What can you include when you describe a person?

1. PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTION

2. GENDER
a man a woman a boy a girl

3. AGE
young middle-aged old

4. GENERAL APPEARANCE
handsome pretty ugly

5. HEIGHT
tall (of) medium height short

6. WEIGHT
fat plump / chubby slim thin

7. FACE
round oval triangular square long

8. EYES
black brown hazel green
big small
grey blue

9. HAIR: Length
long shoulder-length short

10. HAIR: Style
straight frizzy curly wavy spiky

11. HAIR: Colour
black dark
red grey white
blond fair
brown

12. HAIR: Other features
bun
bunches pigtails ponytail plait (UK)
braid (USA)
bald
fringe (UK)
bangs (USA)

13. NOSE
big smalllong snub aquiline
turned-uppointed

14. EARS
big small pointed protruding

15. LIPS
full thinthick

16. OTHER FEATURES
beard moustache
beauty spot wart birthmark
goatee sideburns
freckles

17. OTHER FEATURES
glasses piercing tatoo

18. What do you look like?
GENDER
AGE
APPEARANCE
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
FACE
EYES
HAIR
NOSE
EARS
LIPS
I am a boy.
I am young.
I am handsome.
I am tall.
I am slim.
I have got a square face.
I have got big brown eyes.
I have got short curly black hair.
I have got a small nose.
I have got small ears.
I have got full lips.
Tom

19. Present simple

20. AFFIRMATIVE
I am
You are
He is
She is
It is
We are
You are
They are
PRESENT TENSE
I’m
You’re
He’s
She’s
It’s
We’re
You’re
They’re

21. NEGATIVE
I’m not
You aren’t
He isn’t
She isn’t
It isn’t
We aren’t
You aren’t
They aren’t
PRESENT TENSE
I am not
You are not
He is not
She is not
It is not
We are not
You are not
They are not

22. INTERROGATIVE
Am I?
Are you?
Is he?
Is she?
Is it?
Are we?
Are you?
Are they?
PRESENT TENSE

24. AFFIRMATIVE
I have got
You have got
He has got
She has got
It has got
We have got
You have got
They have got
PRESENT – VERB “HAVE GOT”
I’ve got
You’ve got
He’s got
She’s got
It’s got
We’ve got
You’ve got
They’ve got

25. NEGATIVE
I haven’t got
You haven’t got
He hasn’t got
She hasn’t got
It hasn’t got
We haven’t got
You haven´t got
They haven’t got
PRESENT – VERB “HAVE GOT”

26. INTERROGATIVE
Have I got?
Have you got?
Has he got?
Has she got?
Has it got?
Have we got?
Have you got?
Have they got?
PRESENT – VERB “HAVE GOT”

27. What do they look like?
GENDER
AGE
APPEARANCE
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
FACE
EYES
HAIR
NOSE
EARS
LIPS
Alex
Zoe

28. What do your
family and friends look like?

29. CONVERSTATION
QUESTIONS
BEAUTY AND ATTRACTIVENESS

30. BEAUTY AND
ATTRACTIVENESS
• Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?
• Who do you think is the most beautiful person alive today?
• Who was the most beautiful person in history?
• Who is the most attractive in your family?
• Does beauty affect one's success in life?
• Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?
• Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?
• Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?
• How much time should be spent on making yourself look better
each day?
• Do you think people should have cosmetic surgery to enhance
their looks?
– If so what is the minimum age when someone should have plastic
surgery?
– How popular is plastic surgery in your country?
– What is the most popular feature for cosmetic alteration?
– Do you think self-esteem affects beauty?
– Do you think beauty affects self-esteem?

31. BEAUTY AND
ATTRACTIVENESS
• Have you ever noticed anyone ever feeling
pressured to be more beautiful?
• What do you think of the proverb, "beauty is in
the eye of the beholder?"
• Do you have any proverbs or idioms from your
country that relate to beauty?
• What do you think "beauty is skin deep" means?
• What are some beauty tips that you could
share?
• Do you think people with many tattoos can be
beautiful?
• Do you think people with many piercings can be
beautiful?

32. BEAUTY AND
ATTRACTIVENESS
• What personality trait is the most important for inner
beauty?
• How do you define beauty, using your own words?
• Would you ever date someone who was not conventionally
attractive?
• What makes one person more attractive than another?
• Are beauty pageants good or bad?
• Should children be entered into beauty contests?
• Do you think one gender or group worries more about
beauty than another?
• What are some of the drawbacks of being beautiful?
• What do you think of celebrities who get plastic surgery?
• Do you think it's necessary to have plastic surgery if you
are famous in order to be successful?