MEETING 9

PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE
Pusat Pengembangan
Bahasa (P2B)
Universitas Harapan
Bangsa

By : Ms. Ulinnuha
 What we’re going to learn
1. Vocabulary: Body parts, appearance, size and weight
2. Grammar: Simple present tense (to be), have / has got
3. Speaking: Giving opinions
 Content

01 Listen and Match

02 Vocabulary

Grammar and
03 Expressions 04 Practices
 01
Listen to the audio
and match the
information
 LISTEN AND MATCH

John’s wife A. she has dyed green spiky hair and freckles. She is short and skinny

B. he is average height and slim. He is usually clean-shaven. He has a

The woman’s husband
mole above his upper lip.

C. she has curly white hair and she wears glasses. She has a small
John’s boss
tattoo on her right wrist.

The woman’s boss D. He has short black hair and a mustache. He is a little overweight

E. She has medium length wavy black hair and likes to wear large
John’s best friend earrings she is tall and thin

The woman’s best F. He is quite short and stocky. He is bald and has a beard. He has green
friend eyes
 02

VOCABULARIES
 Words to describe how someone looks in general

She is attractive/
He is handsome good looking

He is gorgeous

She is beautiful He is cute

 Body height and weight

She is overweight / He is stocky

heavy
She is tall

She is short

She is skinny He is muscular

Kinky :
keribo
Hair
Bald

Size short long long

Shape curly straight wavy
Colour brown blond red
She has short curly brown hair. She has long straight blond Her hair is long, wavy and
hair. red.

Rambut sebahu : I have medium-length wavy black hair.

 Skin

She has fair skin / She has brown skin / He has dark skin /
She is fair. She is brown. He is dark.
 Nose

She has a pointed nose She has a flat nose

Face Shapes

He has a square face She has an oval face She has a heart
She has a round
face
face
 Eye shapes

She has slanted eyes She has round eyes She has small eyes She has almond-
shaped eyes
Eye colours

She has blue eyes She has brown eyes He has green eyes She has dark eyes
 Sideburns : jambang

He is clean-shaven He has a beard. He has moustache. He is bald. He has dimples

Her nose is pierced She has fringe/ She has freckles

bank She has a mole
 03

Grammar and
Expressions
 Expressions of asking for and giving description on
someone’s physical appearance

Asking how someone looks like Giving description

What does Mr. Will Smith look like?
How does Lisa Blackpink look?
What do you think about Dwayne
Johnson?
What do you look like?
He looks attractive. He is tall and thin. He is dark and has
short curly black hair.
She is gorgeous. She is tall and skinny. She is fair. She
has long straight blond hair and fringe. She wears
glasses.
He is bald and not really attractive. He is tall and
muscular. He has brown skin. He has a pointed nose and
brown eyes. He has tattoos.
I am pretty and tall. I have long wavy red hair. I have flat
nose and blue eyes.
 We use Simple Present Tense to describe how someone looks like at present.

Positive S + to be (is/ am/ are) + Adjectives/ S + Verb 1

Sentence Adverb/ Noun
My hair is short. I have short hair.
You are pretty. You have a beard.
He is cute. She has fringe.
Negative S + to be (is/ am/ are) + NOT + S + do not/does not + Verb.base + Object
Sentence Adjectives/ Adverb/ Noun
I am not short. I do not have long hair.
You are not ugly. You do not wear glasses.
She is not tall. He does not have tattoos.
Yes/No To be (is/ am/ are) + S + Adjectives/ Do/Does + S + Verb.base
Question Adverb/ Noun? Do you have short hair?
Are you tall? Yes,I am. Does he have tattoos?
Is his left ear pieced?
WH WH questions + To be (is/ am/ are) WH questions + do/does + S + Verb.base
questions + S + Adjectives/ Adverb/ Noun? What do you look like?
How is her hair? How does she look?
Note :
In British-English, people use ‘has got/ have got’ to describe other people

She has got brown skin and long

straight black hair. I have got a mole on my nose.
She’s got brown skin and long straight I’ve got a mole on my nose.
black hair
 04

Practices
Match the pictures with the descriptions!
 Describe this person
General looks? handsome
Hair? Short, straight, brown
Body height/weight? Tall,
muscular
Face? Oval
Nose? pointed
Skin? brown
Things on his face? Thin
Morgan moustache and beard, tattoos,
sunglasses

He is handsome
He has short straight brown hair.
He is tall and muscular.
Adam He has an oval face.
He has a pointed nose.
He has brown skin.
He has thin moustache and beard. He
Sandra
Anna Adelle has tattoos on his hands.
Jane
He wears sunglasses
 Describe this person

General looks? Good looking

Hair? Short, curly, black
Body height/weight? Medium-height, stocky
Face? oval
Nose? pointed
Lim Skin? brown
Things on his face? Moustache, beard, sideburns
Morgan
Khaleed
 Listen to your friends’ description and guess who the person is.

General looks?
Hair?
Body
height/weight?
Face?
Lim
Nose?
Skin? Morgan Sandra
Things on his/her
face

Adelle Jane
Anna
 Complete this dialog. Look at the picture to complete it.

Mark is a driver. His boss asked him to pick up a client at the train station.

Boss : Mark, please pick a client up at the train station today.

Mark : What time is the departure, Sir?
Boss : 11 A.M.
Mark : Sure, (1) ……, Sir?
Boss : His name is Paul Hemsworth.
Mark : What (2)…. …… ….. …….?
Boss : He is (3) ….. He has (4) … …. …. hair. He has a (5) …. and
(6)….. eyes. He (7) …. a checked shirt and a grey jacket. His skin is (8) ……
He has ….(9)…..
Mark : Ok, Sir. I will take care of it.
Boss : (10)……, Mark.
Mar : My pleasure, Boss.
You lost your brother at a shopping centre. Talk with an information desk officer. Ask him/her
to make an announcement. Describe your brother’s appearance.

You (A) Information desk officer (B)

1. Greet B 2. Respond to A’s greeting. Offer a help

3. Tell A you lost your little brother. 4. Ask A what does his brother look like

5. Describe your brother’s physical looks 6. Ask A what his brother’s name and age.
7. Respond to B. Tell B to make an 8. Tell A that you have got all the information
announcement. you need. You will make the announcement.

10. Respond to A
9. Thank B
A picture is worth a thousand
words
Thank You