How To Describe A Person In English

how to actually describe a person in

English this requires three different

parts and those parts are also divided

up into a formula a specific formula to

6 1 the first part of the formula deals

with the name of the person and your

relationship to them you describe this

using two sentences the second part of

the formula 6 deals with the three

specific details about the person you do

this by using six different sentences

and the final part of the formula deals

with the number one one sentence that

gives your general opinion of the person

however how do you actually make these

sentences that’s what I’m going to teach

you in today’s video welcome to speak

English with Tiffany I’m teacher Tiffany

let’s jump right in alright part 1 or

section 1 the first thing you need to do

is explain how you know the person that

you will be talking about this is

important to do first because it will be

the foundation or proof for your

description of the person now remember

this first part dealt with the number 2

which represents two sentences the first

part of the formula the first sentence

needs to give the person’s name and

restate the question and the second

sentence needs to explain how long you

have known the person so let’s look at

an example really quickly the question

is who is your best friend okay now

remember we have the two sentences

description right here it says give the

person’s name and restate the question

so for this first sentence we have my

best friend’s name is Samantha Smith

that answers the person’s name and I

also restated the question and the

second sentence explained how long you

have known the person we have been

best friends for more than 20 years so

we have clearly stated how long I have

known or how long we’ve known the person

but before we move on I want to show you

a specific pattern that will be really

good in helping you when you are

answering questions regarding describing

people we have been dot-dot-dot for more

than dot-dot-dot

okay so I’ll rewrite it right here we

have been dot dot dot for let’s erase

that really quickly it was too close for

more then dot dot dot now we use this

structure or a sentence pattern when we

are describing something in English that

we did in the past and we are still

doing currently so let me explain it

visually let’s say for example we have

this timeline right here so we are in

2018 and let’s say this is 2015 so this

is a span of three years okay now let’s

say there was an activity that we

started right about here okay let’s say

you started studying English right about

this time so we can actually make a

sentence like this we can say we have

been the action studying English for

more than three years why because of

this period right here that exceeds

three years so once again we have been

studying English for more than three

years again remember you can change this

I have been studying English for

more than three years now if you use he

or she remember you have to change this

to has okay that’s a simple grammar rule

she has been he has been okay now that’s

the structure to remember for this part

of the formula okay let’s keep going

now the second part deals with the three

specific details about the person you

see the next thing you need to do is

give specific information about the

person so you need to pick three of the

five W’s and then give details that

explain each of them remember we went

over this in a previous video the five

W’s you can look on the top right of the

screen for a link to that video lesson

but remember the five W’s were who what

when where and what’s the last one you

got it

why okay these are the five W’s so you

pick three of them it’s up to you and

then you give specific details about

each of them now so for example let’s

say give a detail about where i’ve

chosen where is the first w for the

first sentence then my second sentence

will be give extra information my third

sentence will be give a detail about

when then give extra information number

five

give a detail about what and finally

give extra information so I have six

sentences for part two of the formula or

part two of my answer and how I will

describe a person okay so let’s look at

an example okay remember our question is

who is your best friend and remember we

have our six sentence guideline right

here okay so let’s start reading

Samantha is from a small town in

Michigan that answers which one give a

detail about we’re very good next she

grew up there with her parents and her

three siblings we gave extra information

about

we’re let’s continue I met Samantha in

my freshman year of university detail

about when when I met her after we found

out that we were both computer science

majors we decided to take our classes

together

I’m giving extra information next so

after many nights of studying together

and hanging out we naturally grew closer

I’m giving a detail about what she has

been there for me through thick and thin

and I can’t live without her last

I’ve given extra information these are

the six sentences for part 2 of how to

give or describe a person okay in

English now let’s go back and look at

some specific sentence patterns okay

so in the first one samantha is from a

small town in Michigan very simple she

grew up there with her parents and her

three siblings okay grew up there

alright now we use this sentence pattern

or this expression to explain where we

were raised so where we were raised

either from childhood or for a long

period of time okay usually from

childhood though because it says grew up

okay to go from small to big so I grew

up dot dot dot now we put there right

here because we already mentioned

Michigan in the previous sentence okay

all right let’s keep going

I met Samantha in my freshman year of

university very simple after we found

out that we were both computer science

majors we decided to take our classes

together all right so the pattern we

want to look at is after we found out

dot dot dot okay so this simply means

after something

was realized okay after something was

realized usually not on purpose okay by

accident

for example after I found out that he

liked me I decided to give him my phone

number okay all right let’s keep going

so after many nights of studying

together and hanging out we naturally

grew closer alright

now you notice it says hanging out okay

in English this just means spending time

together okay spending time together we

usually use it when we’re talking about

friends okay the time that we spend with

friends okay spending time together so

hanging out alright and then we have

naturally grew closer now grew closer

just means to develop a closer

relationship but you’ll notice that it

says naturally naturally is what I want

to focus on so it means to get close

without any extra effort okay to get

close or closer w /o just means without

without any special or any extra effort

okay

that’s what naturally grew closer means

all right and the final sentence she has

been there for me through thick and thin

and I couldn’t live life without her

okay so through thick and thin this

means when someone is there for you in

the difficult times and the easy times

okay or the good and the bad times okay

so we can say someone is there

in good and bad times and good and bad

times so for example my family is there

for me through thick and thin in the

good times and the bad times okay so

through thick and thin all right let’s

move on now the next part is the last

part the last section of your answer

okay your general opinion of the person

okay the last thing you need to do is

give your honest opinion of the person

you want to end with how you feel about

them or how they have affected your life

so the only sentence is give your

opinion of the person so let’s go back

to our example the question was who is

your best friend

alright so this is how we would say it

in my opinion she is the best friend

anyone could ever ask for

and in this sentence in my opinion is

the most important pattern okay in my

opinion so this just refers to my idea

or my thought about a specific topic

subject or in this case a person okay so

in my opinion she is the best friend

anyone could ever ask for

so now using this formula we can look at

the answer in its totality again the

question was who is your best friend

formula two six one okay and there are

three parts and as you can see each part

is actually in our answer and the last

one is right here two plus six plus one

now you can describe any person in

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