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DESCRIBING PEOPLE

WHAT DOES SHE/HE LOOK LIKE?

HOW IS SHE/HE LIKE? WHAT DOES SHE/HE WEAR?

WHAT DOES SHE/HE LOOK LIKE?


HEIGHT
tall,, short, medium

BUILD
frail, stocky, slim, thin, plump, fat, skinny, well-built

AGE
young, elderly, middle-aged, teenager, in 20s, 30s, 40s

FACE
round, oval, square, with scares, wrinkles, freckles, suntanned,

HAIR

EYES

CLOTHES
casual, scruffy, shabby, smart, tidy, messy

bald, straight, big round curly, spiky, blue eyes, large, small, wavy bright, narrow

1- HEIGHT

2- BUILD

Stocky

Well-built

Tall Short Medium

Skinny Frail Plumb

Fat

3- AGE

Young

Elderly

Middle aged

Teenager

4- FACE

Round

Diamond

Heart

Square

Triangle

5- EYES

Bright Eyes

Brown Eyes

Small Eyes

Large Eyes

6- HAIR

wavy Curly Bald

straight

spiky

HOW IS SHE/HE LIKE?


careful worried broadminded curious aggressive careless sensible Strong-minded hard-working cheerful active secretive tough practical independent stupid

The following adjectives describe peoples physical characteristics. LIST THEM

EXERCISE 1

HEIGHT
FACE

BUILD
HAIR EYES

AGE
CLOTHES

Blue, oval, tiny, medium-height, dark, slim, upturned, brown, wavy, freckled, overweight, blond, almond-shaped, long, plump, wrinkled, shabby, crooked, elegant, fashionable, slanting, curly, medium-built, shoulder-length, high forehead, low forehead, thick eyebrows, thick/thin lips, double chin.

Now, you will try to find opposites of the adjectives given below the pictures.

beautiful/ ...... Fat/ ...... ...... Heavy/ .....

Good/ ......

Handsome/

Long/ ...... Straight hair/ ....

Married/ ......

Old/ .....

Rich/ .....

1- Is your friend usually in a good mood? 2- Is it important for your friend to be successful in whatever he/she does? 3- Does your friend notice your feelings? 4- Does you friend often give presents, or pay for lunch or a coffee? 5- Does your friend work hard?

6- Does your friend become angry or annoyed if he/she has to wait for something or someone? 7- Can you trust your friend with a secret? 8- Does your friend listen well when you are speaking? 9- Does your friend keep his/her feelings to him/herself? 10- Is your friend usually not worried by things, no matter what happens?

11- Does your friend think the future will be good? 12- Does your friend often change their opinion about things?

13- Does your friend often postpone things he/she has to do?
14- Is your friend happy one moment and then sad the next? 15- Does your friend like to be with people?

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