Advanced Writing with English in Use

PEOPLE AND PLACES

Describing people

Describingplaces

Warmu :registerexercise

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Read thedescriptions(A- G),t henmatchthemwith thecont ext s(1- 7)fro m

which they were taken.

Herfeatures, dark-eyed andpale, have a

nerwrwmornobilcnuyitv;,hervoice, like that offmany

dan~ers,givesthefalseimpression 0

breathlessness. S hesits with her long legs

disposedbeneath her andturns herhands

as she speaks

Thetallerboywasageda bout 13

a n d5 ft 1 int a ll,slimwith short,

d ark, straigh t ha ir. H e was

clean-looking an dveryp al ewith

br own eyes, bla ckeyebrows, a

lon gnos eandalon gfa ce. He

was wear i ng a light-coloured

three-quarter-lengthjack etwith

no bel t , and his t r ouserswerea

dark colour. His companion

look ed younger,andwas about 4

ft 9in. H e waschubbybut not

overweight, with a rounded,

cherub-like, fla t fac eanda s m all

nos e. His h ai rwasverys h ort

a n ddirty ,Hewas wearing...

My English teacher,Miss P.Wynne, terrifi ed all of

us. But shehad great presenc e. She never smiled

andhadn't th e slig htestint erestin popularityor

even ingettingto knowus. There wastotalsilence

for everylesson.Theselessons were Insplred, She

couldtakea poemand haveus, a classof grubby

fourteen-year-olds,complete lyent ranced.

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. tmnce rabou tmv age wascOll n tIng
At th e end of theroom,")( H b;,w-tielike Jack at
I 1" 1 'twearaC1p -on
his knuckle s.1 e (I tn < I , n polo shirt th atmad e
~10lIes to'.s,JU' Stag l'e)''slac.ksanc!,1greeI -veslike app lesIII. a rbooar
h isbiceps s<lueeze" outfrom,. .t i e^5 ee.. 11 ribbed scart!i e
cons tri cto r.. 0ntl 1 eedgeo fIu sJ<-lwwas an0 (
colour of badhamburge r.

Forone th in g, shehad n' t expe ctedh imtobe so 1a11- at least

six feet-andth e im p ress ivebrea d thofchestand sho u lde rs

sugges teda muscularsolidity. Ycth is face had a lean and

h u ngry look- a ll sh a rpangles and hollow chee ksas if he

neverhadeno ugh food.His hair was veryda rk, almos t black,

its stra ight wirythicknesstamedbya styl ishcu t. Buthe

was n' t ta med.The pho tographhadmade him looklike a

suavesop h isticat e,b utTiffanyhad on lyto look int o those

blackfathomlesseyestosense thesavagein him.

78 • Types of w riting

I amvery p leased with the way Jane's

character has been developing. There has

been no recurrence o f the antisocial

b e haviour of her first yea r; s h e is now

integrating well and s howi ng a lot more

consideration for her peers. She has been

very much involved i n the Music

Department and we believe that, even

while h e r t a s t e s in music remain

surprising, her interest in music

deserves to be encourage d a nd supported.

I can com me nd Andrea' s motivat ion andparticipation

iiiin her Englishstud ies. She is abright, pleasant, hard -

workingst ude ntwhoseatte nda nce,p unctualitya nd

home workareexcelle nt.Shewould undou btedl yha ve

a lotto contribute on a univer sit y course.

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2 Acrimereportin a newspape r

3 Are fe rence(writte nbya tea ch e r,tosu p port a

collegeapp lication)

4 Aschoo lreport

5 Amagazine article

6 Anewspape rprofil e (an ar ticleaboutaperso n,

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7 Arol~anticnovel