PHYSICAL CHARATERISTICS

1) Match the words with the pictures:

muscular / short / slim
1 / tall / chubby /
average height

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2 5
4

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 Height

 Build

 Hair
Color, length, style, others
Color Length Style Others
Blond Shoulder-length Curly Mohawk

She has blonde hair. He has brown hair. BrE = blonde brunet = masculine
She is blond. He is brunet. AmE = blond brunette = feminine

 Complexion = skin color/tone

White

We can also talk about ethnicity:

She is Asian. They are Arab.
  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
EXAMPLE:

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

What adjectives can you use to describe someone?

CLOTHES
 Patterns
  Clothes

 Fabrics
Cotton

-Adjectives Order-
COLOR + PATTERN + FABRIC + CLOTHING
EXAMPLE:

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

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