The Assignment To achieve Grade C standard or higher, you need to:

 Complete all 5 parts of the assignment.

1. A physical description and personal details of the famous person  Include opinions and reasons for those opinions.
2. Why is the person famous ?  Use the present tense, past tense and future tense correctly.
3. The famous person’s past successes  Include longer sentences with appropriate linking words.
4. The famous person’s future prospects  Include some description.
5. Your opinions of the famous person, with reasons
 Ensure that your writing is as accurate as possible.

Physical description Opinions

me parece que it seems to me that
tiene he / she has  me encanta(n) pienso que I think that
es he / she is  me gusta(n) mucho creo que I believe that
 me gusta(n) considero que I consider that
alto / alta tall  me gusta(n) bastante opino que in my opinion
bajo / baja short en mi opinión in my opinion
 no me gusta(n) mucho
bastante alto/a quite tall a mi parecer in my opinion
 no me gusta(n)
muy alto/a very tall para mí for me
gordo / gorda fat  no me gusta(n) nada (no) estoy de acuerdo con I (don’t) agree with
delgado / delgada thin  odio (no) estoy en contra de I am (not) against
flaco / flaca me interesa(n) I am interested in
I prefer prefiero me fascina(n) I am fascinated by
los ojos azules blue eyes I would prefer preferiría me aburre(n) I am bored by
los ojos verdes green eyes
Coursework los ojos marrones brown eyes

1.1 el pelo rubio blond hair

Personal details
el pelo pelirrojo red hair
se llama he/she is called está casado (con) he is married
el pelo castaño brown hair
(to)
el pelo corto short hair
Profile of a el pelo ni largo ni corto mid-length hair
vive
married (to)
he/she lives está casada (con) she is
el pelo largo long hair
famous el pelo liso straight hair
vivía
single
he/she used to live es soltero / soltera he/she is
el pelo rizado curly hair
person el pelo de punta spiky hair
tiene ….. años
tiene
he/she is ….. years old
he/she has
está divorciado
está divorciada
he is divorced
she is divorced
tenía he/she used to have
la cabeza afeitada a shaved
es he/she is
head
era he/she used to be
calvo / calva bald
nació he/she was born
su cumpleaños es his/her birthday is
un tatuaje a tattoo
un pendiente an earring
un hermano one/a brother su marido her husband
reflejos highlights
una hermana one/a sister su mujer his wife
pecas freckles
un novio a boyfriend su padre his/her father
una novia a girlfriend su madre his/her mother
mide 1,8 metros he/she is 1.8m tall
que se llama who is called

Linking words Useful adverbs

porque because además moreover si if personalmente personally

pero but a causa de because of como as normalmente normally
y and en resumen in short ya que since verdaderamente truly/really
sin embargo however que that/which en cuanto as soon as habitualmente usually
© CAS 2005 por eso therefore aunque although sobre todo especially generalmente generally
a pesar de is spite of cuando when