DESCRIBING PEOPLE Some possible answers are: To find out about someone’s looks, you could ask: She must be over 30. She’s of average height. She has hazel eyes. She’s on the chubby side. What does she look like? She’s got freckles. Can you describe her? She wears glasses. She’s fashionable but elegant

When describing people’s appearance, there are several aspects you could refer to: EARS FACE: HAIR HAIR STYLE Dyed BUILD EYES Big Oval Thick Médium-lenght Tall Dark Small Round Bushy A fringe Short Blue Wide Square Greasy In a bun Average Hazel Pointed Thin Balding A pony-tail Well-built Round Sticking out Long Bald patch Pigtails Underweight Bright Large lobes Double chin Receding hairline Plaits Overweight Dull No lobes High cheekbones Thinning Crew-cut Plump Sunken Freckled Dark Permed SPECIAL Fat Wrinkled Fair Spiky FEATURES Chubby Small forehead Grey A side parting Dimples Slim MOUTH Wide forehead Going-grey Spots Thin Smiling Bushy eyebrows White Scars Slender Expressive Long eyelashes red Glasses Skinny Attractive Curly Tattoos Average height CLOTHES Cruel Straight Make-up Stocky Casual Curving up Wavy Sideburns Muscular Scruffy Wide AGE Pimples Stout COMPLEXION Well-dressed generous Teenager Beard frail Fair-skinned Conservative Full lips Adolescent Moustache Dark-skinned Fashionable Thin lips Middle-aged Piercings Black Elegant Pouting lips Young Eye bags Oriental Old-fashioned NOSE Elderly Large ears Tanned Neat Turned-up In his 30’s Warts Pale Trendy Straight In his early 40’s Bushy eyebrows Olive-skinned Shabby Hooked In her mid- 20’s Belly button Wide In her late 50’s CHIN Belly beer Crooked In his early teens Pointed Bottom High-bridged FOREHEAD Baby Firm breast snub Toddler High weak low

REMEMBER THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES: EYES SIZE + SHAPE+ COLOUR HAIR  LENGTH + COLOUR + STYLE

Which of the following adjectives apply to men and which are for women only? Which are for both? Attractive Unattractive Good-looking Handsome Pretty Beautiful Cute Gorgeous Glamorous Ugly Plain (Jane) Stuck-up

PERSONALITY Which of the following adjectives have a negative meaning? Affectionate bad-tempered moody self-confident sympathetic rude dull shy easy-going Generous sensitive sensible mean reliable cheerful tough crafty selfish Naughty naïve kind polite practical stubborn aggressive polite trustworthy gentle sociable open-minded dumb narrow-minded loyal honest friendly emotional cold