Title: Describing people
Course: Family and friends > Section: Lesson 3: Describing people

Vocabulary - Describing people

Describing people
English | Audio | German | In context | Notes
tall |  | groß | Nina is tall. | Write something that helps you to learn.
small |  | klein | He is quite small for his age. |
fat |  | dick | The cat is fat. |
slim |  | dünn | She is a slim girl. |
athletic |  | sportlich | Noah is very athletic. |
young |  | jung | My brother is very young. |
old |  | alt | Akira's grandparents are old. |
attractive |  | attraktiv | A model is attractive. |
dark/​black/​brown/​blond/​red hair |  | dunkles/​schwarzes/​braunes/​blondes/​rotes Haar | Nina has blond hair. |
straight/​curly hair |  | glattes/​lockiges Haar | Joyce has curly hair. |
long/​short hair |  | langes/​kurzes Haar | Nina has long hair. |
clever |  | schlau | I am clever. |
intelligent |  | intelligent | Einstein was very intelligent. |
cool |  | cool | It is a cool song. |
happy |  | glücklich | Today I am happy. |
friendly |  | freundlich | My teacher is friendly. |
helpful |  | hilfsbereit | The policeman is helpful. |
nice |  | nett | My friend Akira is nice. |
polite |  | höflich | You are polite when you say "please". |
well-organized |  | gut organisiert | My parents are well-organized. |
boring |  | langweilig | This book is boring. |
unfriendly |  | unfreundlich | Unfriendly is the opposite of friendly. |
angry |  | ärgerlich/​wütend | My little brother is sometimes angry. |
loud |  | laut | The baby is loud. |
crazy |  | verrückt | Halloween is a crazy day. |

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Dialogue Cards - Describing people 1

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Dialogue Cards - Describing people 2

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Paraphrasing

Task:
Paraphrase* three words from this lesson in the dictionary.

Do this in the following steps:
Step 1: Read two or more entries in the dictionary as an example.
Step 2: Find words that belong to the topic and that are not yet in the dictionary.
Step 3: Create a new entry in the dictionary.
Step 4: Write the word and its German translation in the title.
Step 5: Paraphrase* the word in the dictionary.
Step 6: Write an example sentence with the word.

Extra-Step 1 (creative): If you want, you can add a picture to your entry. You can draw something or take a picture.

* "Paraphrasing" means that you explain the vocabulary in your own words for someone who doesn't know it, e.g. "A sneaker is a shoe that you wear for sports."

Aufgabe:
Erkläre drei Wörter aus dieser Lektion für das "dictionary".

Führe folgende Schritte aus:
Schritt 1: Lies zwei oder drei Einträge im "dictionary" als Beispiel.
Schritt 2: Finde Worte, die zum Thema gehören, aber noch nicht im "dictionary" stehen.
Schritt 3: Erstelle einen neuen Eintrag.
Schritt 4: Schreibe das englische Wort und die deutsche Übersetzung in den Titel.
Schritt 5: Erkläre das Wort im "dictionary".
Schritt 6: Schreibe einen Beispielsatz mit dem Wort.

Extra-Schritt 1: (kreativ) Wenn du möchtest, kannst du ein Bild ergänzen. Du kannst etwas zeichnen oder ein Foto machen.

Grammar: Adjectives

Adjektive

📝 Regel:
Du verwendest Adjektive, um Personen oder Dinge zu beschreiben.

💡 Anwendung:

Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten, Adjektive einzusetzen.

1. | Adjektiv | Substantiv |
2. | Substantiv | Form von to be | Adjektiv

Das Adjektiv wird dabei nicht verändert.

✏️ Example:

Singular
The clever girl. | Das kluge Mädchen. | The girl is clever. | Das Mädchen ist klug.
The red book. | Das rote Buch. | The book is red. | Das Buch ist rot.
Plural
The clever girls. | Die klugen Mädchen. | The girls are clever. | Die Mädchen sind klug.
The red books. | Die roten Bücher. | The books are red. | Die Bücher sind rot.

Verneinung:

Um das Gegenteil auszudrücken, kann man entweder das Wort "not" ergänzen oder das gegenteilige Adjektiv verwenden.

Beispiel:

Singular
The small boy. | Der kleine Junge. | The boy is not small, he is tall. | Der Junge ist nicht klein, er ist groß.
The new book. | Das neue Buch. | The book is not new, it is old. | Das Buch ist nicht neu, es ist alt.
Plural
The friendly people. | Die freundlichen Leute. | The people are not friendly, they are unfriendly. | Die Leute sind nicht freundlich, sie sind unfreundlich.
The short rulers. | Die kurzen Lineale. | The rulers are not short, they are long. | Die Lineale sind nicht kurz, sie sind lang.

Adjectives - word grid

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Opposites

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Adjectives - crossword

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Creative task

1. Draw two of the following characters. Upload your pictures on the correct page of the Family and friends-WIKI.

Zeichen zwei der folgenden Figuren. Lade sie auf die richtige Seite im Family and friends-WIKI hoch.

- A tall and slim girl with short black hair.
- A young teacher with blond curly hair.
- A fat dog with brown curly hair.
- An old, slim and happy cat.
- A friendly and athletic boy.

2. Write a task for your classmates for another picture on the page "Tasks for your classmates". Choose one of the new tasks for yourself.

Schreibe eine Aufgabe für ein anderes Bild für deine Klassenkameradinnen und Klassenkameraden auf die Aufgabenseite (Tasks for your classmates).

Wähle dort eine neue Aufgabe für dich aus.

This is Noah

Slow version:

Noah is eleven years old and he is from Turkey. His father is Turkish but his mother is from England. Now Noah lives in Adderbury with his family. He has one brother called Mert and two sisters called Suzan and Aylin. They are eight, sixteen and twenty years old. Noah’s grandparents live in Turkey.

Noah is good looking and athletic. He has black hair and brown eyes. Noah is very funny and friendly. He is often very helpful but sometimes he gets angry.

Noah likes animals. His pet is a dog called Rocky.

He also likes to play football and table tennis.

Fill in the gaps

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Noah's family

This is Noah's family. Can you describe one of them? Talk to your partner or write the description in your notebook.

Dies ist Noahs Familie. Kannst du jemanden davon beschreiben? Sprich mit einer Partnerin oder einem Partner oder schreibe die Beschreibung in dein Heft.

Noah's grandparents live in Turkey.

This is Nina

Slow version:

Nina is eleven years old and she is from Oxford. Now she lives in Adderbury. Nina has one brother and one sister. They are six and four. She lives with her father. Her brother and sister live with her mother in Oxford. Her grandma lives there, too.

Nina is attractive and has long blond hair and blue eyes. She is very cool and friendly. Nina is well-organized.

She likes to read books and has fun playing football.

Nina’s pet is a cat called Charlie.

Nina: Fill in the gaps

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Nina's family

This is Nina's family. Can you describe one of them? Talk to your partner or write the description in your notebook.

Dies ist Ninas Familie. Kannst du jemanden davon beschreiben? Sprich mit einer Partnerin oder einem Partner oder schreibe die Beschreibung in dein Heft.

This is Akira

Slow version:

Akira is twelve and he is from Japan. He lives with his mother and stepfather in Adderbury. Akira has no brothers or sisters. His grandparents live nearby. Akira spends a lot of time with his grandparents.

He has short black hair and brown eyes. Akira is small and sporty. He is a happy boy and very helpful.

After school Akira likes to play table tennis and to go skateboarding.

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Akira's family

This is Akira's family. Can you describe one of them? Talk to your partner or write the description in your notebook.

Dies ist Akiras Familie. Kannst du jemanden davon beschreiben? Sprich mit einer Partnerin oder einem Partner oder schreibe die Beschreibung in dein Heft.

This is Joyce

Slow version:

Joyce is twelve years old and she is from Nigeria. She lives in Adderbury with her family and grandparents. Joyce has four sisters. They are eight, ten, fifteen and seventeen.

She lives with her parents and grandparents in a big house.

Joyce is small and clever. She has black curly hair and black eyes. She is a very nice girl and helpful. Joyce likes to draw pictures. She has a wonderful imagination. In her free time Joyce likes to take photos.

Fill in the gaps

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Joyce's family

This is Joyce's family. Can you describe one of them? Talk to your partner or write the description in your notebook.

Dies ist Joyces Familie. Kannst du jemanden davon beschreiben? Sprich mit einer Partnerin oder einem Partner oder schreibe die Beschreibung in dein Heft.

Listen and read

Choose one or more of the following tasks to work with the texts from this lesson. You can pick the text that you like best.

Wähle eine oder mehrere der folgenden Aufgaben, um mit den Texten aus dieser Lektion zu arbeiten. Du kannst den Text bearbeiten, der die am Besten gefällt.

- Listen to the audio file and try to write the text down
Hör dir das Audio an und versuche den Text aufzuschreiben.
- Read the text out loud. Make a recording of the whole text or of some sentences.
Lies den Text laut vor. Mache eine Aufnahme vom ganzen Text oder von einigen Sätzen.