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like me
look like
magic

​round
straight hair
​talkative
upset
​What's … like?
Listen for pronunciation.
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Example Sentences
1. My brother and I both play sports. He's like me.
2. A: What does Sam look like?  B: He's tall and wears glasses.
​3. How did she get a rabbit out of her hat? It must be magic.
4. The sun isn't square. It's round.
​5. My sister doesn't have curly hair. She has straight hair.
6. John isn't a quiet person. In fact, he's very talkative.
7. Our teacher looks upset. What made him so angry?
​8. A: What's your aunt like?  B: She's smart and very friendly.
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Listen to Tom and his father talking about trying Tom's friends. Then answer the questions below.
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1. Patrick has short, brown, straight hair.
​(A) TRUE     (B) FALSE     
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2. Who is a talkative person?
(A) Tom's teacher     (B) Patrick     (C) Marcel     

3. Tom says Patrick . . . .
(A) is short     (B) likes him     (C) is tall

4. Who looks like Harry Potter?
(A) Marcel     (B) Tom     (C) Patrick

5. Tom and . . . like to talk about video games at lunch.
(A) Dad     (B) Patrick     (C) Marcel

​6. What are Tom and Dad going to do?
(A) play a game     (B) go shopping     (C) go out 
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(Scroll down to the bottom of this page to check your answers.)

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Now, listen again and follow along with the script below.
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Dad:  Hey, Tom, tell me.  Do you have any new friends in school this year?
Tom:  Yup.
Dad:  Well, tell me about them.  What are their names?
Tom:  Well, there’s Patrick and then there’s Marcel.
Dad:  Tell me about Patrick first.  What does he look like?
Tom:  Oh, I don’t know.  He’s got short, black, straight hair, like me, but he’s a little taller than I am.
Dad:  And what’s he like?  What kind of person is he? 
Tom: 
He’s pretty funny.  He’s always telling jokes in class.  Sometimes the teacher gets upset, though, because he’s so
            talkative in class.
Dad:  I hope you don’t talk too much in class!  
Tom:  No, I don’t.  I don’t have to.  Patrick just keeps on talking and talking . . . . 
Dad:  And so, tell me about Marcel.  What does he look like?
Tom:  He’s a lot shorter than Patrick.  And he has brown hair, a round face, and he wears glasses.  I think he looks like
            Harry Potter.
Dad:  Hey, can he do magic?
Tom:  Who?  Harry Potter?
Dad:  No, your friend, Marcel.
Tom:  Uh, maybe, … I don’t know!
Dad:  And so, what kind of person is Marcel?
Tom:  He’s like me, I guess.  We both like to play video games.  And we always talk about video games at lunch.
Dad:  Video games, huh?  Hey, . . . Mom’s out shopping right now.  So, um, do you want to play that new video game that you
           got last week?  What’s it called . . . Minecraft, or something like that?
Tom:  Okay! 

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Listen again and fill in the missing words. (Use a pen and paper to write your answers.)

​​Dad:  Hey, Tom, tell me.  Do you have any new (1)__________________ in school this year?
Tom:  Yup.
Dad:  Well, tell me about them.  What are their (2) __________________?
Tom:  Well, there’s Patrick and then there’s Marcel.
Dad:  Tell me about Patrick first.  What does he (3) __________________  __________________?
Tom:  Oh, I don’t know.  He’s got short, black, (4) __________________  __________________, like me, but he’s a little taller than I am.
Dad:  And (5) __________________  __________________  __________________?  What kind of person is he? 
Tom: 
He’s pretty (6) __________________.  He’s always telling jokes in class.  Sometimes the teacher gets (7) __________________,
            though, because he’s so
(8) __________________ in class.
Dad:  I hope you don’t talk too much in class!  
Tom:  No, I don’t.  I don’t have to.  Patrick just keeps on talking and talking . . . . 
Dad:  And so, tell me about Marcel.  What does he look like?
Tom:  He’s a lot (9) __________________ than Patrick.  And he has brown hair, a (10) __________________ face, and he wears
            (11) __________________.  I think he looks like Harry Potter.
Dad:  Hey, can he do (12) __________________?
Tom:  Who?  Harry Potter?
Dad:  No, your friend, Marcel.
Tom:  Uh, (13) __________________, … I don’t know!
Dad:  And so, what kind of person is Marcel?
Tom:  He’s (14) __________________  __________________, I guess.  We both like to play video games.  And we always talk about
            video games at lunch.

Dad:  Video games, huh?  Hey, . . . Mom’s out (15) __________________ right now.  So, um, do you want to play that new video game
           that you
got last week?  What’s it called . . . Minecraft, or something like that?
Tom:  Okay! ​
​(Scroll down to the bottom of this page to check your answers.)

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Work with a partner and continue the conversation between Tom and his father. Act out the conversation for your other classmates.
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Dad: So, um, do you want to play that new video game that you got last week?  What’s
             it called … Minecraft?


Tom:
Okay!

Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tom: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tom: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANSWERS  How much do you understand? 
1. B (FALSE)     2. B (Patrick)     3. C (is tall)     4. A (Marcel)     5. C (Marcel)     6. A (play a game)


ANSWERS  Listening Gap-Fill Activity 
1. friends     2. names     3. look like     4. straight hair     5. what's he like     6. funny     7. upset     8. talkative     9. shorter     10. round    
11. glasses    12. magic     13. maybe     14. like me     15. shopping



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