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Describing people[1]
The document is a guide on how to describe people in English, focusing on aspects such as gender, age, physical features, and personality. It includes categories for different age groups, tips for discussing age, and vocabulary for describing hair and facial features. The document also provides examples of descriptions for various appearances.
Describing people[1]
- 1. Hi! I’m María, your English teacher,the fairy that will take you along
- 3. What are peoplelike? 1. Gender 2. Age 3. Face 4. Hair 5. Other distinguishing features 6. General appearance: height and build 7. Clothes 8. Personality I’m afraid, not too different from chimps Gallery
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- 7. Age Categories Baby Toddler Child Teenager Young person Middle-agedperson Elderly person
- 8. 2.1 Age Categories Baby Toddler Child Middled-agedperson Elderly person Teenager Young person
- 9. Notice the useof the verb to be I am 134 years old Imprecise ages She is in her early /mid /late twenties He is in his forties / You are in your teens She is about sixty Some useful tips to talk about people’s age
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- 14. 1 32 4 5 876 91110 12 Roundish face Receeding hairline Bald Long neck Double chin portruding teeth Long nose Full lips Pointed chin Large forehead Sideburns Hooked nose
- 15. She´s a beautifulyoung woman in her early twenties. She´s got short, fair hair, blue eyes, thin eyebrows and pale complexion. She´s wearing strange make up in her eyes (Her eyelashes are extended as if they were snakes or insect legs) Describing somebody
- 17. Length •Long/ Short •Medium-length •Shoulder-length Colour •Fair/Dark •Black/Blond •Brown/Red/White/Grey (light/medium/dark) •Highlights Style •A fringe/sideburns •Aside/centre parting •In a plait/ pony tail •In pigtails •Dreadlocks Type •Straight •Wavy •Curly •Spiky
- 18. What’s their hairlike? He´s got short grey hair and a receeding hairline She´s got shoulder length red straight hair with a fringe and centre parting.
- 19. She’s got long,blondestraight hair She’s got long,blonde wavy hair What’s her hair like?
- 20. What’s their hairlike? She´s got shoulder length blonde wavy hair They´ve got a Mohican hair style
- 21. What’s their hairlike? He´s bold He´s got dreadlocks
- 22. What’s their hairlike? She´s got long dark curly hair He´s got short dark curly hair and a beard
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- 26. He´s wearing tattoosall over his body He´s got an eye patch She´s got a piercing in her lower lip
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