Question

a. complete the dialogue
work in pairs. complete the dialogue, and practise with a partner.
police: did you see the thief?
witness: yes.
police: how old was she?
witness: she was probably in her

1. (age group)

police: okay. what colour hair did she have?
witness: she had

1. (colour)

hair. it was very

1. (style)

police: what was she wearing?
witness: she was wearing dark jeans and a

1. (style / colour)

shirt.
police: was she light skinned or dark?
witness: she had light skin.
police: can you describe her body type?
witness: she was

1. (general height)

and

1. (general weight)

police: thank you. we will try to find your bike.

Explanation:

This is a dialogue - completion task related to English language learning, focusing on vocabulary related to describing people (age, hair, clothing, physical appearance). We need to fill in appropriate words according to the prompts in parentheses.

1. For the age - group blank, common age - group expressions like "twenties" (meaning in her 20s) are appropriate.
2. For the hair - colour blank, "black" is a common hair - colour word.
3. For the hair - style blank, "straight" (or other style words like "curly") can be used. Here we take "straight" as an example.
4. For the shirt - related blank, since it can be style or colour, "white" (a colour) is a common choice.
5. For the general - height blank, "tall" is a common word to describe height.
6. For the general - weight blank, "thin" is a common word to describe weight.

Answer:

1. twenties (or other appropriate age - group like "thirties")
2. black (or other hair - colour like "brown")
3. straight (or other hair - style like "curly")
4. white (or other style/colour like "blue", "short - sleeved")
5. tall (or other height - description like "short")
6. thin (or other weight - description like "heavy")