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[Describing People]

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 PEMBAHASAN

Reading:

Steve, college student:

Well, I am tall and
athletic. I play different
sports: basketball,
football, and soccer. I
have brown hair and
hazel eyes. My friends
say I am friendly and
nice. I am very open. I
love discussing
interesting ideas and
meeting new friends.

The pic is taken from https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/college-student

Julie, journalist:
I am small, but I am
strong! Sometimes I am
shy around people I do
not know. With my
friends and family, I am
very outgoing. My mom
says I have a pretty
smile.
Do you agree? She also
likes my long, curly
brown hair. My favorite
color is blue, and I am
always optimistic. I am
youthful, but I am an old
soul.
The pic is taken from

The pic is taken from https://www.southernliving.com/fashion-beauty/hairstyles/long-curly-hair

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 Claudia, artist (Claudia was
unavailable, so her friend
Vivian talks about her):

Claudia? Oh, she is special!

I like her spontaneous nature.
She is young, exuberant, and
lively; she is slim and active.
She often wears colorful
clothes. Do you see her
picture? She wears a green
shirt and her favorite jeans!
She has a creative mind:
students love her passionate
outlook on life.

The pic is taken from: https://www.whowhatwear.com/winter-green-shirt-outfits

Work on the Text

Organize the adjectives from the texts in the following categories

Age :
Height :
Body :
Hair :
Skin :
Eyes :
Colors :
Characters :
Other :

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 Glossary
Here are some English words you can use when describing someone's
appearance or personality, as well as some words for different feelings.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
tall attractive short hair
short beautiful straight hair
slim pretty curly hair
thin handsome fair-haired
fat ugly blond-haired or
obese old blonde-haired
well-built young brown-haired
overweight middle-aged dark-haired
medium height bald ginger-haired
well-dressed bald-headed blonde
smart beard brunette
scruffy moustache redhead
good-looking long hair

FEELINGS
happy delighted weary
sad surprised exhausted
miserable astonished annoyed
worried disappointed angry
depressed enthusiastic furious
excited relaxed livid
bored stressed disgusted
fed up anxious
pleased tired

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 EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
confident intelligent witty
sensitive unintelligent boring
calm arrogant patient
hot-headed snobbish impatient
impulsive happy sophisticated
cheerful unhappy crude
generous stupid cheeky
kind outgoing friendly
mean cautious unfriendly
crazy adventurous conceited
sensible shy modest
serious introverted brave
honest extroverted cowardly
dishonest easy-going absent-minded
good-humoured rude talented
bad-tempered bad-mannered obedient
moody impolite disobedient
hard-working emotional principled
lazy polite corrupt
clever funny unscrupulous

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Language Focus:
LESSON
What are adjectives?
Adjectives are words that describe or modify a person/ thing/ place/ concept (i.e.
a noun or a noun phrase) in a sentence. Adjectives are placed before the noun or
noun phrase that they modify. If two adjectives describe a noun, use ‘and’ to link
the adjectives. If there are more than two adjectives, use commas at first, then use
and before the last adjective (it is rare to have more than three adjectives in a
row):
Examples:
He owns a yellow car.
Black and white televisions are very rare.
The company seeks intelligent, motivated, and energetic people.
Adjectives are also used on their own, or with fixed expressions such as how
_______ or it/this/that is ________:

Examples: Excellent! This is great!

You work in advertising? How interesting!
When indefinite pronouns (i.e. something, someone, anybody) are modified by an
adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun:

Examples: We watched something fascinating on the news tonight.

In Washington DC you always see something new.
When an adjective owes its origins to a proper noun, it is capitalized:

Examples: French fries, the English Parliament, the Smithsonian institute, a

Victorian house, etc.

How do I find or make adjectives?

Adjectives are very often associated with nouns, and describe various attributes of
the noun:
- size: a small company, a big house

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 - shape: a round table, the Oval Office
- age: a young man, an old establishment
- color: blue skies, a red carpet
- origin: an American car, the Spanish football team
- material: a wooden house, a marble building
- etc.

You can easily create adjectives with many verbs (not all!) if you add the –ed or –
ing endings to the verb. However, be careful to make a distinction between the
two! Generally, the -ed ending means that
the noun described is the receiver of the action implied by the original verb. The -
ing ending means that the noun described is the actor:

Examples: The news is dramatic. I am shocked. (the news shocks you)

BUT I hate shocking documentaries. (the documentaries shock you)

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 Describing People

There are many ways to describe a person. One common way to

describe somebody is based on appearance. Among other things, you
can describe their build, their height, their hairstyle, their health, and
their complexion.

Appearance: What does he/she/look like?

The pic is taken from https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/describing-people-in-english/

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 Grammar and Vocabulary for describing people from the
appearance

Build
thin fat
He/she
skinny slim average build stocky overweight obese
is . . .
slender chubby

Height

He/she
short average height tall
is . . .

Health

in (good) shape
He/she is . . . out of shape well-built
(physically) fit

General Looks

He/she is . . . hot good looking plain ugly

sexy handsome unattractive

pretty funny looking

beautiful

attractive

Hairstyle

He/she blond hair straight hair long hair a ponytail

has . . .
brown hair wavy hair shoulder-length hair pigtails

red hair curly hair short hair bangs

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 her hair in a bun
black hair a shaved head
a beard
gray hair long eyelashes
a mustache
dyed hair bushy eyebrows
sideburns

He is . . . bald

Complexion:

dark skin pimples/zits oily skin

He/she has . light skin a wart dry skin

.. a pale complexion a scar freckles

a rosy complexion a mole/ a beauty mark wrinkles

Examples of language focus:

He has a tattoo. He has braces.

She has a pierced ear/nose/lip/tongue. He wears glasses/contacts.

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 CONT..

Use with verb Be (am, is, are):

Height Weight/Physique

I am short. I am thin.

She is average height. or She is medium height. She is average weight.

They are tall. They are heavy.

My husband is six feet. He is muscular.

My daughter is three feet two inches.

Grammar and Vocabulary for describing people from the personality

She is serious. He is silly.

She is a serious person. He is a silly person.

She is hard-working. He is lazy.

She is a hard-working person. He is a lazy person.

She is kind. He is unkind.

She is nice. He is mean.

She is quiet. He is loud.

She is friendly. He is shy.

She is happy. He is unhappy.

They are generous. We are stingy.

They are talkative. We are quiet.

They are helpful. We aren’t helpful.

They are easy-going. We aren’t easy-going.

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Use with verb Have (has, have) OR Be (am, is, are):

Eyes

I have green eyes. or My eyes are green.

He has brown eyes. or His eyes are brown.

She has blue eyes. or Her eyes are blue.

They have dark brown eyes. or Their eyes are dark brown.

Hair

I have short, black, straight hair. or My hair is short, black, and straight.

He has medium-length, brown, wavy hair. or His hair is medium-length, brown,

and wavy.

She has long, blond, curly hair. or Her hair is long, blond, and curly

They have no hair. or They are bald.

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 Example:

This person is in her early sixties. She’s fairly slim and above average height.
She’s got shoulder-length wavy hair white hair and blue eyes. She’s got an oval
face which is a little bit wrinkled, a small straight nose and thin lips.

Other sample:

Mary is as beautiful as a Hollywood star. Her thick, wavy,

long black hair gracefully falls down to her shoulders and
encircles her diamond-shaped face. A golden suntan usually
brings out her smooth, clear complexion and high cheek
bones. Her slightly arched chestnut brown eyebrows highlight
her emotions by moving up and down as she reacts to her
world around her. Her large deep blue eyes, remind me of a
lake on a stormy day. Her curved nose gives her a little girl
look that makes me want to smile when she talks. And her
mouth is a small mouth outlined by puffy lips that she often
accentuates with glossy pink lipstick. When she smiles, which
is often, her well formed and even, white teeth brighten up
her whole face. I guess you can tell that I am head over heals
in love with Mary.

In this paragraph the reader can not only tell what Mary looks like but also
what the author's attitude about her outer appearance is.

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EXCERCISE

Height

Build

Age

Face

Hair

Eyes

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Then make it into a good sentence for each part!

Quiz

Dear class,

Please tell me about your most favorite figure in your life. That could be an artist, your
best friend, your parents, and anyone. Describe her or his physical appearances and her/his
characteristics. You can bring his/her photo.

Record your 2 minute speech and upload it on our classroom IG group.

Make a short description/caption. Mention your name, IG account and student number.
Deadline: Oct 14 at 23.59 WIB.

Good luck!

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References:
Schell, Catherin. Describing People. Lesson Plans for English as a Foreign
Language (EFL) Teachers (Teacher’s Guide. Taken from
https://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/classroom/article_media/efl2_teacher.pd
f on 15th of September 2019
Describing People. Taken from
https://www.speaklanguages.com/english/vocab/describing-people on 15th of
September 2019. Estonia: © 2018 Speak Languages OÜ

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