WHAT’S HE LIKE? Describing People

ADJECTIVES FOR HAIR I have got: Short Shoulder-length Long Straight Curly HAIR Wavy Blond Dark Brown Red Black

ADJECTIVES FOR FIGURE HE’S or SHE’S: TALL SHORT MEDIUM HEIGHT FAIRLY THIN QUITE SLIM VERY PLUMP EXTREMELY FAT WELL-BUILT HE’S or SHE’S: TALL SHORT MEDIUM HEIGHT

DESCRIBING COMPLEXION HE’S or SHE’S GOTA: PALE FAIR COMPLEXION DARK

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES HE’S or SHE’S GOT: A FRINGE FRECKLES A SCAR HE’S GOT: A BEARD A MOUSTACHE

DESCRIBING APPEARANCE She/He looks/seems/appears.... She/He’s got long and straight hair . She/He’s short with a pale complexion She/He looks like a detective

THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES OPINION + SIZE + TEMPERATURE + AGE + SHAPE + COLOUR + ORIGIN + MATERIAL + PURPOSE + NOUN ‘ A brand-new white wollen sweater’

PARTS OF THE BODY WE CAN DESCRIBE

PRESENT SIMPLE Para realizar una descripción el tiempo verbal que utilizamos es el PRESENTE SIMPLE: I am tall I wear a shirt She/He is tall She/He wears a shirt We/You/They are tall We/You/They wear a shirt * (La tercera persona del singular añade una ‘s’ al verbo)

NACIONALITY I AM FROM: I AM: SPAIN SPANISH FRANCE FRENCH ENGLAND ITALY GERMANY GREECE RUSSIA AMERICA AFRICA I AM: SPANISH FRENCH ENGLISH ITALIAN GERMAN GREEK RUSSIAN AMERICAN AFRICAN

ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE CHARACTER Aggresive Polite / Impolite Jealous Ingenious Nice Sympathetic / Unsympathetic * Sensitive Sensible Angry Patient / Impatient Friendly ‘He’s a very friendly person’

DESCRIBING CLOTHES He / She usually wears: Dress Trousers Skirt Jacket T-Shirt Shorts Blouse Pullover Jeans Coat Scarf Suit Sweater

A DESCRIPTION My cousin Jim is the son of my father’s brother. He’s italian but he lives in Germany. He`s of average height and medium build, and he has got curly, dark hair and a pale complexion. He usually wears smart clothes: suit or a shirt and trousers. He`s a very funny and polite person and he loves playing football and going to the mountain.