LEARN ABOUT APPEARANCES In this lesson we are going to talk about describing people’s appearance. This will be divided in general, height, weight, face & head and age.
Height
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He is tall.
He is short.
He is normal height.
He is very tall.
He is quite short.
He is relatively normal height.
Build
She is skinny. (negative)
She is fat. (negative)
She is underweight. (negative)
She is overweight. (negative)
She is thin. (negative)
She is plump. (neutral)
She is slim. (positive)
She is stocky. (neutral)
She is slender. (positive)
She is bonny. (positive)
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!Note - if a man is fat (especially round the waist) we often say he has a beer belly.
Hair
blonde/fair hair
brown hair
red hair
black hair
grey hair
blonde
brunette
redhead
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Eyes
grey eyes
green eyes
blue eyes
brown eyes !Note! This is a black eye!
dark eyes
Type of hair
She has
She has
long hair. short hair.
She has
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long, black hair.
She has
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long, straight, black hair.
Her hair
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is long, straight and black.
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He has no
She has
She has
hair. = He is
medium
medium
bald.
length hair.
length hair.
She has She has short,
medium -
black hair.
length , blonde hair.
She has short hair.
She has medium
She has short,
length, red
blonde hair.
hair.
She has She has
medium
She has
short,
length,
medium
straight,
length, wavy,
blonde
red hair.
straight,
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black hair.
She has short, curly, blonde hair.
hair. Her hair is Her hair is
medium
Her hair is
short,
length,
medium
straight
length, wavy
and
and red.
straight and black.
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blonde. She wears glasses.
Her hair is short, curly and blonde.
Type of complexion
He is asian. He
She is black.
has light-brown
She has dark
skin.
skin.
She is white. He is white. He has fair skin.
She has
She is white. She
lightly tanned has very pale skin. skin.
Other features Point your cursor over the named feature, if you're correct the word will appear.
moustache
beard
chin
forehead
nostrils
eyebrows
cheeks
fringe
lips
teeth
Height
Tall (alto) —— Short (bajo) medium height (Average height) —— estatura promedio Look at the figure # 1 –> Question: How tall is Mary Pimm? - She’s 1.60 meters tall. She is medium height. And Tom? - He’s 1.48 meters tall. He’s very short.
Thin/slim —— delgado(a) Fat / Overweight —— Gordo(a) Medium weight (average weight) Figura # 2
Weight
HairLength of hair (Tamano del cabello) – Figura #3 Short —— corto
long —— largo Style: Wavy —— ondeado striaght —– lacio curly —– frizado
Face and head
Skin color (color de piel) White /fair —— blanco Dark / black —— Oscuro / negro Olive skin —— Piel trigueñ+a Beard —— barba moustache —— bigote Examples (look at the figure):
-Sally has dark skin and black curly hair. (We can also say ―Sally is black‖)
-Polly has white skin and long straight hair. (We can also say ―Polly is white‖) -Billy has a long beard. - Harry has a mustache. We can use the verb to have to describe skin color, to say if a person has a beard or mustache and to describe hair. Example: - Will Smith has dark skin - My father has a long beard
LET’S PRACTICE!!! WHat are they like? (¿Cómo son ellos?) –
1) Suzanna has white skin long blond hair and is pretty. 2 Jeff is white and has a beard. 3) Caroline has long hair and is very tall. 4) Dick has long brown hair and a mustache.