Describing People – A Few Examples

Use with verb Be (am, is, are):

Height Weight/Physique

I am short. I am thin.
She is average height. or She is medium height. She is average weight.
They are tall. They are heavy.
He is muscular.
My daughter is three feet two inches.
My husband is six feet.

Personality

She is serious. He is silly.

She is a serious person. He is a silly person.
She is hard-working. He is lazy.
She is a hard-working person. He is a lazy person.
She is kind. He is unkind.
She is nice. He is mean.
She is quiet. He is loud.
She is friendly. He is shy.
She is happy. He is unhappy.
They are generous. We are stingy.
They are talkative. We are quiet.
They are helpful. We aren’t helpful.
They are easy-going. We aren’t easy-going.

Use with verb Have (has, have) OR Be (am, is, are):

Eyes

I have green eyes. or My eyes are green.

He has brown eyes. or His eyes are brown.
She has blue eyes. or Her eyes are blue.
They have dark brown eyes. or Their eyes are dark brown.

Hair

I have short, black, straight hair. or My hair is short, black, and straight.
He has medium-length, brown, wavy hair. or His hair is medium-length, brown, and wavy.
She has long, blond, curly hair. or Her hair is long, blond, and curly.
They have no hair. or They are bald.
 Example:
Angelina Jolie is a middle-aged woman. She is an actress and activist. She
is tall and slim. She has a square face, blue eyes, a turned-up nose and full
lips. She has long, black and wavy hair. She has white skin. she wears a
blouse and jeans. She is sexy, elegant and pretty. She is nice, kind and
generous.

She wakes up at 6am and gets up then. She prepares the breakfast for her
children and gets kids up. At 6:30 am she has a shower and gets dressed
for the gym. At 7am she has breakfast with her children, brushes her teeth
and combs her hair. At 7:30 she leaves the house and drives her car to her
children’s school. At 8am she says bye to her children and goes to the
gym. She trains in the gym until 10am and has a shower again. At 10:30
am she leaves to her work.
At 12: 30 pm she has lunch with her partners of set. She arrives home at
7pm and she prepares the dinner. She talks to her children and does
homework with them. At 7:30 pm she has dinner with her family. At 8pm
she watches tv with her kids and at 9m she takes her children to bed. At
9pm she reads a book. At 10pm she cleans her face and brushes her
teeth. At 10:30 pm she goes to bed.

Activity 4

Taking into account the previous information about Angelina Jolie make a description (physical -
personality) and routine of your favorite famous person (1) and your favorite person of your family
(1). Follow the example of Angelina Jolie and put a picture of the two people.