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👤 Describing a Person

Physical and personality description
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📌 Structure

1

Introduction

Name, relationship to you, general impression

"My best friend is Sara..."
2

Physical Description

Age, height, build, hair, eyes, clothes

"She is tall with brown hair..."
3

Personality

Qualities, habits, character traits

"She is kind and generous..."
4

Conclusion

Your feelings, why you admire this person

"I admire her because..."

📝 Model Answer

My Mother: A Remarkable Woman

My mother is the person I admire most in the world. She is a woman in her forties with a warm smile and kind eyes. She has long black hair and a gentle face that always makes me feel safe.

My mother is incredibly generous and patient. She always listens to my problems and gives me wise advice. She works hard every day to provide for our family, yet she never complains. She is also very creative and loves cooking delicious meals for us.

I admire my mother because she is strong, caring, and selfless. She has taught me the values of kindness, hard work, and perseverance. I am grateful to have her in my life.

🇲🇦 نموذج: وصف الأم - شخصية كريمة، صبورة، مجتهدة

💡 Useful Vocabulary

Physical Appearance

tall, short, slim, well-built, curly hair, straight hair, blonde, brown eyes, beautiful, handsome

Personality

kind, generous, funny, hardworking, confident, patient, caring, selfless, creative, optimistic

Useful Verbs

admire, respect, appreciate, inspire, encourage, help

📌 Key Phrases

Introduction: "The person I admire is..."

Physical: "She/He has..."

Personality: "She/He is very..."

Conclusion: "I admire her/him because..."

📝 Practice

Write a paragraph describing a person you admire. Include:

  • Who the person is
  • Physical description
  • Personality traits
  • Why you admire them
MathMaroc · Learning guide

Describe a person with evidence

Original practice material · explained answers · no official-exam attribution

Understand the rule

A useful description combines relevant appearance, personality and examples of behaviour. Avoid reducing a person to a list of adjectives or stereotypes. Select details that support the purpose of the paragraph.

Follow a method

Introduce the person and your relationship. Organise physical details separately from qualities. Support two qualities with concrete behaviour. End with an overall impression.

Worked example

My classmate Salma is patient and reliable. When a member of our group struggles, she explains the task calmly. She also checks our schedule before each meeting. These habits make her a helpful partner.

Practise and explain your answer

01Describe a helpful classmate without using only adjectives.
Mention a quality, then a behaviour that demonstrates it. A possible beginning is My classmate is reliable: he brings the required material and completes his part on time.
02Revise your first draft using a checklist.
Check task fulfilment, paragraph organisation, supporting details, vocabulary, verb forms, spelling and punctuation. This is a formative checklist, not an official examination marking grid.
03Why should examples be specific?
They make the message understandable and support the claim instead of repeating a vague idea.

MathMaroc · Guided practice

Organise a description

Practise, use a hint, then read the explanation. This activity does not give an official examination grade.

Use Move up and Move down to build the suggested sequence. The comparison concerns this model, not a grade for free writing.

  1. For example, she explains difficult exercises to her classmates after lessons.
  2. My friend Salma is a pupil at our school.
  3. I appreciate her because she makes people feel supported.
  4. She is patient and enjoys helping others.

Back to the course

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MathMaroc · Writing workshop

Describe a person with meaningful details

Plan your ideas, write and review. No automatic assessor judges your text: this checklist supports your own review.

Describe a person who has helped you learn something important. Use respectful details and show their qualities through actions.

This is original MathMaroc practice, not an official examination task. The four sections suggest an organisation; adapt it to your teacher’s actual instructions.

Device-only draft. On a shared device, download your text then clear this workshop.

My review checklist

The word count is approximate. It does not measure quality, and no length is imposed here. Saving stays in this browser and can be lost if its data is cleared.

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