N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________

ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE PEOPLE

Questions: What do you look like? What kind of person are you?

 Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.

1. One of my friends has straight hair, and another has

wavy hair. But I have __________________ hair.

2. My brother isn’t __________________. He studies at

college and also has two part-time jobs!.

3. My classmate is very __________________. He loves

to tell jokes in class.

4. I’m not short, I’m __________________.

5. I lost 10 kilograms. Now I’m __________________.

6. She has __________________, blond hair.

7. My cousin likes to meet new people and make lots of

C curly adj. friends. He’s very ____________________.

F friendly adj.
8. Our three-year old son is __________________. Last
funny adj. week he pulled our cat’s tail and it ran away!

G gray adj. 9. My grandmother’s face is quite __________________,

handsome but I still think she is beautiful!
H adj.

intelligent 10. My grandfather has a long, ____________________

I adj.
beard.
L lazy adj.
11. My mother is very beautiful and my father is
long adj.
__________________.
M middle-aged adj.
12. My uncle isn’t old, but he’s in his forties. He’s
N naughty adj.
__________________.

S shy adj.
13. My little sister doesn’t like to meet new people. She’s
strong adj. very __________________.

T tall adj.
14. She has a high I.Q. She’s very __________________.
thin adj.
15. He exercises at the gym three or four days every week.
W wrinkled adj. He’s very __________________.

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WORD BANK Adjectives That Describe People
Aim Supplementary vocabulary building
Level Intermediate
Time Approximately 15 – 20 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. curly
2. lazy
3. funny
4. tall
5. thin
6. long
7. friendly
8. naughty
9. wrinkled
10. gray
11. handsome
12. middle-aged
13. shy
14. intelligent
15. strong

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