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Revise (do again) the verb
to
be
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Describing people |
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Appearances
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| How tall is he? | He is tall. |
He is short. |
He is medium height. |
| + | He is very tall. | He is quite short. | - |
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She is skinny. (negative)  |
She is fat. (negative) |
| She is thin. (negative) |
She is overweight. . (negative) |
She is slim. (positive)  |
She is plump. (neutral)  |
| She is slender. (positive) |
She is stocky. (neutral) |
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| 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. | |||||
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| 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!
The words above are all adjectives - they describe things (nouns). are all modifiers - they change (modify) the adjectives |
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