1. DESCRIBING PEOPLE
APPEARANCE

2. Parts of the Body
HAIR
EYE
NOSE
EAR
LIPS
FACE

3. Physical Description What does he/ she look like? Height Build Age
tall, short, medium height
slim, thin, plump, fat, skinny, well-built
young, elderly, middle-aged, teenager, in 20s, 30s, 40s
Face
Eyes
Hair
round, oval, square, with scars, wrinkles, freckles, sun-tanned, pale
big round blue eyes, large, small, bright, narrow
bald, straight, curly, spiky, wavy

4. Height
Tall
Short
E.g.
My husband is tall and my nephew is short.

5. Build Slim Thin Fat Heavy Overweight E.g. My aunt is overweight.
My brother is well built.
Well built

6. My little brother has brown eyes.
Blue eyes
Green
eyes
E.g.
My little brother has brown eyes.

7. Hair Straight long black hair E.g.
Wavy medium
length black hair
Curly medium
length black hair
E.g.
My girlfriend has curly short black hair.

8. Hair Curly long blond hair Wavy long blond hair Straight long
E.g.
My couisins have curly long
blond hair.

9. Hair Wavy long red hair Straight long red hair E.g.
My sister has straight medium
length red hair.

10. Hair Straight long brown hair Straight short brown hair E.g.
My mother has straight short brown hair.

11. She has straight blond hair. He has a moustache and a beard.
He’s bald.
He has a moustache and a beard.
moustache
beard

12. She is very tall.
She is short.
He’s old.
He’s young.

13. He’s overweight / fat/ heavy.
He is thin / slim.

14. She has straight long red hair. She has straight long blond hair.
He has spiky short brown hair.
She has curly medium length black hair.

15. Look at the following example

16. Adjective Order Adjective Length type of hair colour Noun
Long curly brown hair
Short wavy blond hair
big/small blue/green eyes

17. Exercise: Put the words in the correct order:
She has hair wavy, black , long.
She has long wavy black hair.
She has hair blond, short.
She has short blond hair.
Tom has eyes green.
Tom has green eyes.

18. FAMOUS PEOPLE

19. What do they look like?
Arnold is tall and well built. He has green eyes and short brown hair. He is in his 50’s.
Danny de Vito is short and heavy. He is going bald and has brown eyes. He’s in his 50s.

20. What does he look like?
Marcelo Salas is medium height and average weight. He has short black hair and brown eyes. He’s in his 30s.

21. DESCRIBE THIS OSCAR’S WINNER ACTRESS
Nicole Kidman’s very tall and slim. She has long curly red hair and blue eyes. She has pale skin. She’s in her 30s.

22. What does he look like?
Brad Pitt’s tall and slim. He has short spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He has pale complexion. He’s in his 40s.

23. Rearrange the following sentences : (adjective + noun)
1. Mary has long, red, hair, curly
Mary has long curly red hair
2. He has eyes brown
He has brown eyes
3. She has hair wavy, black , long
She has long wavy black hair
4. She has hair blond, short
She has short blond hair
5. Tom has eyes green, small
Tom has small green eyes