Intermediate Speaking Practice
Level: A2
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Appearance
Time: 10–15 minutes
exercise 1: height
Say the dialogue.
A: May I know how tall you are, please?
B: I am 1 metre 65 centimetres tall.
A: You are 1 metre 65? I think you are short.
A: You are shorter than me.
A: May I know how tall he is, please?
B: He is 1 metre 75 centimetres tall.
A: He is 1 metre 75? I think he is average height.
A: He is taller than you.
A: May I know how tall she is, please?
B: She is 1 metre 85 centimetres tall.
A: She is 1 metre 85? I think she is tall.
A: She is taller than both of us.
Now, use your own height.
A: May I know how tall you are, please?
B: I am 1 metre … centimetres tall.
B: I think I am …
Repeat until you feel comfortable.
exercise 2: weight
Say the dialogue.
A: May I know how much you weigh, please?
B: I weigh 45 kilograms.
A: You weigh 45 kilograms? I think you are underweight.
A: You weigh less than me.
A: May I know how much he weighs, please?
B: He weighs 75 kilograms.
A: He weighs 75 kilograms? I think he is average weight.
A: He weighs more than you.
A; May I know how much she weighs, please?
B: She weighs 95 kilograms.
A: She weighs 95 kilograms? I think she is overweight.
A: She weighs more than both of us.
Now, use your own weight.
A: May I know how much you weigh, please?
B: I weigh … kilograms.
B: I think I am …
Repeat until you feel comfortable.
exercise 3: size
Say the dialogue.
Then substitute the vocabulary below.
A: Do you have a small head?
B: No, I have a big head.
A: Does he have a big head?
B: No, he has a medium-sized head.
A: Does she have a medium-sized head?
B: No, she has a small head.
Now, change the vocabulary.
big | medium-sized | small
head · ears · eyes · hands · feet
Repeat until you feel comfortable.
exercise 4: length
Say the dialogue.
Then substitute the vocabulary below.
A: Do you have short legs?
B: No, I have long legs.
A: Does he have long legs?
B: No, he has average length legs. But he has long arms.
A: Does she have long arms?
B: No, she has short arms.
Now, change the vocabulary.
long | average length | short
legs · arms · neck
Repeat until you feel comfortable.
exercise 5: width
Say the dialogue.
Then substitute the vocabulary below.
A: Do you have wide shoulders?
B: No, I have narrow shoulders.
A: Does he have narrow shoulders?
B: No, he has average width shoulders.
A: Does she have average width shoulders?
B: No, she has wide shoulders.
Now, change the vocabulary.
wide | average width | narrow
shoulders · back · waist · hips · nose
