives and gerunds, etc.

After you write a sentence, you can try to say the same thing in different words. For example, imagine you write this: "I have a brother. His name is Albert. He is a mechanic." These sentences are OK. But you can change them and say this: "My brother's name is Albert. He is a mechanic." In the second sentence, we used the possessive 's, so the text is richer in grammar elements.

Check your grammar

When you write your text, make sure that your grammar is OK. Read each sentence two or three times and correct the mistakes. If you are not sure of a word or expression, don't use it - or check how to write it correctly first.

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