DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIES & GAMES Describing People's Appearance

Build (body type)

• Adjectives: thin, slim, overweight, medium/average, heavy

• Sentence structure: verb to be (am/are/is) + adjective
have/has or have got/has got + a/an + adjective + noun
• Examples: She is slim.
He has an average build.

Height

• Adjectives: short, tall, medium/average (height)

• Sentence structure: verb to be (am/are/is) + adjective
• Examples: I am tall.
He is medium height.

Eyes

• Adjectives: brown, blue, green, hazel (brown and green together)

• Sentence structure: have/has or have got/has got + colour + eyes
• Examples: I have blue eyes.
She has brown eyes.

Hair

• Adjectives: short, shoulder-length, medium-length, long, curly, straight, wavy, black, brown,
red, blond (for males), blonde (for females)
• Sentence structure: have/has or have got/has got + adjective + hair
• Examples: I have short black hair.
She has got shoulder-length straight hair.

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the adjective for colour last.
• Examples: I have short brown hair.
Mia has long bonde hair.

Glasses

• Sentence structure: wear or wears + glasses

• Examples: I wear glasses.
Jason wears glasses.

Using both to compare the appearance of two people

If something is true about two people, you can use the word both. It can be at the start of a
sentence, before the verb, or after the verb to be (am/are/is).

• Examples: Both Elizabeth and I have blue eyes.

Elizabeth and I both have blue eyes.
Both Sam and Tyler are tall.
Sam and Tyler are both tall.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIES & GAMES Describing People's Appearance

A. Underline and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1. Kaitlyn have got medium-length brown hair. She is tall and slim.

2. Ellie is medium height. She has long curly hair. She is brown eyes.

3. Matilda is long red hair. She is tall and has an average build.

4. Annabelle is short and has got a heavy build. She got brown hair and blue eyes.

5. Jasmine has short black hair. She wears glasses, and she has got medium height.

6. Millie is got short. She has got short blonde hair and a medium build.

7. Henry has got curly blond hair. He is medium height, and he wear glasses.

8. Archie is short and has a medium build. He has very brown short hair and brown eyes.

9. Lewis is heavy and tall with shoulder-length blonde hair. He has hazel eyes.

10. Logan has got very short black hairs. He is tall and thin. He has brown eyes.

11. Connor has wavy black hair. He has a medium build and have average height.

12. Toby is short and is short red hair. He wears glasses.

B. Write the name of each student's friend.

1. Kaitlyn's friend ......................... has a medium build and short blonde hair. She is short.

2. Henry's friend ......................... is tall and has very short hair. His hair is black.

3. Ellie's friend ......................... wears glasses and is medium height. She has black hair.

4. Connor's friend ......................... has short red hair and is short.

C. Write sentences to describe one thing that is true for both students.

E.g. Matilda and Toby Matilda and Toby both have red hair.
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1. Ellie and Archie ..............................................................................................

2. Jasmine and Connor ..............................................................................................

3. Toby and Henry ..............................................................................................

4. Kaitlyn and Lewis ..............................................................................................

5. Millie and Annabelle ..............................................................................................

6. Archie and Logan ..............................................................................................

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