Describing People Vocabulary

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The text describes various physical attributes like height, build, hair color, eye color etc. and also presents some exercises for the reader around filling a table and matching synonyms.

Physical attributes like height, build, age, eyes, hair, face are described using terms like tall, short, slim, plump, young, old, blue, brown etc.

The reader is tasked with filling a table with words from a provided box, writing opposites, matching synonyms and drawing a picture of themselves and a friend.

tall

(of) medium height


[mi:dm hait] [:t]

[t:l]

young

short

[welblt] [slm] [n]

middle-aged

[j]

[mdl
d]

well-built slim (thin) plump

short

[l]

[:t]

dark

round

[rnd]

shoulder-length

[ldle]

[fe]

oval

[vl]

brown

blue

green

hazel

big

small

[eldl] [ld]

fair

[d:k]

fat
[ft]

elderly/old

He is about 14 yearsHe
old.is in his 40s (forties).
He is in his 70s (seventies).

long

[plmp]

[strt]

brown
[bran]

[blnd]

straight
[wv]

blonde
[red]

wavy

curly

[k:l]

red

bald

[b:ld]

triangular square
long moustache beard
freckles
[traigjl] [skwe]
[l] [mst:] [bd]
[ freklz]

beautiful [bju:tfl]
= pretty [prt]

handsome [hnsm]
attractive [trktv]

ugly [gl]

tall

(of) medium height


[mi:dm hait]
[:t]

[t:l]

young

short

middle-aged

[j]

[mdl
d]

well-built slim (thin)

long

dark

brown

blue

green

hazel

big

small

elderly/old

shoulder-length

[ldle]

fair

[d:k]

[fe]

long

[ft]

[eldl] [ld]

short
[:t]

fat

[plmp]

He is about 14 yearsHe
old.is in his 40s (forties).
He is in his 70s (seventies).

[l]

plump

[welblt] [slm] [n]

brown
[bran]

short

straight

[strt]

[wv]

wavy

blonde

[blnd]

shoulder-length

[red]

curly

[k:l]

red

bald

[b:ld]

straight

wavy

curly

[l]
round
oval

[rnd]

[:t]
[ldle]
[strt]
[wv]
[k:l]
triangular square
long moustache beard
freckles
[vl] [traigjl] [skwe]
[l] [mst:] [bd]
[ freklz]
beautiful [bju:tfl]
= pretty [prt]

dark
[d:k]

fair

[fe]

brown

[bran]

[blnd]

handsome [hnsm]
attractive [trktv]

blonde
[red]

red

[b:ld]

ugly [gl]

bald

1. Fill in the table with the words from the box. Some words can be used more than once.
round attractive long
curly
blue
red
tall
fat
oval
short
straight
bald
plump freckles
old of medium height
small hazel beard wavy
wellbuilt
brown young blonde
slim slender
moustache
middle aged pretty big
shoulder length dark green elderly
thin
fair
beautiful
handsome
in
his/her 20s about 10 years old

Height

Build

Age

Eyes

Hair

2. Write the opposites to the following


words.

1. tall - ____________
2. old - _____________
3. thin - ____________
4. beautiful - ________

5. long hair - _____________


6. plump lady - ____________
7. dark hair - _____________
8. big eyes - _____________

4. Read and circle the correct word.

Face

3. Match the synonyms.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

slender
elderly
handsome
beautiful
muscular
plump

a. attractive
b. well-built
c. slim
d. overweight (fat)
e. old
f. pretty

5. Draw a picture of yourself and your friend


and write about your appearance.

This is a picture of my friend _________


This is a picture of my sister Alice and me.
9. She
is tall/ short and slim/plump. She
andisme.
__________

______________________________
_____________

got beautiful red/blue eyes. She is pretty/ handsome. And this is me. My name is/ has got Ann. I is/am 6. I am tall/not very tall and

____________________________________________________________________________________

KEY
1. Fill in the table with the words from the box. Some words can be used more than once.

round attractive long


curly
blue
red
tall
fat
oval
short
straight
bald
plump freckles
old of medium height
small hazel beard wavy
wellbuilt
brown young blonde
slim slender
moustache
middle aged pretty big
shoulder length dark green elderly
thin
fair
beautiful
handsome
in
his/her 20s about 10 years old

Height

Build

Age

Eyes

Hair

Face

tall
short
of medium height

fat
plump
well-built
slim
slender
thin

old
young
middle-aged
elderly
in his/her 20s
about 10 y.o.

blue
small
hazel
brown
big
green

long
curly
red
short
straight
bald
wavy
brown
blonde
dark
shoulder length
fair

round
attractive
long
oval
freckles
beard
moustache
pretty
beautiful
handsome

2. Write the opposites to the following


words.

1. tall - _short__
2. old - _young__
3. thin - _fat/plump__
4. beautiful - _ugly__

5. long hair - _short hair_


6. plump lady - __slim lady__
7. dark hair - _fair hair__
8. big eyes - _small eyes__

4. Read and circle the correct word.

3. Match the synonyms.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

slender
elderly e
handsome a
beautiful f
muscular b
plump d

a. attractive
b. well-built
c. slim
d. overweight (fat)
e. old
f. pretty

5. Draw a picture of yourself and your friend


and write about your appearance.

This is a picture of my friend _________


This is a picture of my sister Alice and me.andis me.
9. She
is tall/ short and slim/plump. Shes
__________

______________________________
_____________

got beautiful red/blue eyes. She is pretty/ handsome. And this is me. My name is/ has got Ann. I is/am 6. I am tall/not very tall and t

____________________________________________________________________________________

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