Movie and Television Star Casting

  • Post category:Reading

Topic: Describing People

Mode: Interpretive 

Level: Novice

Students will read descriptions of people and will select the person that fits the description.

Components of this activity: Pictures of persons, descriptions, answer key.

Instructions to the teacher

Assign the following task to students. Feel free to find new photos and to replace some features with those more appropriate in the target culture.

Instructions to students

Read the description under each set of pictures and select the best actor for the role.

1. We need a man who is short, thin, and has black hair. 

describing_people_15.JPGAnswer

2. We are looking for a woman who is tall, thin, and with long brown hair. 

Answer

3. This movie needs an average height, dark, and muscular guy. 

1. Answer 2. 3. 

4. This television series is seeking a short, fair skinned girl with long black hair.

Answer

5. This series needs a very tall man with short hair. 

Answer describing_people_15.JPG

6. This show needs a girl with blonde, curly hair. 

Answer 

7. This action movie needs an average height man with short hair and glasses.

Answer 

8. We are looking for an average height woman with short hair and fair skin. 

Answer describing_people_14.JPG