This document provides information about describing physical characteristics of people including: 1. Sex, age, face features (hair, distinguishing features, appearance), and clothes. 2. Categories for describing ages including baby, toddler, child, teenager, young person, middle-aged person, and elderly person. 3. Tips for describing hair including length, color, style, and type.

2. What are people like?
1. Sex
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

4. ManWoman

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

7. 2.1 Age Categories
Baby
Toddler
Child
Middled-aged person
Elderly person
Teenager
Young person

8. 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 ageSome useful tips to talk about people’s age

11. mouthmouth
chinchin
eyebrowseyebrows
eyelasheseyelashes
nosenose
Face description
foreheadforehead
lipslips

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4
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9 1110 12
Roundish face
Receeding hairline
Bald
Long neck
Double chin
portruding teeth
Long nose
Full lips
Pointed chin
Large forehead
Sideburns
Hooked nose

13. 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. 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

16. What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
He´s got short greyHe´s got short grey
hair and a receedinghair and a receeding
hairlinehairline
She´s got shoulder lengthShe´s got shoulder length
red straight hair with ared straight hair with a
fringe and centre parting.fringe and centre parting.

17. She’s got long,blonde straightShe’s got long,blonde straight
hairhair
She’s got long,blonde wavy hairShe’s got long,blonde wavy hair
What’s her hair like?What’s her hair like?

18. What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
She´s got shoulderShe´s got shoulder
length blonde wavy hairlength blonde wavy hair
They´ve got a MohicanThey´ve got a Mohican
hair stylehair style

19. What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
He´s boldHe´s bold
He´s got dreadlocksHe´s got dreadlocks

20. What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
She´s got long darkShe´s got long dark
curly haircurly hair
He´s got short darkHe´s got short dark
curly hair and a beardcurly hair and a beard

21. I loveI love
short,short,
dark-haireddark-haired
women.......women.......
IloveIlove
longlong
blondeblonde
hair...hair...
BinocheBinoche
WinsletWinslet

22. KateKate JulieteJuliete

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

25. NoseNose
Long/hooked/snubLong/hooked/snub
LipsLips
Full/thinFull/thin
TeethTeeth
Even/portrudingEven/portruding
EyesEyes
ShapeShape
Round/almond/slantingRound/almond/slanting
ColourColour
•Blue/green/brown/hazelBlue/green/brown/hazel
ShapeShape
•Round/long/square/ovalRound/long/square/oval
ComplexionComplexion
•Tanned/pale/dark/fairTanned/pale/dark/fair
•Wrinkled/fresh/spottyWrinkled/fresh/spotty
Distinguishing featuresDistinguishing features
•A beard/a goateeA beard/a goatee
•A moustacheA moustache
•Clean-shavenClean-shaven
•cheekbonescheekbones

26. Describe