Tangled: Adjectives, Describing People

This awesome activity was provided by a reader, Fabiana de Souza. Thanks, Fabiana, for sharing such a creative exercise.

My name's Fabiana. I'm Paranaense but I live in Sorocaba - São Paulo.

I love studying and teaching English. It's something that makes me really happy.

I work at Dialeto Idiomas (www.dialetoidiomas.com.br) and I use Claudio's website a lot (I'm a big fan).

Enjoy your studies everybody. The magically long-haired Rapunzel is the missing daughter of a Queen and King.  She was kidnnapped by Mother Gothel and raised as her daughter in a high tower in an isolated area. The adventure begins when Princess Rapunzel meets Flynn Rider. I really like this movie and I watch it every single week :)








1- DESCRIBE THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

What does she look like?

 What does she look like?

What does she look like?

What does he look like?

 What does he look like?

What does he look like?

2 – DESCRIBING PERSONALITY

Match the adjectives with the definitions and then complete with an opposite adjective from the list.
Definitions from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com 

ADJECTIVES : friendly   funny    generous     lazy   shy   smart   talkative

OPPOSITE : cheap  extrovert hardworking quiet serious  stupid  unfriendly



a- behaving in a kind and pleasant way because you like somebody or want to help them

_______________________              _____________________________

b – making you laugh; amusing

_______________________                              _____________________________

c- giving or willing to give freely

_______________________              _____________________________

d- unwilling to work or be active; doing as little as possible

_______________________               _____________________________

e- nervous or embarassed about meeting or speaking to other people

_______________________                _____________________________

f- intelligent

_______________________                 _____________________________

g- liking to talk a lot

_______________________                _____________________________


h- Now watch the segment and describe the characters. What is he like? What is she like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi8kYcl2Y38 

3- Listen the song again and complete the lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi8kYcl2Y38 


Read the song lyrics. Then listen to the song and complete each verse with the correct words.

VERSE 1
sprout safe and sound wrong sapling scary fragile

You want to go outside? Why, Rapunzel...!
Look at you, as __________ as a flower
Still a little____, just a_______
You know why we stay up in this tower

Rapunzel:
I know but...

Mother Gothel:
That's right, to keep you________, dear
Guess I always knew this day was coming
Knew that soon you'd want to leave the nest
Soon, but not yet

Rapunzel:
But--

Mother Gothel:
Shh!
Trust me, pet
Mother knows best
Mother knows best
Listen to your mother
It's a ______ world out there
Mother knows best
One way or another
Something will go________, I swear
Ruffians, thugs
Poison ivy, quicksand
Cannibals and snakes
The plague

Rapunzel:                                    Mother Gothel:                   Rapunzel:
No!                                              Yes!                                     But--

VERSE 2
sloppy alone large underdressed clumsy pointy immature late

Mother Gothel:
Also _____ bugs
Men with _____ teeth, and
Stop, no more, you'll just upset me
Mother's right here
Mother will protect you
Darling, here's what I suggest
Skip the drama
Stay with mama
Mother knows best
Go ahead, get trampled by a rhino
Go ahead, get mugged and left for dead
Me, I'm just your mother, what do I know?
I only bathed and changed and nursed you
Go ahead and leave me, I deserve it
Let me die _______here, be my guest
When it's too _______
You'll see, just wait
Mother knows best
Mother knows best
Take it from your mumsy
On your own, you won't survive
_________,  ___________
_________, ___________
                   
VERSE 3
chubby naive vague ditzy gullible grubby

Please, they'll eat you up alive
_________, __________
Positively _________
__________ and a bit, well, hmm ________
Plus, I believe
Gettin' kinda  _________
I'm just saying 'cause I wuv you
Mother understands
Mother's here to help you
All I have is one request
Rapunzel?

Rapunzel:
Yes?

Mother Gothel:
Don't ever ask to leave this tower again.

Rapunzel:
Yes, Mother.

Mother Gothel:
I love you very much, dear.

Rapunzel:
I love you more.

Mother Gothel:
I love you most.
Don't forget it
You'll regret it
Mother knows best

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Describing People's Physical Characteristics

The first movie was so good that it makes this sequel almost unnecessary. Anyways, it has its good moments. The idea of foodimals is just great and perfect for classes in which the students have to work on people physical characteristics.

A. Write down the characteristics we use to describe people under the correct verb column. To Have or To Be.

HAIR

EYES

FAT

THIN

SHORT

TALL

CHUBBY

SLIM

ARMS

LEGS

HEAVY

MEDIUM-BUILT

B. Watch the movie segment and then describe the  ‘foodimals’ (aka food animals) and characters below, using the words in exercise A. Make sure you say, for example, how many eyes, legs, arms they have and their colors too.

Ex: It is a spider-hamburger. It has eight legs, etc

1. Fla-Mango

2.  Barbs, the simio

3. Double Bacon CheesSpider

4. Flint Lockwood

5. Earl

Hippotatamos

 Sam Sparks

Straw-Barry

Taco-dile Supreme

Bananostrich

C. Draw a  ‘foodimal’ (aka food animal) or monster. Be creative. Don't show it to anyone. Give it a name too.

Ex: Mosquitoast





It is thin. It has six legs  and two toast (toasted) wings. It has two big black eyes and two short antennas.

D. Describe your drawing to a partner, but do not show it to him/her. Your partner draws what he/she listens.

E. When you both finish, show each other the original drawing and the foodimals your friend drew, based on your dictation. Check how similar they are.

Answer key:

Ex: A.

To Have:

He has ...

(Hair, Eyes, Arms, Legs)

To Be:

He is ...

(Fat, Thin, Short, Tall, Chubby, Slim, Heavy, Medium-Built)

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Monsters Inc.: Describing People (Monsters)'s Physical Appearance

This movie is great and this scene is excellent for the students to practice describing people, but this time describing monsters. It is even more fun than describing people and you can use all the vocabulary taught.

A. Write down the characteristics we use to describe people under the correct verb column. To Have or To Be.

HAIR

EYES

FAT

THIN

SHORT

TALL

CHUBBY

SLIM

ARMS

LEGS

HEAVY

MEDIUM-BUILT

Answer key:

To Have:

He has ...

(Hair, Eyes, Arms, Legs)

To Be:

He is ...

(Fat, Thin, Short, Tall, Chubby, Slim, Heavy, Medium-Built)

B. Watch the movie segment and then describe the monsters below, using the words in exercise A. Make sure you say, for example, how many eyes, legs, arms the monsters have and their colors too.

C. Draw a monster. Be creative. Don't show it to anyone.

D. Describe your monster to a partner. Your partner draws what he/she listens.

E. When you both finish, show each other the original monster and the monster your friend drew, based on your dictation. Check how similar they are.


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