Describing Appearance
Watch the video of our Academic Manager, Alex, talking about some different famous people. Can you guess who he is talking about? What words does he use to describe these people?
Put the words in the box into the correct column of the table. Which ones did Alex use?
| athletic | attractive | average | bald |
| blonde | curly | cute | dark |
| fair | good-looking | long | medium-height |
| muscular | overweight | petite | ponytail |
| pigtails | pretty | radiant | scruffy |
| short | slim | smart | spiky |
| straight | strong | tall | thin |
| wavy | well-built |
| Build | Height | Hair | General |
|---|---|---|---|
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Use the words above to describe the people in the pictures below.
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lose
eat
save & spend
argue
spend
find
quit / stop
read
learn
stop / quit
say
clean
| Build | Height | Hair | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| athletic | medium-height | bald | attractive |
| average | short | blonde | cute |
| muscular | tall | curly | good-looking |
| overweight | dark | pretty | |
| petite | fair | radiant | |
| strong | long | scruffy | |
| slim | ponytail | smart | |
| thin | pigtails | ||
| well-built | short | ||
| spiky | |||
| straight | |||
| wavy |
Now that you know some more words to describe people’s appearance, can you describe your friends and family?
