describe Someone's appearance

3. 1. Speaking: describing people’s
appearance
2. Vocabulary: physical appearance
3. Grammar: questions for describing
people; comparatives and superlatives of
adjectives
4. Listening: description of people
5. Writing: a description of someone
6. Reading: “You’re gorgeous”

4. Physical Description
What does he/ she look like?
Height Build Age
looks Hair

5. Middle-aged
short
black
fat
long
old
slim
handsome
good-looking
plump
pretty
Young
long
curly
tall
grey
dark
straight
thin
bald
shoulder-length
overweight (obese)
well built
blonde
round
medium height
a mustache
a beard
ponytail
oval
square
ugly

6. tall shortmedium
height
fairly
short
very
tall pretty
tall

7. Slim PlumpOverweight Stocky /
well-build

8. young
middle
aged
elderly

9. handsome good-looking pretty

10. Length
Style
Color
Hair
long
straight
black blondbrown
wavy curly
short
medium
length

11. SPECIAL FEATURES
bald
A mustache and
beard

12. SPECIAL FEATURES
freckles
dimple
wrinkles

13. SPECIAL FEATURES
Protruding tooth
mole

14. Middle-aged
short
black
fat
long
old
slim
handsome
good-looking
plump
pretty
Young
long
curly
tall
grey
dark
straight
thin
bald
shoulder-length
overweight (obese)
well built
blonde
medium height
a mustache
a beard
ponytail
ugly

15. Physical Description
Height Build Age
tall,
short,
medium
height
slim
thin
Plump
Overweight (fat / obese)
well-built (stocky)
young, elderly,
middle-aged,
(teenager, in 20s,
30s, 40s)
Looks Hair
Beautiful
Pretty
Handsome
Good-looking
Ugly
Straight A beard
Curly A mustache
Wavy
Ponytail medium- length
Bald Shoulder-length

16. Other Physical Description
Face Eyes Nose lips
round
oval
Square
Oblong
Heart-shape
big
round
blue
small
Bright
almond
Hook
Flat
Turned-
up
Thin
Thick

19. DESCRIPTION
Use to be or to have to
describe people.

20. DESCRIBING ONE FEATURE

21. Height
E.g.
My brother is tall and my friend is short.

22. Build
Fat
Obese
Overweight
E.g.
My uncle is overweight.
My brother is well built.
My sister is slim.

23. Eyes
Blue eyes
E.g.
My little sister has brown eyes.

24. Hair
Medium length
wavy blond hair
Medium length
curly black hair
E.g.
My girlfriend has long
straight black hair.

25. HairLong straight
brown hair
E.g.
My friend has short straight brown hair.

26. Adjective Order
Adjective
Length type of hair colour Noun
Long curly brown hair
big blue eyes

27. Exercise: Put the words in the
correct order
• She has hair wavy, black , long.
• She has long wavy black hair.
• She has hair blond, short.
• She has short blond hair.
• Tom has eyes green.
• Tom has green eyes.

28. Describing many features
1. She is tall and pretty
2. He is handsome with short black
hair
3. They have short hair and a long
beard.

29. Forms to describe people
With “be”:
S + be + adj
S + be + adj + AND + adj
S + be + adj + WITH + adj + noun
With “have/has”:
S + have/has + adj + noun
S + have/has + adi + noun + AND + adj + noun

31. 1. Describe yourself
2. Describe your friends or partners and ask
her or him: “ Does he or she agree with
your description?”
3. Describe famous person

40. Policeman: Ok, ladies, now can you describe the man you saw in the bank?
Woman 1: Well, he was, er, sort of medium height, you know, not short – but not tall either. And
quite skinny, you know thin.
Woman 2: Yes, and he had a beard and a little moustache.
Woman 1: No, he didn’t. he had a moustache but not a beard. It’s just that I think he hadn’t
shaved.
Woman 2: No, it was a beard, I’m sure.
Woman 1: And anyway, Doris, you weren’t wearing your glasses so you can’t have seen him
very well.
Woman 2: I could see perfectly well.
Policeman: Ladies, ladies, please. So, no moustache then.
Woman 1: No, he had a moustache but he didn’t have a beard.
Policeman: and what about his hair?
Woman 2: Dark
Woman 1: yes, short, dark hair.
Policeman: straight?
Woman 1: No, curly, I’d say. Wouldn’t you say, Doris?
Woman 2: yes, very curly.
Policeman: So, dark, curly hair?
Woman 1: Yes, That’s what we said. Are you deaf or something?
Policeman: And what time was it then…

41. Questions for describing someone
What does she look like?.
She is pretty tall with long black hair

42. Questions for describing someone
How tall is she?
about average height.

43. Questions for describing someone
What color is her hair?
How long is her hair?
She has blond hair.
It’s shoulder-length.

44. Questions for describing someone
Has he got a beard?
No, he’s clean-shaven

45. Questions for describing someone
How old is he?
He’s in his twenty-two.

47. To be continued

48. What does he look like?
• Brad Pitt is tall
and slim. He has
got short spiky
blond hair and
blue eyes. He’s
in his 40s. He is
wearing a dark
blue suit.

50. Anna Maria Sarah
Anna is tall.
Maria is taller than Anna.
Sarah is the tallest of the three girls.

51. One-Syllable
Adjective
Comparative
Form
Superlative Form
tall taller The tallest
big bigger The biggest
pretty prettier The prettiest
Two-Syllable
Adjective
Comparative Form Superlative Form
peaceful more peaceful The most peaceful
pleasant more pleasant The most pleasant
careful more careful The most careful
Irregular
Adjective
Comparative
Form
Superlative Form
good better The best
bad worse The worst
far farther The farthest
little less The least

52. This apple has the same flavor as that apple.
The same…as..

53. The apple is different from the orange.
Different from

54. This apple is look like that apple.
Look like

55. This apple is similar to those apples.
Similar to