PHYSICAL CHARATERISTICS

1) Match the words with the pictures:

Height

Build

Hair

Color, length, style, others

Color Length Style Others Blond Shoulder-length Curly Mohawk

Complexion = skin color/tone

White

She has blonde hair. He has brown hair.

She is blond. He is brunet.

BrE = blonde AmE = blond

brunet = masculine brunette = feminine

We can also talk about ethnicity:

She is Asian. They are Arab.

3 2

1

4

5

6

muscular / short / slim

/ tall / chubby /

average height

Eyes

Color: blue,___________________________________________________________________

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Shape: slanted eyes,_____________________________________________________________

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Age

0- 1 approximately a baby 1- 2 a toddler 2- 12 approximately a child – this period is your childhood 13-17 approximately a teenager (14 = early teens) 18 + an adult 20-30 in your twenties (24-26 = mid twenties) 30-40 in your thirties (38 = late thirties) 40+ people are middle-aged; in middle age 60 or 65 retirement (= when people stop work; they are retired) 75+ old age (you can also use elderly)

Extras

Mustache – Clean-shaven – goatee – sideburns – Vandyke – beard – glasses – bangs

-Word Order- COMPLEXION + AGE + HEIGHT + BUILD + HAIR (length-style-color) + EYES

+ FACIAL FEATURES

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

What adjectives can you use to describe someone?

CLOTHES

Patterns

EXAMPLE:

Clothes

Fabrics

Cotton

-Adjectives Order- COLOR + PATTERN + FABRIC + CLOTHING

Describe one of you classmates, but DON’T identify him/her!

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EXAMPLE: