Height

He is tall.

He is short. He is quite short.

He is normal height. He is relatively normal height.

He is very tall.

Body Shape

She is skinny. (negative) She is underweight. (negative) She is thin. (negative) She is slim. (positive) She is slender. (positive)

She is fat. (negative) She is overweight. (negative) She is plump. (neutral) She is stocky. (neutral) She is bonny. (positive) ^

!Note - if a man is fat (especially round the waist) we often say he has a beer belly.

Hair

blonde/fair hair blonde

brown hair brunette

red hair redhead

black hair -

grey hair -

Eyes

grey eyes

green eyes

blue eyes

brown eyes

dark eyes

!Note! This is a black eye!

Type of hair

She has long hair.

She has short hair.

He has no hair. = He is bald. -

She has medium length hair. She has medium length , blonde hair. She has medium length, straight, blonde hair. Her hair is medium length, straight and blonde.

She has medium length hair. She has medium length, red hair.

She has short hair. She has short, blonde hair.

She has She has long, black short, black hair. hair. She has long, straight, black hair. She has short, straight, black hair.

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She has medium She has short, length, wavy, red curly, blonde hair. hair.

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Her hair is Her hair is long, short, straight straight and and black. black.

Her hair is medium length, wavy and red. She wears glasses.

Her hair is short, curly and blonde.

Type of complexion

He is asian. He has light-brown skin.

She is black. She has dark skin.

He is white. He has fair skin.

She is white. She is white. She She has lightly has very pale skin. tanned skin.

Facial features
Point your cursor over the named feature, if you're correct the word will appear.

moustache

beard

chin

forehead

nostrils

eyebrows

cheeks

fringe

lips

teeth

Describing Appearances
Practices the following sentence structures:He/She is

He/She has . Does he/she have . ?

Find some pictures of famous people from the web or in magazines pop stars, sportsmen, TV stars etc. Exercises: 1. Write a table (see below) containing any adjectives you have already taught to describe people. 2. Pair work: hand out four or five different pictures - one student can write down a description from a picture and the other student must guess who it is and vice-versa. 3. Game: Show an OHP of all the faces. You or a student choose one picture and the others must guess which one by asking closed (yes/no) questions. 4. For homework The students write a description about themselves, another student, or their English teacher (if youre brave enough).

General
good looking beautiful etc. Face Shape - round, oval, square etc. Features - wrinkles, beard, scar etc. Complexion - tanned, pale etc.. Eyes Hair Colour blonde, black etc Style - straight, curly, wavy etc. Length long, short etc.

Shape round, almond etc Colour green, blue etc Size - large, small etc.

Describing Appearances & Characteristics of People

Level: Easy to Medium (Low to low intermediate) Each student is then give one sheet of paper. One student sits at the front of a room. He/she describes a person and the rest of the class draws the person being described.

It is more interesting if the person being described is known by everyone. Once the student has finished describing that person then he/she reveals who it is and each student shows his/her drawing. The laughter from this is hilarious as the impressions tend to make the character in question look funny. It is a good idea to encourage students to ask the interviewee student questions about who they are describing.

English Exercises > describing peoplexercises > WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?

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Like no one ever To catch them is my real test To

them is my cause

I will travel across the Searching far and wide Each to understand The power that's inside Pokemon! it's you and me I

it's my destiny,

Pokemon! Oh you're my best In a world we must defend Pokemon! a heart so true Our courage will pull us through, You teach and I'll teach you, Pokemon! gotta catch'em all Every challenge along the way With courage I will face. I will battle every To claim my rightful place. Come with me, The is right, There's no better team. Arm in arm we'll win the fight! It's always been our

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