DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

A description about a person should consist of:

INTRODUCTION: BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON:

 His/her name, time or place you met him/her, how you heard about her/him…..

MAIN BODY:

1. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: (HEIGHT, BUILD, AGE, FACIAL FEATURES, HAIR , CLOTHES),

moving from the most general aspects to the more specific features: John is a tall, slim
man in his mid-forties. He has a thin face, blue eyes and a large nose. His short hair is
greying at the temples. He is usually casually dressed.
2. CHARACTER AND BEHAVIOUR: support your description with examples: Sally is
sociable. She loves going to parties and dances. Use a variety of adjectives: good-
natured, well-behaved, gorgeous, etc.
3. A CONCLUSION: it includes your comments and feelings about the person.

USEFUL STRUCTURES

1. PREMODIFICATION: He is a handsome, curly-haired man.

2. POSTMODIFICATION: John is a boy who has got short dark hair and hazel eyes.
3. COMPOUNDS: ADJECTIVES+NOUNS:
a. He is a blue-eyed man.
b. She is a twenty-year-old girl.

EXPRESSING SIMILAR QUALITIES

She is kind-hearted. She is cooperative:

She is kind-hearted and also cooperative. She is kind-hearted and cooperative as well. She is
kind-hearted as well as (being) cooperative.

EXPRESSING OPPOSING QUALITIES:

He is usually well-behaved. He can be naughty at times:

He is usually well-behaved but he can be naughty at times.

He is usually well-behaved; in spite of this/nevertheless/ however he can be naughty at times.