I Met Him/Her Yesterday

I Met Him/Her Yesterday

  • Post category:Listening

Topic: Describing People

Mode: Interpretive 

Level: Novice

Students will listen to audio descriptions of people and will identify the person being described.

Components of this activity: Pictures of persons, audio scripts, answer key

Instructions to the teacher

  1. Record the scripts in the following exercise and save them as audio files. 
  2. Print out the worksheet with the pictures for students.
  3. Play the audio files in class and ask students to select the right picture for each description. 

Scripts

  1. I met her yesterday. She is average height and has long, blond, curly hair. She has fair skin and wears glasses.
  2. I met him yesterday. He is very tall and has short brown hair.
  3. I met him yesterday. He has short dark hair. He was wearing a dark red sweater and glasses.
  4. I met her yesterday. She has very long black hair with bangs.  
  5. I met him yesterday. He is average height and was wearing a greenish brown t-shirt.
  6. I met her yesterday. She has long light brown hair and was wearing a yellow sweater.
  7. I met him yesterday. He is tall and muscular with dark hair. He was wearing a black jacket.
  8. I met her yesterday. She is short and has medium length dark hair and fair skin. She was wearing a dress and glasses.

Instructions to students

Choose the photo that matches the description you hear.

Worksheet

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Answer Key

  1. I met him yesterday. He has short dark hair. He was wearing a dark red sweater and glasses.
  2. I met him yesterday. He is tall and muscular with dark hair. He was wearing a black jacket.
  3. I met her yesterday. She is average height and has long, blond, curly hair. She has fair skin and wears glasses.
  4. I met her yesterday. She has very long black hair with bangs.  
  5. I met her yesterday. She has long light brown hair and was wearing a yellow sweater.
  6. I met him yesterday. He is very tall and has short brown hair.
  7. I met her yesterday. She is short and has medium length dark hair and fair skin. She was wearing a dress and glasses.
  8. I met him yesterday. He is average height and was wearing a greenish brown t-shirt.
Categories: Listening