Describing People

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Describing people

 
Height
Hairstyles
   
   
 

Appearances

Height

 
Height
Height
Height
How tall is he?
He is tall.
He is short.
He is medium height.
+ He is very tall. He is quite short. -
 

Build

Size
Size
She is skinny. (negative) Negative

She is fat. (negative) Negative

She is thin. (negative) Negative She is overweight. . (negative) Negative
She is slim. (positive) Positive She is plump. (neutral) Positive
She is slender. (positive) Positive She is stocky. (neutral) Positive

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Type of hair

 
Long
Black
Bald
Blonde
Wavy
Curly
She has long hair.

She has short hair.

He has no hair. She has medium length hair. She has medium length hair. She has short hair.
+ She has long, black hair. She has short, black hair. - She has medium length , blonde hair. She has medium length, red hair. She has short, blonde hair.
++ She has long, straight, black hair. She has short, straight, black hair. - She has medium length, straight, blonde hair. She has medium length, wavy, red hair. She has short, curly, blonde hair.
+         She wears glasses.  

 

Type of complexion

Eyebrows
Black
Bald
Blonde
Curly
He is Asian. He has light-brown skin.

She is black. She has dark skin.

He is white. He has fair skin. She is white. She has slightly tanned skin. She is white. She has very pale skin.

 

Note!

Listen bald, black, blonde, blue, brown, curly, fat, grey, long , medium,
overweight, pale, plump, red, short, skinny, slim, stocky, straight, tall, tanned,
thin, wavy and white Listen

The words above are all adjectives - they describe things (nouns).

Listen very, quite and slightly Listen

are all modifiers - they change (modify) the adjectives

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Week 24