FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE

MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS

PPROPROJECTLANGUAGE
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Look at the pictures and the information, match the information and the pictures, only
four of the descriptions are correct.

Julio is about 45 years old. He isn't very tall and he’s quite slim. He has dark hair and a
moustache. He has glasses, too.
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WORD BUILDER: Describing Appearance and personality

1. What does Britney look like? (Appearance)

Britney is (about) 25 years old . She is tall and slim . Her hair is
Name age height weight
long , straight ,and blonde . Her eyes are green . She is very attractive.
length type color Color general appearance comment

2. What is __Harrison Ford__ like? (Personality)

Mr. Ford is friendly, polite and intelligent.

He is outgoing, cheerful and optimistic.
He isn’t grouchy or mean. He is really nice.

Notice: Adjective order is important to describe appearance:

 For appearance: AGE  HEIGHT  WEIGHT
John is young, short and chubby.
Maria is old, tall and slim.

For hair: LENGTH  TYPE  COLOR

His hair is short, curly and black.
Her hair is long, straight and blonde.

USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

AGE HEIGHT
About + number of years Tall
Old Not tall, not short
Middle-aged Average-height
Young Short
WEIGHT HAIR
Chubby = heavy = overweight Length: Long, shoulder length, short
Fat = obese Type: straight, wavy, curly
Not fat, not thin = average-weight Colour: black, dark brown, brown, light brown, auburn,
Slim = thin red, blonde, grey, white.
Skinny = really / very thin
EYES
Colour: black, dark brown, brown, light brown, blue, green, hazel, grey.
Size: big, small
GENERAL APPEARANCE VOCABULARY
WOMEN: + --
Gorgeous
Beautiful Not very beautiful
Attractive Not very attractive
Pretty Not very pretty
Cute Not very cute
sexy Not very sexy

MEN:
Handsome Not very handsome
Good-looking Not very good-looking
Attractive Not very attractive
Cute Not very cute
sexy Not very sexy
MEN / WOMEN:
Strong Weak
Athletic Non-athletic
Graceful Clumsy
Neat sloppy
elegant
USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR PERSONALITY
+ --
Polite Rude = impolite
Generous Stingy= cheap
Nice Not nice = mean
Friendly Unfriendly
Outgoing Shy = timid
Intelligent = smart *stupid = dumb/ not very intelligent
Interesting Boring = not very interesting
Optimistic Pessimistic
Funny Serious
Cheerful
Snobbish
Sweet
kind Obnoxious
Grouchy
* this word is very rude.
“Really” and “very” are used to intensify these adjectives:
Lucy’s sister is really pretty!
Tom’s hair is very curly.