How to describe a person

How to organise your text

a. Introduction
Name /origin/job/when/where/how you heard of or met that person/
b. Body
a) Physical description: age, height, build, hair, eyes, clothes
b) Personality
c) Achievements; Likes and interests.
c. Conclusion
Your opinion about this person.
Vocabulary
AGE HEIGHT BUILD/FIGURE HAIR
About twenty-
five, forty etc
Adult
Baby
Child
Elderly
In his twenties,
fifties, etc
Middle-aged
Old
Young
Teenager

About 165 cm
Of average height
Tall
Short

Thin
slim
Fat (heavy,
overweight)
Skinny
wiry
Well-built
Of average build
Strong
Has a good figure
Long, Shoulder-length,Short
Straight,Curly,Wavy
Dark,Fair,Blonde,Black,Red
Grey,White,Brunette,auburn
Brown
bald
Spiky hair
Receding hair
A ponytail
A fringe
Braids
A bun
Pigtails

OPINION ON
APPEARANCE
OTHER
FEATURES
Beautiful
Handsome
Good-looking
pretty
gorgeous
Ugly
plain

He/she has got
Freckles
Wrinkles
Spots
A mole
A wart
A beard
A moustache
A tattoo
A piercing
A scar
A birthmark
Braces
Sideburns
A goatee
He/she wears/is
wearing
Glasses
Contact lenses
earrings

PERSONALITY
POSITIVE TRAITS

NEGATIVE TRAITS
Ambitious
Cautious
Cheerful
Confident
Decisive
Easy-going
Even-tempered
Friendly
Funny
Generous
Hard-working
Honest
Introvert
Kind
Loyal
Mature
Modest
Nice
Open
Optimistic
Organized
Patient
Polite
Practical
Relaxed, laid-back
Reliable
Sensible
Sensitive
Sincere
strong
Unambitious
Impulsive
Miserable
Insecure, shy
Indecisive
Difficult,fussy
Bad-tempered, moody
Unfriendly
Serious
Mean, selfish
Lazy
Dishonest
Extrovert
Unkind, cruel
Disloyal
Childish, immature
Arrogant, big-headed
Nasty, horrible
Secretive, reserved
Pessimistic
Disorganized
Impatient
Rude, cheeky
Impractical
Strict, uptight
Unreliable
Silly
Insensitive, thick-skinned
Insincere
weak

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
to be/ to feel
afraid of sad about/for
angry about/with shocked at/by
ashamed of sorry about/for
disappointed about/ in/ with surprised at/by
disgusted at/by/with tense about
embarrassed about/by tired of
envious of upset about/at/over/with
excited about/by/at
exhausted by/from
frightened of
frustrated by/with
guilty of/about
happy about/for/with
hurt by
jealous of
proud of