The document introduces the topic of describing people and their physical appearance. It provides categories for describing aspects of people such as their sex, age, face, hair, and other distinguishing features. Examples are given for terms to describe people's age, facial features, hair style and color, and distinguishing marks. The document aims to equip the reader with a vocabulary for concisely describing a person's physical characteristics.

1. Hi! I’m María, your English teacher, the fairy that will take you along

2. Describing People

3. What are people like? Sex Age Face Hair Other distinguishing features General appearance: height and build Clothes Personality I’m afraid, not too different from chimps Gallery

4. SEX

5. Man Woman

6. Age

7. Age Categories Baby Toddler Child Teenager Young person Middle-aged person Elderly person

8. 2.1 Age Categories Baby Toddler Child Middled-aged person Elderly person Teenager Young person

9. Notice the use of 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

10. Face

12. mouth chin eyebrows eyelashes nose Face description forehead lips lips

13. 1 3 2 4 5 8 7 6 9 11 10 12 Roundish face Receeding hairline Bald Long neck Double chin portruding teeth Long nose Full lips Pointed chin Large forehead Sideburns Hooked nose

14. She´s a beautiful young 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

15. Hair

16. Length Long/ Short Medium-length Shoulder-length Colour Fair/Dark Black/Blond Brown/Red/White/Grey (light/medium/dark) Highlights Style A fringe/sideburns A side/centre parting In a plait/ pony tail In pigtails Dreadlocks Type Straight Wavy Curly Spiky

17. What’s their hair like? He´s got short grey hair and a receeding hairline She´s got shoulder length red straight hair with a fringe and centre parting.

18. She’s got long,blonde straight hair She’s got long,blonde wavy hair What’s her hair like?

19. What’s their hair like? She´s got shoulder length blonde wavy hair They´ve got a Mohican hair style

20. What’s their hair like? He´s bold He´s got dreadlocks

21. What’s their hair like? She´s got long dark curly hair He´s got short dark curly hair and a beard

22. I love short, dark-haired women....... I love long blonde hair... Binoche Winslet

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24. Distinguishing features

25. He´s wearing tattoos all over his body He´s got an eye patch She´s got a piercing in her lower lip

26. Image Gallery

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41. Nose Long/hooked/snub Lips Full/thin Teeth Even/portruding Eyes Shape Round/almond/slanting Colour Blue/green/brown/hazel Shape Round/long/square/oval Complexion Tanned/pale/dark/fair Wrinkled/fresh/spotty Distinguishing features A beard/a goatee A moustache Clean-shaven cheekbones