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: