Unit 5 appearance

1. Speaking: describing people’s

appearance

2. Vocabulary: physical appearance

3. Grammar: questions for describing

people; comparatives and superlatives of

adjectives

4. Listening: description of people

5. Writing: a description of someone

6. Reading: “You’re gorgeous”

Physical Description

What does he/ she look like?

Height Build Age

looks Hair

Middle-aged

short

black

fat

long

old

slim

handsome

good-looking

plump

pretty

Young

long

curly

tall

grey

dark

straight

thin

bald

shoulder-length

overweight (obese)

well built

blonde

round

medium height

a mustache

a beard

ponytail

oval

square

ugly

tall shortmedium

height

fairly

short

very

tall pretty

tall

Slim Plump Overweight Stocky /

well-build

youngmiddle

agedelderly

handsome good-looking pretty

Length

Style

Color

Hair

long

straight

black blondbrown

wavy curly

shortmedium

length

SPECIAL FEATURES

bald

A mustache and

beard

SPECIAL FEATURES

freckles

dimple

wrinkles

SPECIAL FEATURES

Protruding tooth

mole

Middle-aged

short

black

fat

long

old

slim

handsome

good-looking

plump

pretty

Young

long

curly

tall

grey

dark

straight

thin

bald

shoulder-length

overweight (obese)

well built

blonde

medium height

a mustache

a beard

ponytail

ugly

Physical Description

Height Build Age

tall,

short,

medium

height

slim

thin

Plump

Overweight (fat / obese)

well-built (stocky)

young, elderly,

middle-aged,

(teenager, in 20s,

30s, 40s)

Looks HairBeautiful

Pretty

Handsome

Good-looking

Ugly

Straight A beard

Curly A mustache

Wavy

Ponytail medium- length

Bald Shoulder-length

Other Physical Description

Face Eyes Nose lips

round

oval

Square

Oblong

Heart-shape

big

round

blue

small

Bright

almond

Hook

Flat

Turned-

up

Thin

Thick

DESCRIPTION

Use to be or to have to describe people.

DESCRIBING ONE FEATURE

Height

E.g.

My brother is tall and my friend is short.

BuildFat

Obese

Overweight

E.g.

My uncle is overweight.

My brother is well built.

My sister is slim.

Eyes

Blue eyes

E.g.

My little sister has brown eyes.

Hair

Medium length

wavy blond hair

Medium length

curly black hair

E.g.

My girlfriend has long

straight black hair.

HairLong straight

brown hair

E.g.

My friend has short straight brown hair.

Adjective Order

Adjective

Length type of hair colour Noun

Long curly brown hair

big blue eyes

Exercise: Put the words in the

correct order

• She has hair wavy, black , long.

• She has long wavy black hair.

• She has hair blond, short.

• She has short blond hair.

• Tom has eyes green.

• Tom has green eyes.

Describing many features

1. She is tall and pretty

2. He is handsome with short black

hair

3. They have short hair and a long

beard.

Forms to describe peopleWith “be”:

S + be + adj

S + be + adj + AND + adj

S + be + adj + WITH + adj + noun

With “have/has”:

S + have/has + adj + noun

S + have/has + adi + noun + AND + adj + noun

1. Describe yourself

2. Describe your friends or partners and ask

her or him: “ Does he or she agree with

your description?”

3. Describe famous person

Policeman: Ok, ladies, now can you describe the man you saw in the bank?

Woman 1: Well, he was, er, sort of medium height, you know, not short – but not tall either. And

quite skinny, you know thin.

Woman 2: Yes, and he had a beard and a little moustache.

Woman 1: No, he didn’t. he had a moustache but not a beard. It’s just that I think he hadn’t

shaved.

Woman 2: No, it was a beard, I’m sure.

Woman 1: And anyway, Doris, you weren’t wearing your glasses so you can’t have seen him

very well.

Woman 2: I could see perfectly well.

Policeman: Ladies, ladies, please. So, no moustache then.

Woman 1: No, he had a moustache but he didn’t have a beard.

Policeman: and what about his hair?

Woman 2: Dark

Woman 1: yes, short, dark hair.

Policeman: straight?

Woman 1: No, curly, I’d say. Wouldn’t you say, Doris?

Woman 2: yes, very curly.

Policeman: So, dark, curly hair?

Woman 1: Yes, That’s what we said. Are you deaf or something?

Policeman: And what time was it then…

Questions for describing someone

What does she look like?.

She is pretty tall with long black hair


How tall is she?

about average height.


What color is her hair?

How long is her hair?

She has blond hair.

It’s shoulder-length.


Has he got a beard?

No, he’s clean-shaven


How old is he?

He’s in his twenty-two.

To be continued

What does he look like?

• Brad Pitt is talland slim. He hasgot short spikyblond hair andblue eyes. He’sin his 40s. He iswearing a darkblue suit.

Anna Maria Sarah

Anna is tall.

Maria is taller than Anna.

Sarah is the tallest of the three girls.

One-Syllable

Adjective

Comparative

FormSuperlative Form

tall taller The tallest

big bigger The biggest

pretty prettier The prettiest

Two-Syllable

AdjectiveComparative Form Superlative Form

peaceful more peaceful The most peaceful

pleasant more pleasant The most pleasant

careful more careful The most careful

Irregular

Adjective

Comparative

FormSuperlative Form

good better The best

bad worse The worst

far farther The farthest

little less The least

This apple has the same flavor as that apple.

The same…as..

The apple is different from the orange.

Different from

This apple is look like that apple.

Look like

This apple is similar to those apples.

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