Physical Descriptions


Words that describe physical appearance

Height

short, average height, tall

Build

small, well built

Age

around 25, in his 30s

Hair

short, long,straight, wavy, curly, a ponytail, white, grey, blond, light/dark brown, red black

Face

square, round, plain, wide

Complexion

light, white, olive-skinned

Eyes

green, blue, brown, black, beautiful, big

General

beautiful, pretty, handsome, sexy, cute, good looking

Other

Exercises

I.- These words describe physical appearance. Add them to the table above.

skinny, slim, muscular, overweight, not very good looking, medium, length, sideburns, moustache, beard, attractive, about 160 cm tall, freckles, dark, glasses, narrow, bald

This is my friend Jane, she´s is tall and thin. She has long straight black hair and white skin. She has big blue eyes. She is pretty. Jane is very friendly and intelligent, too. She is from the USA.

II.- Now you describe your classmate:

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III.- Read these descriptions. What are the missing words? Write is or has.

1.- She is around 20. She is tall, slim and beautiful. She has long straight black hair.

2.- He ________ average height and average build. He ________ long hair. he ________

handsome.

3.- She ________ really cute. She ________ medium length wavy hair, and big beautiful eyes.

4.- He ________ average height and average build. He ________ a ponytail. He ________

handsome.

5.- She ________ around 60. She ________ short curly hair, and wears glasses.

6.- He ________ a wide face and a dark complexion. He ________ very muscular.

Personality

50 adjectives to describe the personality in English and Spanish.

English Spanish

ambitious ambicioso

annoying pesado

argumentative, discutidor

bad-tempered malhumorado

big-headed creído, engreído

brave valiente

carefree despreocupado

careless descuidado, poco cuidadoso

cautious prudente, cauteloso, cauto;

charming encantador

cheerful alegre, jovial;

conservative conservador

cowardly cobarde

crazy, nuts loco, chiflado

cruel cruel

boring aburrido

flirtatious coqueta

friendly amigable, simpático

generous generoso

hard-working trabajador

honest honesto

kind amable

lazy perezoso, flojo

loyal fiel

mean tacaño

modest modesto

moody cambiante

naive ingenuo, inocentón

naughty malo, travieso (niños)

open-minded de actitud abierta, sin prejuicios

narrow-minded cerrado de mente , intolerante;

polite cortés, educado

proud orgulloso

reliable fiable, confiable

self-confident seguro de sí mismo

selfish egoísta

sensible sensato, prudente;

sensitive sensible

shy tímido, vergonzoso

strict estricto, severo, riguroso

sympathetic comprensivo

talkative conversador, hablador

weird raro, extraño

My teacher is talkative, sympathetic and funny. He´s also open minded, but sometimes he´s very strict.

Now describe yourself and your classmate:

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Exercises

I.- Complete the following sentences with the words in the box. (feelings)

excited, happy, mad, embarrassed, jealous, surprised, proud, pleased, sad, upset, angry, lonely, disappointed, worried, scared, frustrated, lazy, important.

1. When someone pushes me, I feel __________________________.

2. When someone calls me a name, I feel __________________________.

3. When someone won’t share with me, I feel __________________________.

4. When I make a mistake, I feel __________________________.

5. When people ask me to play with them, I feel _______________________.

6. When there is a horror movie on TV, I feel _________________________.

7. When I get a star on my homework, I feel _________________________.

8. When someone hits me, I feel __________________________.

9. When I get in trouble, I feel __________________________.

10. When someone likes me, I feel __________________________.

11. When I wear new clothes, I feel __________________________.

12. When my new clothes get dirty, I feel __________________________.

13. When no one will let me play, I feel __________________________.

14. When I get lost, I feel __________________________.

15. When I lose something, I feel __________________________.

16. When someone doesn’t answer me after I say hello, I feel