Look at the pictures below.
First, look at the one on the right.
👉 What do you see?
👉 How would you describe this person?
After, slide the image to see the person on the left.
👉 What do you see now?
👉 How would you describe this person?
👉 What do they have in common?
Can you guess who they might be?
A grandmother and her granddaughter? Yes! You are right!!!
👀 What do you notice?
How are they similar?
Does the granddaughter look like her grandmother?
In what ways?
💬 Here are some ideas you can use:
- The grandmother and the granddaughter have curly red hair.
- They have the same green eyes.
🧩 Grammar Tip
We use look like + noun/pronoun to talk about similar or not-so-similar physical features.
Examples:
I don’t look like my mother because she has dark brown eyes and she’s short.
I look like my father. We’re both blond and tall.
Next up is What are you like?
When we ask a person ‘What are you like?’ We want to know about their personality. Here we use the verb ‘to be’ and adjectives.
Example A: John, what is your grandmother like? B: Ummm… I she’s very energetic and talkative. She’s not like me. I am quiet and I’m also a bit lazy.
LISTENING
Down below you have a little listening activity. Listen and say if the statements are true or false.
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!!!
Interview classmates. Ask them the following questions:
- Who do you look like?
- What is this person like?
- What do you have in common and what don’t you have in common?
