Describing People
I’m afraid, not too different from chimps What are people like? Sex Age Face Hair Other distinguishing features General appearance: height and build Clothes Personality I’m afraid, not too different from chimps
SEX
Man Woman
Age
Age Categories Baby Toddler Child Teenager Young person Middle-aged person Elderly person
2.1 Age Categories Baby Middled-aged person Toddler Teenager Child Elderly person Young person
Some useful tips to talk about people’s age Notice the use of the verb to be I am 134 years old Imprecise ages She is in her early /mid /late twenties He is in his forties / You are in your teens She is about sixty
Face
eyebrows nose forehead mouth eyelashes lips Face description chin lips
Roundish face Receeding hairline Bald Long neck Double chin portruding teeth Long nose Full lips Pointed chin Large forehead Sideburns Hooked nose 4 3 1 2 5 6 7 8 12 9 10 11
Describing somebody She´s a beautiful young woman in her early twenties. She´s got short, fair hair, blue eyes, thin eyebrows and pale complexion. She´s wearing strange make up in her eyes (Her eyelashes are extended as if they were snakes or insect legs)
Hair
Length Long/ Short Medium-length Shoulder-length Type Straight Wavy Curly Spiky Style A fringe/sideburns A side/centre parting In a plait/ pony tail In pigtails Dreadlocks Colour Fair/Dark Black/Blond Brown/Red/White/Grey (light/medium/dark) Highlights
What’s their hair like? He´s got short grey hair and a receeding hairline She´s got shoulder length red straight hair with a fringe and centre parting.
What’s her hair like? She’s got long,blonde wavy hair She’s got long,blonde straight hair
What’s their hair like? She´s got shoulder length blonde wavy hair They´ve got a Mohican hair style
What’s their hair like? He´s bald He´s got dreadlocks
What’s their hair like? She´s got long dark curly hair He´s got short dark curly hair and a beard
I love short, dark-haired women....... Winslet I love long blonde hair... Binoche
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Distinguishing features
He´s wearing tattoos all over his body He´s got an eye patch She´s got a piercing in her lower lip
Distinguishing features Eyes Shape Round/almond/slanting Colour Blue/green/brown/hazel Shape Round/long/square/oval Complexion Tanned/pale/dark/fair Wrinkled/fresh/spotty Distinguishing features A beard/a goatee A moustache Clean-shaven cheekbones Nose Long/hooked/snub Lips Full/thin Teeth Even/portruding
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