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Describing people
1 APPEARANCE 2 PERSONALITY
a Match the sentences and pictures. a Match the adject ives with t he de fi nitions.
W h at's h e like? W h at's sh e like?
clever 'kk\':l friendly 'frcnJii funny "f\ni generous
kind kamd lazy 'lc1zi shy Jal t alkative t

Ad jective O pposite
A person who is open and warm is friendly
2 A person w ho talks a lo t is
3 A person who likes giving people
things is
4 A person who is friendly and good to
other peo ple is
5 A person who doesn't wa nt to work is
6 A person who makes peo ple laugh is
7 A person who is qu ick at learning and
understanding things is (sy no nym
intelligent)
8 A person who can't talk easily to
people he I s he doesn't know is

b Complete the O pposite column w ith an adjective from the list.

extrovert ek..,tr;)V3:t ha rd-working hu:d 'w3:ku]/

W h a t d oes h e I sh e look like? mean 'mi:n quiet 'k\vat;:,t.' serious
She has curly red hair. stupid t\tju:p1d unfriendly /An'frcndJi. unkind rAn'kamdl
She has long straight hair.
c 1 11 >)) Listen and check.
She has big blue eyes.
She has dark wavy hair. d In pairs, as k and answer about a m ember of your family or a good
He has a beard and a moustache. friend.
He's ba ld . A What does your sister look
He's very tall and thin .
She's quite tall and she has shor t dark hair.
He's quite short and a bit o verweight.
He's medium height and quite slim. A What's she

b 1 10 >)) Listen and check.

p thin or slim? fat or overweight?

p nice; funny or fun?
Nice is a very common[±) adjective of personality, e.g. He's a very nice
Thin and slim are both t he opposite of fat, but person. Nice describes a person who is friendly and kind.
slim= thin in an attractive way. A person who is funny makes you laugh. A person who is fun is a
Fat is not very polite. It is more polite to say person who you have a good time with.
someone is (a bit) overweight.
Using two adject ives together <Ill( p.6
We often use two adjectives together
(without and) to describe hair or eyes,
e.g. She has long curly hair or He has big
brown eyes. Adjectives go in this order:
size>style>colour noun.