Unit 11 Appearances: Lesson A Family traits

Describing people
There are many different expressions you can use to ask and answer questions about
someone's appearance.

Look like / Look alike

You can use look like to ask about someone's general appearance. Use What + do / does +
subject + look like?:
A What does Hayley look like?
B She's tall and thin.

You can also use look like to ask who has a similar appearance to someone. Use
in Who + do / does + subject + look like?:

A Who does she look like?

B She looks like her father.

To ask if two people have a similar appearance, you can use look alike. Use Do +
subject and subject + look alike?:
A Do Hayley and Heather look alike?
B No, they look totally different.

Height, hair color, eye color

You can use How + tall + be . . . ? to ask about someone's height:

 A How tall is her father?
B He's six (foot) seven. / He's over two meters tall.

You can use What color + be . . . ? to ask about the color of someone's hair or eyes:
A What color is Hayley's hair?
B It's blond.

A What color are Hayley's eyes?

B They're blue.

Unit 11 Appearances: Lesson A Family traits

have got = have

In statements, you can use have or have got to describe someone's appearance:

She has straight hair.

or

She's got straight hair. (She's got = She has got)

In Yes-No questions, use have to ask about someone's appearance.

Does she have curly hair?

You can also use have got to ask and answer Who . . . ? about someone's appearance:

A Who's got curly hair? (= Who has got . . . ?)

B I do. I've got curly hair. (= I do. I have got . . . )

Unit 11 Appearances: Lesson B Features

Phrases with verb +-ing and prepositions

You can use phrases with verb +-ing or phrases with prepositions to identify people you
can see. You can use them to describe what people are doing or wearing, where they are,
or what they look like.

Phrases with verb +-ing

You can use phrases with verb +-ing to say what someone is doing or wearing:
A Which one is your roommate?
 B She's the woman standing by the table.
or
B She's the woman wearing (the) black pants.

You can also use phrases with verb +-ing to ask questions about people you can see:

A Who's the guy talking to Rosa's roommate?

B The guy wearing (the) yellow pants? My brother.

Phrases with prepositions

You can use phrases with prepositions to describe where someone is:

She's the one by the table.

You can use with to describe what someone looks like:

She's the one with (the) long hair.

The one with (the) glasses is Jason.

You can use with or in to describe what someone is wearing:

The guy with / in the yellow pants is Rosa's brother. (= The guy wearing . . . )

She's the one with / in the black shirt. (= She's the one wearing . . . )

You can also use phrases with prepositions in questions:

Who's the guy in the blue shirt?

AIs this a photo of your classmates?
BYeah. This is the last day of class, before we all graduated.
AThey look nice. Actually the guy with the spiked hair looks like my brother.
BYeah, he does. That's Phil. He's a really cool guy.
AThe woman with the curly hair looks friendly. I'd like to meet her.
BYeah, her name's Katie. She's great.
AHe looks nice too – the guy with the backpack, wearing the blue shirt.
BYes, that's Greg. He's really nice.
AWho's the woman in the green top? Do you get together a lot?
BThe one sitting next to Katie? That's Ashley. Yeah, we get together after class sometimes.
AAshley? I think I met her once.
BOh really? Maybe. She and Ana are great friends, too.
AWho's Ana?
BShe's the one next to Greg.
AOh yeah. And he looks nice too – the guy with the blond hair next to Katie.
BHis name's Simon – he's a great football player.