This document provides guidance on describing people's physical appearance in English. It lists common eye colors, hair styles, hair colors, weights, and heights. It then gives examples of describing people and assigns partners to describe famous people. Students are assigned homework to describe three people they know and provides additional online resources to practice this topic further.

1. PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTION

2. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE

3. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE
 EYE COLOR
BLUE EYES GREEN EYES BROWN EYES

4. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE
HAIR STYLE
WAVY STRAIGHT CURLY

5. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE
HAIR COLOR
BLOND BLACK BROWN

6. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE
WEIGHT
THIN ATHLETIC PLUMP

7. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
APPEARANCE
HEIGHT

TALL MEDIUM HEIGHT SHORT

8. LET’S PRACTICE¡¡¡¡¡¡
What do they look like?
1) Suzanna has white skin and long blond hair.
2) Jeff is white and has a beard.
3) Caroline has long hair and is tall.
4) Dick has long brown hair and a mustache.

9. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
IN PAIRS DESCRIBE THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE

10. READ THE CARTOON AND DISCUSS
WITH YOUR CLASSMATES WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE CARTOON

11. HOMEWORK
WRITE DOWN THE NAMES OF THREE PEOPLE
YOU KNOW
THEN WRITE ABOUT:
THEIR HEIGHT
THEIR HAIR
THEIR EYES
THEIR LOOKS

12. TO KNOW MORE
HERE THERE ARE SOME USEFUL LINKS TO
PRACTICE MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC:
http://www.mansioningles.com/vocabulario01.htm
http://www.inglestotal.com/vocabulary-describing-
people-describir-personas-fisicamente-en-ingles-
lesson-3/
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm