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Descriptionofpeople
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What are people like?
1. Sex2. Age3. Face4. Hair5. Other distinguishin
g features6. General
appearance: height and build
7. Clothes8. Personality
I’m afraid, not too different from chimps
ManWoman
Age CategoriesBaby
Toddler
Child
Teenager
Young person
Middle-aged person
Elderly person
2.1 Age Categories
Baby
Toddler
Child
Middled-aged person
Elderly person
Teenager
Young person
Notice the use of the verb to be
I am 134 years old
Imprecise ages
She is in her early /mid /late twenties
He is in his forties / You are in your teens
She is about sixty
Some useful tips to talk about people’s Some useful tips to talk about people’s ageage
moutmouthh
chinchin
eyebrowseyebrows
eyelasheeyelashess
nosenose
Face description
foreheadforehead
lipslipslipslips
1 32 4
5 876
9 1110 12
Roundish face
Receeding hairline
Bald
Long neck
Double chin
portruding teeth
Long nose
Full lips
Pointed chin
Large forehead
Sideburns
Hooked nose
She´s a beautiful young woman in her early twenties. She´s got short, fair hair, blue eyes, thin eyebrows and pale complexion.
She´s wearing strange make up in her eyes (Her eyelashes are extended as if they were snakes or insect legs)
Describing somebody
Length
•Long/ Short
•Medium-length
•Shoulder-length
Colour
•Fair/Dark
•Black/Blond
•Brown/Red/White/Grey
(light/medium/dark)
•Highlights
Style
•A fringe/sideburns
•A side/centre parting
•In a plait/ pony tail
•In pigtails
•Dreadlocks
Type
•Straight
•Wavy
•Curly
•Spiky
What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
He´s got short grey He´s got short grey hair and a receeding hair and a receeding hairlinehairline
She´s got shoulder She´s got shoulder length red straight hair length red straight hair with a fringe and centre with a fringe and centre parting.parting.
She’s got long,blonde She’s got long,blonde straight hairstraight hair
She’s got long,blonde wavy hairShe’s got long,blonde wavy hair
What’s her hair like?What’s her hair like?
What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
She´s got shoulder She´s got shoulder length blonde wavy length blonde wavy hairhair
They´ve got a They´ve got a Mohican hair styleMohican hair style
What’s their hair What’s their hair like?like?
He´s baldHe´s bald
He´s got dreadlocksHe´s got dreadlocks
What’s their hair like?What’s their hair like?
She´s got long dark She´s got long dark curly haircurly hair
He´s got short dark He´s got short dark curly hair and a beardcurly hair and a beard
I love I love short,short,dark-dark-haired haired women......women......
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I love I love
long long
blondeblonde
hair...hair...BinocheBinoche
WinsletWinslet
KateKate JulieteJuliete
He´s wearing tattoos all over his body
He´s got an eye patch
She´s got a piercing
in her lower lip
NoseNoseLong/hooked/snubLong/hooked/snub
LipsLipsFull/thinFull/thin
TeethTeethEven/portrudingEven/portruding
EyesEyesShape Shape Round/almond/slantingRound/almond/slantingColourColour•Blue/green/brown/Blue/green/brown/hazelhazel
ShapeShape•Round/long/square/ovalRound/long/square/oval
ComplexionComplexion•Tanned/pale/dark/fairTanned/pale/dark/fair
•Wrinkled/fresh/spottyWrinkled/fresh/spotty
Distinguishing Distinguishing featuresfeatures
•A beard/a goateeA beard/a goatee•A moustacheA moustache•Clean-shavenClean-shaven•cheekbonescheekbones
Describe