Today our topic of discussion is-Describing Persons

Describing Persons

Sometimes we all need to describe people and identify people from their description. In this lesson, you will learn how to give description of persons.

Objectives:

List of Vocabulary aAfter completing this lesson you will be able to: describe people identify a person from the description.

Situation : Conversation between Seema and Dora

List of Vocabulary and Language Points:

good student, high marks, tallest, mustache, batch, library, helping, jolly. Seema calls up Dora. Dora has got a new job, where she has a colleague who is from two years senior batch in Dhaka University. As Dora describes him, Seema tries to identify the person. Dora points out that he was a very good student and also he was the tallest guy around.

 

 

Dialogue:

Seema: Hello, Dora

Dora: Hello Seema.

Seema: Have you got a new job?

Dora: O, yes, I just joined last week.

Seema: Are you enjoying it?

Dora: O, yes, I’m. Kamal from our department is also there. Do you remember him? He was 2 years senior to us.

Seema:  Which Kamal? The bearded guy?

Dora: No, not him. This is the tallest one around, with a moustache.

Seema: Now I remember. He was very good student too. After class he was always to be found at the library, studying.

Dora: That’s him. He was also a jolly good person, very helping to the fellow students.

Seema:  Yes, I remember him well.

Review Questions : Answer the following questions.

1. Who does Dora meet at the new job?

2. How does she describe him?

Review Questions : Complete the dialogue below taking help from the vocabulary and  language points section and also from the tape.

Dialogue:

Seema:……Dora.

Dora: …….

Seema: Have you got a new…..

Dora : O, yes, I just …….last week

Seema: Are you enjoying it?

Dora:  O, yes, I’m. Kamal from our department is also there Do you remember him? He wast …to…..ous.

Seema: Which Kamal?

Dora: No, not him. This is the one around, with a…..

Seema: Now I remember. He was very too. After class he was always to be found at the studying.

Dora: That’s him. He was also a good person, very ……to the fellow students.

Seema:  Yes, I remember him well.

Review Questions: Answer the following questions.

1. When did Dora join her new job?

2. Whom does she find as her colleague there?

3. Is Kamal from their batch? 3.

4. How does Dora describe him?

5. What does Seema add to her description?

6. What else Dora says about him?

Situation : Identifying Mr. Faruk Ahmed

List of Vocabulary and Language Points:

fertilizer factory, assignment, sales director, tall, kind of thin, moustache, dark, wavy, always, blue tie. Shahin works at a fertilizer factory. He will be going to Chittagong on an official assignment. He will be leaving Dhaka tomorrow morning. He is to meet Mr. Faruk Ahmed, the Sales Director for E. M. Electronics, in Chittagong. Shahin is talking to his colleague Shihab about the visit and also about Mr. Ahmed.

Dialogue:

Shihab: When will you be leaving for Chittagong.

Shahin: Tomorrow morning.

Shihab: Who would you meet there?

Shahin: Mr. Faruk Ahmed. He is the sales director for E.M. Electronics.

Shihab: think I’ve met him before. What’s he look like?

Shahin : Well he isn’t tall/thin and kind of tall..

Shihab :Does he have moustache ?

Shahin  :No, he doesn’t have. He has dark and wavy hair.

Shihab  : I remember. He is the person who always wears a blue.

Shahin :That’s the one.

Review Questions : Answer the following questions.

1. Where does Shahin work?

2. Why will he go to Chittagong?

3. When will he leave Dhaka ?

4.  Whom is he supposed to meet in Chittagong?

5.To whom is Shahin talking?

 

 

Review Questions : Complete the dialogue below between Shahin and Shihab.

Dialogue:

Shihab :When will you be leaving for…….

Shahin: Tomorrow….

Shihab: Who would you meet there?

Shahin: Mr. ….He is the ….for….

Shihab: I think I’ve……. him before. What’s he look like?

Shahin:Well he is and kind…… of

Shihab: Does he have moustache ?

Review Questions: Answer the following questions orally.

1. Who is Mr. Faruk Ahmed?

2. What does he look like?

3. Does he have a mustache?

4. Is he bearded?

5. What is so noticeable about him?

Situation : Identifying Zahid.

Science lab, conference, convey, messege, request, recognize, five ten, five eleven. etc. (to specify hight), dark, curly hair, accident, broken arm. Sarah and Mariam are friends. They meet at the science lab. Mariam is going to a conference next week. Sarah requests her to convey a message to a person named Zahid, who will also be there at the conference. Mariam wants to know about Zahid, since she doesn’t know him. Sarah describes Zahid.

Dialogue:

Sarah; Hey, Mariam. Are you going to conference.

Mariam :Yes, I am.

Sarah ;: Next week will be there. Can you give him a Zahid.

Mariam  Sure. But how will I message for him?

Sarah : Well, he is about five-eleven has dark, curly hair.

Mariam: Ah!

Sarah: And, yes. He has met with an accident recently. He has a broken arm.

Mariam: Oh, I surely will recognize him.

Review Questions : Answer the following questions.

1. Where do Sarah and Mariam meet?

2. Where is Mariam going next week?

3. What is Sarah’s request to her?

Fill in the conversation below taking help from the Vocabulary and Language point Section.

 

 

Dialogue:

Sarah:Hey,…… Are you going to…..

Mariam: Yes, I am.

Sarah: will be there. Can you give him a….

Mariam:  Sure. But how will I him?

Sarah:  Well, he is about

Mariam: Ah!

Sarah: And, yes. He has met with an accident recently. He has a …..arm.

Mariam: Oh, I surely will ……him.

Review Questions: Answer the following questions orally.

1. What does Sarah inquire about from Mariam ?

2. Is Mariam going to the conference?

3. What is Sarah’s request to her?

4. What’s Mariam’s reply?

5. How does Sarah describe Zahid?