This document provides guidance on describing people through their physical appearance, personality traits, clothing, and demeanor. It lists characteristics to note for the face, body type, height, skin, hair, eyes, nose, mouth and other features. Personality adjectives like friendly, lazy, and honest are given. Signs of age, looks, and feelings that could be observed are also outlined. Examples are provided to demonstrate describing someone's appearance and traits in a few sentences.

1. DESCRIBING PEOPLE

2. Start describing...
• The face
• Body
• General appearance
• What is s/he wearing
• What is s/he doing
• Does s/he look happy/sad/worried/tired...?
• Background: where’s s/he? What can you
see...

3. Personality Adjectives
Active Friendly Lazy Quiet
Cheerful Loud Honest Dishonest
Shy Unfriendly Nice Kind
Intelligent wonderful Good Brave
Lovely Happy Unhappy Stupid
Selfish Well-behaved Naughty
Polite Rude Boring Generous
Hard-working Imaginative Impatient Patient
Sociable Optimistic Pessimistic
Tidy Cruel Talkative Mean
Stubborn Sincere Sensitive Pleasant

4. Physical Appearance
HEIGHT
TALL
SHORT
Normal/MEDIUM HEIGHT
OF AVERAGE HEIGHT
Lisa is (very/ quite) short.
How tall is Marge? She is1.68 metres tall.
Marge is a very tall girl.

5. FIGURE / BUILD
SLIM THIN Slender FAT Underweight
OVERWEIGHT BROAD-SHOULDERED WELL-BUILT
MEDIUM-BUILT STRONG WEAK
Marge has got fair skin. Mary has got big eyes.
Lisa has got a small nose. Her face is round.
Homer doesn’t wear glasses. He is bald.
Mr Burns has got small ears. He has got an oval face.
Marge has got long curly blue hair.
Bart is thin.
size shape colour

6. FACE
Face Shape: Square /Oval /Round /Triangular /Heart-shaped
/Thin /Wide
HAIR colour : BLOND(E) / Fair / DARK / AUBURN /Red /Grey
HAIR size: LONG / SHORT / MEDIUM LENGTH
HAIR Texture: WAVY / STRAIGHT/ CURLY /SPIKY / Shaved /
Parted/ Neatly-combed

7. SKIN: DARK / FAIR / Whitish
EYES
Colour: BLACK / BLUE / GREEN /
BROWN / Dark
Shape, Size and Appearance:
Large/Small/Almond-shaped/ Round/
Deep-set/ Close-set /Tear-filled
Eye expressions: piercing, mesmerizing,
sad, sorrowful, haunted, gentle,
sympathetic, warm, compassionate,
expressive, bright, twinkling

8. NOSE: SMALL / BIG / STRAIGHT / FLAT
MOUTH: SMALL / WIDE / THICK / THIN
Mouth expressions: laugh, smile, beam,
grin, frown
Lip shape and size: thin, full, rosebud
OTHERS: MOUSTACHE / BEARD /
GLASSES/ FRECKLES / WRINKLES/
SCAR / TATOO

9. AGE
OLD YOUNG MATURE ELDERLY
ABOUT 25 MIDDLE-AGED IN HIS THIRTIES
A TEENAGER A CHILD A BABY AN ADULT
Homer and Marge are middle-aged. They have got 3 children.
Lisa is young. She is a teenager. Bart is also a teenager. They are
teenagers.
Maggie is a baby.
Homer is a tall middle-aged man.
size age (shape colour)
LOOKS
PRETTY BEAUTIFUL UGLY
HANDSOME ORDINARY-LOOKING
Marge is very pretty.
Homer is an ordinary-looking man.

10. Clothing
• Fabric: denim, wool, cotton, linen, leather.
• Bottoms: jeans, skinny jeans, cargo pants,
trousers, skirt, shorts.
• Tops: sport shirt, dress shirt, polo shirt, button-
down shirt, blouse.
• Footwear: socks, shoes, slippers, sandals,
heels, boots, ankle boots, athletic shoes, tennis
shoes, gym shoes.
• Accessories: gloves, hat, cap, head wrap,
scarf, muffler, necklace, choker, bracelet, ring,
earrings, purse, sunglasses, eyeglasses.

11. Describing people
He is tall
He has black hair
His hair is short

12. She is tall
She is fair
She is slim
She has blue eyes

13. He has a big nose
It has a big mouth

14. Talk about feelings…
What do you think? How do they feel?

15. Talk about feelings…
What do you think? How do they feel?
ANGRY!!!

17. SAD

19. EYES SHINNING
JUST…HAPPY!

20. Let’s try! What can you say about this man?

21. What about?
In this picture we can see a man eating a
cake. He’s sunbathing in a crowded
beach.
This man is a little overweight. His face is
round and his hair is short. He has a
bushy moustache and a small nose. His
forehead is wrinkled so he’s probably 40
years old or more.
He’s wearing glasses, swimming trunks and
a patterned scarf on his head.

23. Michael Douglas / Star / Cinema / Celebrity.
Michael Douglas is a very famous and
popular American actor. He is about sixty
years old. He is a slim person and he is
average height. He has got light brown eyes
and short fair hair. His wife is a very beautiful
British actress who is named Catherine
Zeta-Johns, she has got green eyes and
long straight black hair. They have got a
daughter who is two years old. They all live
in the United States Of America.

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