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DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS
El objetivo principal de un texto descriptivo es describir a una persona de manera que tengas una imagen
clara de lo descrito al acabar. Lo esencial aquí es prestar atención a detalles usando todos los sentidos.
(*) Estas expresiones deberás usarlas en TODOS los textos descriptivos, sobre todo, en su
introducción y conclusión.
TYPICAL STRUCTURE.
Esta estructura dependerá del tipo de persona que vayas a describir. La redacción tendrá un enfoque diferente si es
alguien famoso o una persona que forma parte de tu vida.
1. INTRODUCTION.
a. Usa una frase que atraiga al lector, concluye con una pregunta.
b. Redacta porqué has elegido a esa persona.
2. BODY
a. Descripción de esa persona, física y personalidad.
b. WHY I ADMIRE THIS PERSON. Su influencia en ti y sus logros o qué hacéis juntos.
3. CONCLUSION.
a. Responde a la pregunta planteada en el inicio, resume el texto sin repetir lo ya mencionado.
b. Cómo sería tu vida sin esa persona o qué harías si la conocieras.
Janet, my elder sister, is 21. She does not look like me because she has got blue eyes and fair
hair, while my eyes are brown and I am dark-haired. She has a lovely fresh complexion and a
beautiful mouth, with full lips, but she short-sighted, so she wears contact lenses. She is quite tall
and has a beautiful, slim figure. She is very smart and looks really attractive when she dresses
up to go out with her boyfriend.
Janet is studying languages at the university and in summer she works for a travel agency. She
can speak French and Spanish and now she is learning modern Greek. She always goes abroad
for her holidays. Janet loves being with a crowd of people and when she goes abroad she talks to
the local people and makes friends easily. She loves going to parties and eating out. She is good
at games but never takes them seriously so when we play tennis I always win because she
doesn’t care if she wins or loses.
Janet is very witty and amusing and she always cheers me up when I am depressed because
she has got a wonderful sense of humour. I think her only fault is that she is restless and
easily gets bored. She is an intelligent, hard-working person but she doesn’t get good marks
at university because she doesn’t study enough. I admire her because she is so bright and
energetic but I think it a good thing that her boyfriend is a calm, tolerant man and when she is
impatient with him, he just laughs and then she laughs, too
Read the description. Match 1-3 with paragraphs A-C and complete the blanks
with one of the following words.
also what's more also as well in addition too
Javier Barden is one of Spain's greatest actors. What makes him so amazing is that he looks
completely different in every film he appears in. He is sometimes clean-shaven and other times
stubby. (1) What is more, he can be extremely well-built and muscular, as in his early
film Jamón, jamón, and then he is slim in other films.
When he was a teenager, Bardem used to be a professional rugby player. (2) ....................., he
was a member of the Spanish national rugby team. Apart from sport, he (3) ............. enjoyed
painting and studied art for a while. But, it isn't surprising that he works in films his bother and
sister work in the film industry, his uncle is a film director and his grandfather and mother were
actors (4) ............ .
The people who work with Bardem find him open and very good natured (5) ................... . He
is (6) ................. extremely modest and always tell people in interviews that he doesn't even know
how to drive!