Asking about 
people’s appearance 
S.V.Khodkova 
Moscow,2014 
39 
figure
What does 
heshe 
look like?
What do 
they 
look like?
A person’s appearance 
figure 
hands 
20 picture 
arms 
feet 
legs 
hair 
face 
5 figure 
6 stature 
7 bearing 
8 arms 
9 hands 
10 fingers 
11 legs 
12 feet 
head 
13 
14 colour 17 
22foreh 
ead 
27nose 
30teeth 
16 
15 
19 18 
21picture 
26cheek 
bones 
29lips 
20face 
25cheeks 
28mouth 
23eyebrows 24eyes 
31chin 
35 picture 
4 
1 
p
4 
figure 
slim 
skinny 
slender 
(stooping) 
thin 
(lean) 
well-built 
stout 
(fat, plump) 
He is very lean. 
6 
He has got a lean figure. 
She was a plump, rosy child.
stature 
tall short 
diminutive 
stature 
middle-sized 
of mediumaverage height 
He is a tall man of about 30. 
He is tall. 
He is of medium size. 
He is a middle-sized man. 
She is a girl of diminutive stature. 
He is 6 feet high 
(in height). 
7 
4
the bearing 
4 
erect(upright) stooping 
She carries her slender figure erectly. 
He has got a stooping figure. 
You can recognize her stooping figure 
from afar. 
6 
8
short arm 
long 
slender 
rounded 
thin 
4 
shapely 
A woman with shapely arms. 
She is a woman with shapely 
arms. 
He has got long arms. 
9 
7
small hand 
plump 
thin 
bony 
delicate 
shapely 
large 
His hands are small and 
plump. 
He has got small hands. 
4 
10 
8
fingers 
fat thin 
thick tapering 
A woman has got small hands 
with the long tapering fingers. 
9 
4 
11 
37 
picture
short leg 
long 
4 10 
slender 
fine 
(shapely) 
12 
A woman with shapely legs. 
He has got long legs. 
A person can be bow-legged 
He is rather bow-legged.
feet 
small flat 
large 
narrow 
pretty 
Her feet are small and pretty. 
4 11 13
hair 
short thick 
long straight 
thin curly crisp wavy 
spiky shoulder-length 
curl curled luxuriant waved 
silky 
Her hair is short. 
thick 
4 
14 
12
hair 
4 
black red 
dark 
15 
auburn fair blond 
white 
jet-black 
chestnut 
brown 
golden 
grey(silver) 
reddish(sandy) silvery 
Her hair is brown. 
He has short dark chestnut hair. 
Her hair is bobbed and dark. 
She has red hair done in a careless 
knot at the back of her neck. 
13
hair 
pigtail 
braid(plait)one’s hair 
fringe(bang) 
4 
16 
14 
disheveled do one’s hair in a knot 
close-cut 
bobbed(shingled) 
close-cropped 
neatly-combed 
parting in the middle 
mop of hair 
parting on the side
According to the fashion women’s hair can be: 
hair 
bobbed 
One can wear one’s hair 
plaited 
put up(done in a knot) 
Some people have a fringe. 
4 
Her hair is bobbed and dark. 
She has red hair done in a careless 
knot at the back of her neck. 
15 
17
bold hair cut short 
have a haircut 
have their 
beards and 
moustaches 
trimmed 
Some men lose their hair and go bold. 
Nanny has silky hair cut short. 
He is a man with a bald head. 
One can wear one’s hair 
Some people have a fringe. 
4 
18 
16
Clean shaven 
Crew cut 
Stubble 
Shaved 
Mustache 
Bald 
Beard 
Receding 
hairline 
Sideburn 
Long hair 
Goatee 
Flattop 
Spiky 
Dreadlocks or 
dreads 
Straight hair 
Bob 
Layered 
Shoulder 
length 
Perm 
Curly 
Ringlet 
Corn rows 
Chignon 
Bun 
French 
twist 
Ponytail 
Braid 
French braid 
Braids 
Pigtails 
Part 
Long wavy 
Windows peak 
Hair styles list 
4 
19 
17
19 
crew cut shaved head 
flat top 
bald head receding hairline long hair 
spiky dreadlocks cornrows bob shoulder-length 
chignon bun 
French pleat 
(twist) long, wavy curly perm 
plait(braid) 
French plait 
French braid 
pigtails braids bunches(pigtails) ponytail 
clean 
shaven 
moustache 
stubble 
beard 
sideburns 
sideboards 
goatee 
straight 
hair 
layered 
hair 
widow’s 
peak 
ringlet 
fringe 
(bangs) 
parting 
(part) 
hair 
4 18
oval face 
long 
plump 
angled 
round 
square 
thin(lean) 
Her face is round and plump. 
Her face is lean and angled. 
19 
Сл 
ай 
д 
19 
34 
pi 
ct 
ur 
e 
4 
21
22 20 4
the forehead 
low 
broad narrow large high 
His forehead is very high and large. 
21 
23 
4 
41 
p
eyebrows 
thin dark 
thick pencilled 
bushy 
arched 
fair 
(light) 
22 24 
4 
He is an old man with blue eyes 
overhung by bushy eyebrows.
eyes 
dark 
violet 
blue 
black 
hazel 
brown 
grey 
green 
sunken bulging 
close-set wide-set deep-set 
His dark-green eyes are small and deep-set. 
He has a small face with large, bulging eyes. 
24 4 
25 38 picture
cheeks 
rosy 
pink 
red 
ruddy 
pale 
chubby 
plump 
hollow 
His cheeks were pale and touched 
with freckles . 
He has follow cheeks. 
The child’s cheek are chubby. 
24 
4 
26
cheekbones 
prominent wide-apart 
high 
His prominent cheekbones make 
him ugly. 
25 4 
27
nose 
straight 
hooked aquiline 
flat 
be snub-nosed 
He is a man with a hooked nose. 
26 4 
28 
42 
p 
43 
p
mouth 
large big 
wide narrow 
small 
She is a beautiful girl with blue eyes, 
a straight nose and a small mouth. 
27 4 
29
lips 
firm well-cut thin 
Her lips are thin. 
28 4 
30
teeth 
even uneven large small 
tiny pearly 
a set of teeth 
The woman showed a set of tiny 
square teeth when she smiled. 
29 4 
31
round chin 
protruding 
small 
large 
double-chin 
He has a hooked nose and a large 
chin. 
30 32 4
complexion 
(the colour of the skin) 
dark fair olive ruddy 
She has a dark complexion. 
She is ruddy in complexion.
features 
regular 
small 
finely-cut 
large 
(massive) 
delicate 
clean-cut 
He is a man with finely-cut features.
square round triangle oblong 
oval diamond heart 
20
4
10 
38 
nails
nails 
vertically long broad sideways rounded 
egg-shaped squarish triangular 
inverted triangle almond-shaped sword-shaped
close set eyes deep set eyes almond eyes 
protruding eyes 
hooded eyes Asian eyes 
wide set eyes 
24
fatthick 
fingers 
Finger types 
round pointed conic square spatula 
smooth 
smooth 
knotted 
knotted 
thin 
fingers 
tapering 
fingers
Brow 
droop 
Bunny 
lines 
Forehead 
lines 
Frown 
lines 
Vertical 
lip lines 
Mouth 
frown 
Neck 
Crow’s 
feet 
Tear 
troughs 
Nasolabial 
folds 
Marionette 
linesjowls 
Mental 
crease 
4 
22
Hooked Droopy 
Aquiline Roman Grecian 
Button 
Child version 
Underside 
Upturned Snub Funnel 
27 
42 
p 
44
refined hero soft perky dainty strong bulb bull short long beak snub button orc 
refined 
refined 
hero 
hero 
soft 
soft 
perky 
perky 
dainty 
strong 
dainty 
strong 
bulb 
bulb 
bull 
bull 
short 
short 
long 
long 
beak 
beak 
snub 
wizard Schnoz 
snub Ancient 
Greek 
macho 
27 
42 
p
upturned 
straight 
Down turned 
42 27
Resources : 
1. Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Olga Podolyako, Julia 
Vaulina “Spotlight – 7”, Express Publishing,2011 
2. Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Bob Obee, Olga 
Afanasyeva,Irina Mikheeva, “Spotlight – 10”, Express 
Publishing,2009. 
3. Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Bob Obee, Olga 
Afanasyeva,Irina Mikheeva, “Spotlight – 11”, Express 
Publishing,2010. 
4. Авторы: Дженни Дули, Юлия Ваулина, Льюис 
Кэрролл: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A reader 
for Spotlight 6 . Издательство «Просвещение»,2006 г. 
5. Е.Я.Гроссман,Е.Л.Кричевская «Пять бытовых тем на английском 
языке».Пособие для учителей английского языка средней школы. 
Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство министерства 
просвещения РСФСР, Москва,1961 г. 
6. 
https://www.google.ru/search?q=kinds+of+faces&newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=963&bih=460&tbm=isch&tbo=u& 
source=univ&sa=X&ei=7gtdVK-JNczLaMadgbgE&ved=0CCcQsAQ

Methodical project: Appearance

  • 1.
    Asking about people’sappearance S.V.Khodkova Moscow,2014 39 figure
  • 2.
    What does heshe look like?
  • 3.
    What do they look like?
  • 4.
    A person’s appearance figure hands 20 picture arms feet legs hair face 5 figure 6 stature 7 bearing 8 arms 9 hands 10 fingers 11 legs 12 feet head 13 14 colour 17 22foreh ead 27nose 30teeth 16 15 19 18 21picture 26cheek bones 29lips 20face 25cheeks 28mouth 23eyebrows 24eyes 31chin 35 picture 4 1 p
  • 5.
    4 figure slim skinny slender (stooping) thin (lean) well-built stout (fat, plump) He is very lean. 6 He has got a lean figure. She was a plump, rosy child.
  • 6.
    stature tall short diminutive stature middle-sized of mediumaverage height He is a tall man of about 30. He is tall. He is of medium size. He is a middle-sized man. She is a girl of diminutive stature. He is 6 feet high (in height). 7 4
  • 7.
    the bearing 4 erect(upright) stooping She carries her slender figure erectly. He has got a stooping figure. You can recognize her stooping figure from afar. 6 8
  • 8.
    short arm long slender rounded thin 4 shapely A woman with shapely arms. She is a woman with shapely arms. He has got long arms. 9 7
  • 9.
    small hand plump thin bony delicate shapely large His hands are small and plump. He has got small hands. 4 10 8
  • 10.
    fingers fat thin thick tapering A woman has got small hands with the long tapering fingers. 9 4 11 37 picture
  • 11.
    short leg long 4 10 slender fine (shapely) 12 A woman with shapely legs. He has got long legs. A person can be bow-legged He is rather bow-legged.
  • 12.
    feet small flat large narrow pretty Her feet are small and pretty. 4 11 13
  • 13.
    hair short thick long straight thin curly crisp wavy spiky shoulder-length curl curled luxuriant waved silky Her hair is short. thick 4 14 12
  • 14.
    hair 4 blackred dark 15 auburn fair blond white jet-black chestnut brown golden grey(silver) reddish(sandy) silvery Her hair is brown. He has short dark chestnut hair. Her hair is bobbed and dark. She has red hair done in a careless knot at the back of her neck. 13
  • 15.
    hair pigtail braid(plait)one’shair fringe(bang) 4 16 14 disheveled do one’s hair in a knot close-cut bobbed(shingled) close-cropped neatly-combed parting in the middle mop of hair parting on the side
  • 16.
    According to thefashion women’s hair can be: hair bobbed One can wear one’s hair plaited put up(done in a knot) Some people have a fringe. 4 Her hair is bobbed and dark. She has red hair done in a careless knot at the back of her neck. 15 17
  • 17.
    bold hair cutshort have a haircut have their beards and moustaches trimmed Some men lose their hair and go bold. Nanny has silky hair cut short. He is a man with a bald head. One can wear one’s hair Some people have a fringe. 4 18 16
  • 18.
    Clean shaven Crewcut Stubble Shaved Mustache Bald Beard Receding hairline Sideburn Long hair Goatee Flattop Spiky Dreadlocks or dreads Straight hair Bob Layered Shoulder length Perm Curly Ringlet Corn rows Chignon Bun French twist Ponytail Braid French braid Braids Pigtails Part Long wavy Windows peak Hair styles list 4 19 17
  • 19.
    19 crew cutshaved head flat top bald head receding hairline long hair spiky dreadlocks cornrows bob shoulder-length chignon bun French pleat (twist) long, wavy curly perm plait(braid) French plait French braid pigtails braids bunches(pigtails) ponytail clean shaven moustache stubble beard sideburns sideboards goatee straight hair layered hair widow’s peak ringlet fringe (bangs) parting (part) hair 4 18
  • 20.
    oval face long plump angled round square thin(lean) Her face is round and plump. Her face is lean and angled. 19 Сл ай д 19 34 pi ct ur e 4 21
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    the forehead low broad narrow large high His forehead is very high and large. 21 23 4 41 p
  • 23.
    eyebrows thin dark thick pencilled bushy arched fair (light) 22 24 4 He is an old man with blue eyes overhung by bushy eyebrows.
  • 24.
    eyes dark violet blue black hazel brown grey green sunken bulging close-set wide-set deep-set His dark-green eyes are small and deep-set. He has a small face with large, bulging eyes. 24 4 25 38 picture
  • 25.
    cheeks rosy pink red ruddy pale chubby plump hollow His cheeks were pale and touched with freckles . He has follow cheeks. The child’s cheek are chubby. 24 4 26
  • 26.
    cheekbones prominent wide-apart high His prominent cheekbones make him ugly. 25 4 27
  • 27.
    nose straight hookedaquiline flat be snub-nosed He is a man with a hooked nose. 26 4 28 42 p 43 p
  • 28.
    mouth large big wide narrow small She is a beautiful girl with blue eyes, a straight nose and a small mouth. 27 4 29
  • 29.
    lips firm well-cutthin Her lips are thin. 28 4 30
  • 30.
    teeth even unevenlarge small tiny pearly a set of teeth The woman showed a set of tiny square teeth when she smiled. 29 4 31
  • 31.
    round chin protruding small large double-chin He has a hooked nose and a large chin. 30 32 4
  • 32.
    complexion (the colourof the skin) dark fair olive ruddy She has a dark complexion. She is ruddy in complexion.
  • 33.
    features regular small finely-cut large (massive) delicate clean-cut He is a man with finely-cut features.
  • 34.
    square round triangleoblong oval diamond heart 20
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    nails vertically longbroad sideways rounded egg-shaped squarish triangular inverted triangle almond-shaped sword-shaped
  • 38.
    close set eyesdeep set eyes almond eyes protruding eyes hooded eyes Asian eyes wide set eyes 24
  • 40.
    fatthick fingers Fingertypes round pointed conic square spatula smooth smooth knotted knotted thin fingers tapering fingers
  • 41.
    Brow droop Bunny lines Forehead lines Frown lines Vertical lip lines Mouth frown Neck Crow’s feet Tear troughs Nasolabial folds Marionette linesjowls Mental crease 4 22
  • 42.
    Hooked Droopy AquilineRoman Grecian Button Child version Underside Upturned Snub Funnel 27 42 p 44
  • 43.
    refined hero softperky dainty strong bulb bull short long beak snub button orc refined refined hero hero soft soft perky perky dainty strong dainty strong bulb bulb bull bull short short long long beak beak snub wizard Schnoz snub Ancient Greek macho 27 42 p
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    Resources : 1.Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Olga Podolyako, Julia Vaulina “Spotlight – 7”, Express Publishing,2011 2. Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Bob Obee, Olga Afanasyeva,Irina Mikheeva, “Spotlight – 10”, Express Publishing,2009. 3. Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Bob Obee, Olga Afanasyeva,Irina Mikheeva, “Spotlight – 11”, Express Publishing,2010. 4. Авторы: Дженни Дули, Юлия Ваулина, Льюис Кэрролл: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A reader for Spotlight 6 . Издательство «Просвещение»,2006 г. 5. Е.Я.Гроссман,Е.Л.Кричевская «Пять бытовых тем на английском языке».Пособие для учителей английского языка средней школы. Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство министерства просвещения РСФСР, Москва,1961 г. 6. https://www.google.ru/search?q=kinds+of+faces&newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=963&bih=460&tbm=isch&tbo=u& source=univ&sa=X&ei=7gtdVK-JNczLaMadgbgE&ved=0CCcQsAQ