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8. He wasn't even that handsome: his proportions were wrong; he was too tall for his shoulders; his
hair was too short; his arms were too long.
9. The immigration officer is wearing a dark-green uniform, like a soldier's, and there are two actual
soldiers leaning against the wall beside him, in crisp blue shirts with short sleeves.
10. In front of Rennie there's a tiny woman, not five feet tall. She's wearing a fur coat and a black wool
jockey cap tilted at an angle. She must be at least seventy but it's hard to tell.
11. He was like iron. All of us knew that he was not easily put off and that nothing could make him
change his mind.
12. She was unable to control her jealousy, and her friends sometimes called her an Othello in spite of her
being a woman.
13. Phil looked pretty exhausted. He had had no sleep the last night as he had a great deal to do in the
hospital and could never find an hour or two to have a nap.
Exercise 18
I. Following the patterns below make up 4 sentences characterising a person. Use look, look like, look as
if, and look as though.
> Pattern:
a) Jane looks fantastic/charming/terrific/tired/strange/ very elegant/smart/happy, etc.
b) She looks like a peacock/wbra/old cat, etc. in this sort of dress.
c) Her dress looks as though it's made of'bright feathers/ metal wires, etc.
d) She looks as if she's going to a fancy dress party/ Buckingham palace, etc.
II. Use the models abore in a short dialogue.
Exercise 19
Work in small groups. Describe the following people: 1) one of your class-mates; 2) one of your favourite
film-stars, singers, musicians; 3) a well-known public figure. Your partners should try to guess the name of
the person you describe. Talk about the person's general appearance, face, clothes and anything else that
would help your partners to recognise him or her.
> Use:
To have little make-up on the face; to enjoy good health; to be a picture of health; to lose one's good
looks; to look after one's appearance; to be full of joy; to add to one's attraction; to have delicate features; to
give somebody the impression of some
thing; to be the perfect type of (the Englishman); to be dressed in
something; to wear/to be wearing something; to have something on; to be smartly/tastily/well dressed.
Exercise 20
Look at the following words used to describe people's character. Make two columns of 1) what you think
are bad characteristics; 2) what you think are good characteristics.
tolerant
generous
sympathetic
irresponsible
unsociable
cruel
ambitious
intelligent
sly
patient
silly
even-tempered
thrifty
sincere
greedy
shrewd
rude
ill-mannered
bad characteristics
good characteristics
II. Use some of the words in a sentence describing someone's character.
Exercise 21
How would you describe a person who
... likes to talk with other people?
... hates to communicate?
... looks on the bright side of things?
... looks on the black side of things?