Monday, 01 November, 2010: A3 Class

In this lesson, we reviewed the question structure "Who is [PERSON]?" and how to answer this question:

Who is Peter's [grandmother]?
Peter's [grandmother] is [Jean].

Be careful, because even though there is an 's at the end of "Peter", it does not mean is.  This 's is used to show possession or relationship:

Peter's grandmother =/= Peter is grandmother
Peter's grandmother = the grandmother of Peter

We talked aboutwords to describe people:

dark hair --> hair that is brown, dark brown, or black
fair hair --> hair that is blond or red
blond hair --> hair that is "yellow"
red hair --> hair that is kind of orange
grey hair --> hair that looks anywhere from white to grey to silver, but we always only say "grey"
beard --> the hair that grows on a man's chin
moustache --> the hair that grows on a man's lip

Also, please be careful when talking about people's eyes.  We never say "black eyes", even if the eyes are very dark.  We always say "brown eyes" instead:

I have black eyes. (wrong)
I have brown eyes. (correct)

Beards

Moustaches