Christmas is coming! And the weather is not very good. It's raining and raining.

Last week we talked about family members and practiced describing them. Students brought a photograph but finally we did not have time to talk about them.

So please, bring your photograph again next Tuesday.

We also reviewed imperatives and a more polite way to make requests as in:

Can you give me a glass of water?

or

Can you switch on the light, please?

Sorry, I've looking for a video or listening for you about describing people but I did not find anything. So, just do the homework I gave you: asking 10 questions as in this example:

Is Mary thin and tall?

Then answer the questions. 5 of them will be positive: Yes, she is. The other 5, negative as in:
No, she isn't, she is very short and she is heavy.

Sorry it has taken so long, it has been a strange week for me. I'm sure most of you are busy with other things, too.

Last week, we practiced the names of family members and using the possessive 's. Examples:

She is my mother's cousin.

Angy is my brother's wife.

Peter is Nina and Bill's son.

Susy and Tim are my grandparent's friends.

It's still a little difficult for you to use it properly but I'm sure you'll get used to it soon.

We also studied some adjectives so we could describe people.

Tall, short, thin, fat, overweight, blond, dark, pretty, handsome.

If we use this adjectives we use the verb to be.

My son is very tall and thin.

Her children are blond.

She is a pretty woman.

When we describe people we also talk about their hair and eyes. We may use adjectives to describe their hair and eyes. We use the verb have got or have.
Hair may be:

Size: long, short.
Shape: straight, wavy, curly.
Color: dark, blond, black, red, gray, brown, fair.

Example: My sister has got long straight black hair.

This is the preferred word order for adjectives in English: But the order of adjectives before a noun IS NOT FIXED. 

In order to describe eyes we only used colours: black, brown, dark, green, blue.
We mentioned the words mouth and nose, which may be big or small.

When we want a description of Tina's appearance we ask the questions:

What does Tina look like?

Possible answer: Tina is tall and pretty.

That may remind you of the question we ask when we want to ask about the weather:

What is the weather like?

Except that in the first question we use the verb look, which is only for appearance.

If we say What is Tina like? then, the answer may be: She is a very intelligent girl.

For Homework you had to describe some people in your family: I don't remember how many descriptions I asked you to do. Ten? You decide. 

Enjoy your long weekend!