be like and look like
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Final Project Curse 8
Be like and look like
At the time of appearance and personality questions acerca personalities itself follows a
different grammar although in both cases the word use like.
1) What + be + like
Examples:
What is Mike like? He's funny and extroverted.
What's Dana like? She's selfish and unpleasant.
What are your friends like? They're kind and generous.
To answer these questions you have to have basic knowledge of adjectives of personality, some examples :
Extroverted
Funny
Generous
Happy
Kind
Nervous
Selfish
Shy
Sweet
Unpleasant
For questions about the appearance of the people they are taken into account in two ways:
1) What + do + look like
Examples:
What does Amanda look like?
She's tall and thin.
What does Peter look like?
He's fat and he has blue eyes.
What do your brothers look like?
They are strong and they have black hair.
2) Who + do + look like
Examples:
Who does your brother look like?
He looks like my father.
Who does Sara look like?
She looks like her grandmother.
Who do your sisters look like?
They look like my mother.
In these examples which asks the physical appearance of people in addition to responding to personality adjectives you can also meet people with traits such as eye color or hair .
When the question begins with " Who" refers to one who looks physically.
Adjectives of appearance:
Attractive
Beautiful
Chubby
Fat
Short
Slim
Strong
Tall
Thin
Ugly
In short , when you want to ask a question of the way of being and personality of a person established grammar of the verb "to be" used and when you want to ask the physical appearance of people established grammar simple present is used
In conclusion, for questions of personality and physical appearance similar structures are still used the word "like" . To answer these questions is very important to have basic knowledge of adjectives of personality and appearance which describe people.
Descriptions
EXAMPLE:
Group work “¿Who has the ring?”Instructions:
This is to guess which partner has the ring and to achieve this, a student must ask questions about the physical
appearance of the same .
First, a student is chosen. This should leave the room so as not to see what happens next . He is given the ring to
another student in the class , which hide it . This should be done in front of the class , as others must see and know who
has the ring . After hiding the ring, the student comes out and tries to guess who has the ring several colleagues asking
questions where the answer is YES or NO.
For example : "Does a boy have a ring? "Does he / she Have blonde hair ? " "Does he / she Have blue eyes ? " " Is he
Pedro ? " / " Is she Mary? " If the student correctly guess who has the ring, will be granted another turn. Conversely , if
the student does not guess , the student who has the ring will be the next player .