DESCRIBING PEOPLE

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• The face• Body• General appearance• What is s/he wearing• What is s/he doing• Does s/he look happy/sad/worried/tired...?• Background: where’s s/he? What can you

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Personality AdjectivesActive Friendly Lazy QuietCheerful Loud Honest DishonestShy Unfriendly Nice KindIntelligent wonderful Good BraveLovely Happy Unhappy StupidSelfish Well-behaved NaughtyPolite Rude Boring

GenerousHard-working Imaginative Impatient PatientSociable Optimistic PessimisticTidy Cruel Talkative MeanStubborn Sincere Sensitive Pleasant

Physical Appearance

HEIGHTTALLSHORTNormal/MEDIUM HEIGHTOF AVERAGE HEIGHT

Lisa is (very/ quite) short. How tall is Marge? She is1.68 metres tall. Marge is a very tall girl.

FIGURE / BUILDSLIM THIN Slender FAT Underweight

OVERWEIGHT BROAD-SHOULDERED WELL-BUILT MEDIUM-BUILT STRONG WEAK

Marge has got fair skin. Mary has got big eyes.Lisa has got a small nose. Her face is round.Homer doesn’t wear glasses. He is bald.Mr Burns has got small ears. He has got an oval face.Marge has got long curly blue hair. Bart is thin.

size shape colour

FACE Face Shape: Square /Oval /Round /Triangular /Heart-shaped

/Thin /Wide

HAIR colour : BLOND(E) / Fair / DARK / AUBURN /Red /Grey

HAIR size: LONG / SHORT / MEDIUM LENGTH

HAIR Texture: WAVY / STRAIGHT/ CURLY /SPIKY / Shaved / Parted/ Neatly-combed

SKIN: DARK / FAIR / Whitish

EYESColour: BLACK / BLUE / GREEN /

BROWN / DarkShape, Size and Appearance:

Large/Small/Almond-shaped/ Round/ Deep-set/ Close-set /Tear-filled

Eye expressions: piercing, mesmerizing, sad, sorrowful, haunted, gentle, sympathetic, warm, compassionate, expressive, bright, twinkling

NOSE: SMALL / BIG / STRAIGHT / FLAT

MOUTH: SMALL / WIDE / THICK / THINMouth expressions: laugh, smile, beam,

grin, frownLip shape and size: thin, full, rosebud

OTHERS: MOUSTACHE / BEARD / GLASSES/ FRECKLES / WRINKLES/ SCAR / TATOO

AGEOLD YOUNG MATURE ELDERLY

ABOUT 25 MIDDLE-AGED IN HIS THIRTIES A TEENAGER A CHILD A BABY AN ADULT Homer and Marge are middle-aged. They have got 3 children.Lisa is young. She is a teenager. Bart is also a teenager. They areteenagers. Maggie is a baby. Homer is a tall middle-aged man.

size age (shape colour)

LOOKSPRETTY BEAUTIFUL UGLY HANDSOME ORDINARY-LOOKINGMarge is very pretty.Homer is an ordinary-looking man.

Clothing• Fabric: denim, wool, cotton, linen, leather.• Bottoms: jeans, skinny jeans, cargo pants, trousers,

skirt, shorts.• Tops: sport shirt, dress shirt, polo shirt, button-down

shirt, blouse.• Footwear: socks,  shoes, slippers, sandals, heels,

boots, ankle boots, athletic shoes, tennis shoes, gym shoes.

• Accessories: gloves, hat, cap, head wrap, scarf, muffler, necklace, choker, bracelet, ring, earrings, purse, sunglasses, eyeglasses.

Describing people

He is tall

He has black hair

His hair is short

She is tallShe is fair

She is slim

She has blue eyes

He has a big nose

It has a big mouth

Talk about feelings…

What do you think? How do they feel?

Talk about feelings…

What do you think? How do they feel?

ANGRY!!!

SAD

EYES SHINNING

JUST…HAPPY!

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What about?In this picture we can see a man eating a cake.

He’s sunbathing in a crowded beach.This man is a little overweight. His face is

round and his hair is short. He has a bushy moustache and a small nose. His forehead is wrinkled so he’s probably 40 years old or more.

He’s wearing glasses, swimming trunks and a patterned scarf on his head.

Michael Douglas / Star / Cinema / Celebrity.

Michael Douglas is a very famous and popular American actor. He is about sixty years old. He is a slim person and he is average height. He has got light brown eyes and short fair hair. His wife is a very beautiful British actress who is named Catherine Zeta-Johns, she has got green eyes and long straight black hair. They have got a daughter who is two years old. They all live in the United States Of America.

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