Adjectives describing appearance and personality
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This document provides information about describing a person's physical appearance and personality. It includes lists of parts of the body, physical descriptors like height, build, age, hair and eye color. It also gives adjectives to characterize someone as shy, friendly, honest, etc. Sample descriptions are given, such as "Arnold is tall and well built. He has short brown hair and green eyes." The document teaches the proper order of adjectives and provides exercises to describe famous people.
Adjectives describing appearance and personality
- 2. Parts of the Body FACE HAIR NOSE LIPS EYE EAR
- 3. Physical Description What does he/ she look like? Height Build Age tall, short, medium slim, thin, plump, fat, height 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 Well built E.g. My aunt is overweight. My brother is well built.
- 6. Eyes Brown eyes Blue eyes Green eyes E.g. My little brother has got brown eyes.
- 7. Hair Long straight black hair Medium length wavy black hair Medium length curly black hair E.g. My girlfriend has got short curly black hair.
- 8. Hair Long wavy l blond hair Long curly blond hair Long straight blond hair E.g. My couisins have got long curly blond hair.
- 9. Hair Long straight red hair Long wavy red hair E.g. My sister has got medium length straight red hair.
- 10. Hair Long straight brown hair Short straight brown hair E.g. My mother has got short straight brown hair.
- 11. She has got straight blond hair. He’s bald. moustache He has got a moustache and a beard. beard
- 12. She is short. She is very tall. He’s old. He’s young.
- 13. He’s overweight / fat/ heavy. He is thin / slim.
- 14. She has got long straight red hair. She has got long straight blond hair. She has got medium length curly black hair. He has got short spiky brown 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. Practice 1: Put the words in the correct order: 1. She has got hair wavy, black , long. 2. She has got hair blond, short. 3. Tom has got eyes green. 4. They have got eyes, big, beautiful, blue.
- 18. Adjectives used to describe people and things
- 19. Adjectives used to describe people and things
- 20. Describing character What is he/ she like? He is shy. She is angry.
- 21. Adjectives to describe character and personality Attentive Cheeky Intelligent Faithful Pessimistic Calm Happy Friendly Hard-working Honest Nervous Good tempered Humble Lively Obedient Optimisti c
- 22. Adjectives to describe character and personality Outgoing Impatient patient Polite Popular Tidy Reserved Rude Bad– tempered Distracte d Shy Silly Unfriendly Selfish
- 23. Adjectives to describe character and personality Naughty Hypocritical Unhappy Lazy Dishonest Talkative Proud Unpleasant Disobedien t Untidy Generous
- 25. What do they look like? •Arnold is tall and well built. He has got 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 got brown eyes. He’s in his 50s.
- 26. Practice 2: Now you try! Describe the famous people 1. Marcelo Salas • medium height average weight • short black hair • brown eyes • 30s
- 27. Practice 2: Now you try! Describe the famous people 2. Nicole Kidman • very tall • slim • long curly red hair • blue eyes • pale skin • 30s.
- 28. Practice 2: Now you try! Describe the famous people 3. Brad Pitt • tall • slim • short spiky blond hair • blue eyes • pale complexion • 40s.
- 29. Practice 3: Look at the pictures and describe the people 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.