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Look at the pictures and the information, match the information and the pictures, only
four of the descriptions are correct.
Julio is about 45 years old He isn't very tall and he’s quite slim He has dark hair and a
moustache He has glasses, too.
Samantha
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Fred _
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Wendy _
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WORD BUILDER: Describing Appearance and personality
1 What does Britney look like? (Appearance)
Britney is (about) 25 years old She is tall and slim Her hair is
Name age height weight
long , straight ,and blonde Her eyes are green She is very attractive.
length type color Color general appearance comment
2 What is Harrison Ford like? (Personality)
Mr Ford is friendly, polite and intelligent
He is outgoing, cheerful and optimistic
He isn’t grouchy or mean He is really nice
FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE
Notice: Adjective order is important to describe appearance:
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AGE
About + number of years
Old
Middle-aged
Young
HEIGHT
Tall Not tall, not short Average-height Short
WEIGHT
Chubby = heavy = overweight
Fat = obese
Not fat, not thin = average-weight
Slim = thin
Skinny = really / very thin
HAIR
Length: Long, shoulder length, short Type: straight, wavy, curly
Colour: black, dark brown, brown, light brown, auburn, red, blonde, grey, white
EYES
Colour: black, dark brown, brown, light brown, blue, green, hazel, grey
Size: big, small
GENERAL APPEARANCE VOCABULARY
WOMEN: +
Gorgeous Beautiful Attractive Pretty Cute sexy
Not very beautiful Not very attractive Not very pretty Not very cute Not very sexy
MEN:
Handsome Good-looking Attractive Cute sexy
Not very handsome Not very good-looking Not very attractive Not very cute Not very sexy
MEN / WOMEN:
Strong Athletic Graceful Neat elegant
Weak Non-athletic Clumsy sloppy
USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR PERSONALITY
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Polite Generous Nice Friendly Outgoing Intelligent = smart Interesting Optimistic Funny Cheerful Snobbish Sweet kind
Rude = impolite Stingy= cheap Not nice = mean Unfriendly Shy = timid
*stupid = dumb/ not very intelligent Boring = not very interesting
Pessimistic Serious
Obnoxious Grouchy
* this word is very rude
“Really” and “very” are used to intensify these adjectives:
Lucy’s sister is really pretty!
Tom’s hair is very curly
John is young, short and chubby
Maria is old, tall and slim
His hair is short, curly and black
Her hair is long, straight and blonde