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Physical Appearance

The document outlines a lesson plan for describing people's physical appearance, including vocabulary for height, hair type, eye color, complexion, and build. It provides examples and exercises for students to practice writing descriptions of themselves and others. Additionally, it includes comparative and superlative forms for adjectives related to physical traits.

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Physical Appearance

The document outlines a lesson plan for describing people's physical appearance, including vocabulary for height, hair type, eye color, complexion, and build. It provides examples and exercises for students to practice writing descriptions of themselves and others. Additionally, it includes comparative and superlative forms for adjectives related to physical traits.

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Lesson Plan

Topic: Describing People: Physical appearance

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Height

He is tall He is average height He is short

Hair

blonde/fair hair brown hair red hair black hair grey hair

blonde brunette redhead

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Type of hair

She has long She has short He has no hair. She has medium
She has short hair. She has short hair.
hair. hair. = He is bald. length hair.

She has medium


She has long, She has short, She has short, red She has short,
- length , blonde
black hair. black hair. hair. blonde hair.
hair.

She has long, She has short, She has medium


She has short, She has short,
straight, straight, black - length, straight,
wavy, red hair. curly, blonde hair.
black hair. hair. blonde hair.

Her hair is
Her hair is Her hair is
medium length, Her hair is short, Her hair is short,
or long, straight short, straight -
straight and wavy and red. curly and blonde.
and black. and black.
blonde.

She wears glasses.

Eyes

green eyes blue eyes brown eyes dark eyes

This is a black eye!

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Type of complexion

He is Asian. He has She is black. She He is white. He She is white. She She is white. She has
light-brown skin. has dark skin. has fair skin. has olive skin. very pale skin.

Build

She is skinny. She is fat.


She is underweight. She is overweight.
She is thin. She is plump.
She is slim. She is stocky.

Note: saying some is fat or thin can be rude.


Instead of saying someone is thin or skinny we might say ‘He/she is slim’
Instead of saying someone is fat we might say ‘he/she is overweight’, ‘he/she is stocky’

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Describing physical appearance

Skinny/slim muscular overweight unattractive narrow

Sideburns freckles a beard a moustache

attractive dark wears glasses bald medium length

Add the words above to the correct category below


Words that describe physical appearance
H eight short, average height, tall

Build small, average build

Age around 25, in his 30s

Eyes green, blue, brown, black


beautiful, big

H air short, long


straight, wavy, curly, a ponytail
white, grey, blond, light/dark brown, red black

Face square, round, plain, wide

Complexion (skin) light, fair, olive

General beautiful, pretty, handsome, sexy, cute, good looking

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W rite a description of the people in the pictures.

Alan Betty Christopher

Alan

Betty

Christopher

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Describing physical appearance

Read these descriptions. What are the missing words? Write is or has.

A She is around 20. She is tall, slim and beautiful. She has long straight black hair.

B He .......... average height and average build. He .......... a ponytail. he .......... handsome.

C She .......... really cute. She .......... medium length wavy hair, and big beautiful eyes.

D He .......... average height and average build. He .......... a ponytail. He .......... handsome.

E She .......... around 60. She .......... short curly hair, and wears glasses.

F He .......... a wide face and a dark complexion. He .......... very muscular.

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Facial features

Circle the features on these faces.

moustache beard chin forehead Nostrils

eyebrows cheeks fringe lips teeth

Questions

Do you have a fringe?

What colour are your eyebrows?

Do you have a moustache?

Do you have big lips?

Do you have a beard?

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Describing me

My name is ………………………….
I am in my ……………………………
I have …………………………………… hair.
I have …………………………………… eyes.
I have a ………………………………… face.
I have a ………………………………… build.
My skin is ………………………………
I am ……………………………………….

Write about yourself


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Describing my tutor

My tutor’s name is ………………………….


She/He is in her/his ……………………………
……….. has …………………………………… hair.
……….. has …………………………………… eyes.
……….. has a ………………………………… face.
……….. has a ………………………………… build.
……….. skin is ………………………………
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Write about your tutor


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Describing People

Comparative (-er) Superlative (-est)

Tall Taller Tallest


Short Shorter Shortest
Old Older Oldest
Young Younger Youngest
Skinny Skinnier Skinniest
Fat Fatter Fattest

Examples:

She is young She is younger She is the youngest

He is fat He is fatter He is the fattest

Mark Andrew David

Mark is the tallest Andrew is taller than David David is the shortest
Andrew is shorter than Mark

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