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GENERAL ENGLISH · VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT · INTERMEDIATE (B1-B2)

PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE

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1 Describing appearance

Study the following adjectives and put them into the correct categories below (some words can go in
more that one category):

curly curvy dark dyed ginger hairy oval overweight

pale pretty spotty straight tanned thin wavy well-built

Hair:

Body:

Skin:

Face:

2 Describe the pictures

Look at the pictures. On the next page, choose the correct words to complete the texts.

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1. The girl in the left picture is rather pretty/hairy . Her hair is straight/wavy, blond/ginger and
long/shoulder-length. She’s got pale/dark skin and a rather round/spotty face.
2. The man on the right looks slim/overweight . His skin is quite pale/tanned, he has a round/an oval
face and he is clean-shaven/has a beard. His hair is shaven/medium-length and grey/dyed.

Work in pairs. Take turns to describe the photographs on page 4. Try to use qualifying phrases and
adverbs such as He/she looks ..., rather, quite, fairly, a little, extremely, etc. For example:
"She looks quite slim. She’s got dark shoulder-length hair and rather pale skin ..."

3 Opposites

Study the descriptions on the left and complete their opposites on the right.

dark fair long muscular narrow thin

1. dark hair - hair

2. broad shoulders - shoulders
3. short hair - hair
4. pale skin - skin
5. full lips - lips
6. a slim build - a build

Classes: Find people in your class who match the descriptions above.

One-to-one/Small classes: Find any of the photos on page 4 that match the descriptions above.

4 Say it nicely

Match the adjectives on the left with the more polite ones on the right:

Impolite More polite

1. unattractive (describing a woman) a. mature

2. skinny b. overweight

3. short and fat (describing a man) c. plain

4. old d. stocky

5. very fat e. thin

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Work in pairs. Think of a celebrity or other famous person who you think matches each of the ‘polite’
descriptions below. Compare with other pairs.

1. He’s bit overweight.

2. He’s quite stocky.
3. She’s definitely too thin.
4. He/She looks very mature now.
5. She’s rather plain.

5 Changing your appearance

Complete the sentences below with the following verbs in the correct form. One of the verbs is used
twice.

comb grow have lose put on shave dye tan

1. Her hair looks different today. I think she has dyed it blond.
2. You look like a grizzly bear! that beard!
3. Debbie needs to her legs. They are as white as a sheet!
4. John wants to a moustache to look older.
5. You look fantastic. weight?
6. This dress doesn’t fit you anymore. I’m afraid you too much weight.
7. It’s impossible to use the bathroom when Jill is in there. It takes her almost an hour to
her makeup!
8. You need to your hair. It’s a mess!
9. It is very common for celebrities to plastic surgery in order to look younger.

Work in pairs. How would you change your appearance in each of the situations below?

1. You have an important job interview and you want to make a good impression.
2. You are an actor/actress and you want to play a role 10 years older than your real age.
3. You are an actor/actress and you want to play a role 10 years younger than your real age.
4. You are on the run from the police and you don’t want people to recognize you.

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6 Talking point

Discuss any of the following questions:

1. How does your appearance influence the opinion that people have about you? Talk about some
situations, e.g. at a job interview, party etc.
2. Is there too much pressure on young people to look good?
3. What physical characteristics do you find attractive?

A B C

D E

F G

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Key

1. Describing appearance

Hair: straight, dark, wavy, curly, ginger, pretty

Body: thin, well-built, overweight, curvy, hairy
Skin: dark, tanned, pale
Face: round, oval, spotty, pretty

2. Describe the pictures

1. pretty, straight, blond, shoulder-length, pale, round

2. slim, tanned, oval, clean-shaven, medium-length, grey

3. Opposites

1. fair 2. narrow 3. long 4. dark 5. thin 6. muscular

4. Say it nicely

1. c 2. e 3. d 4. a 5. b

5. Changing your appearance

2. Shave 3. tan 4. grow

5. Have you lost 6. have put on 7. put on
8. comb 9. have
Students take turns to describe how they would change their appearance. Monitor the activity and encourage the
use of hypothetical structures, e.g. ‘I would definitely comb my hair and shave.’

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