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Describing
a persons
appearance

Height

Tall

Average Height

Short

Build

Skinny

Thin / Slim

Chubby

Fat

Fit

Muscular

Age

Young

Middle Aged

Old

SKIN COMPLEXION
(am/is/are)
(have/has)
White
Black Brunette

Fair/pale skin
Dark skin
Brown skin
Light-brown
Tanned skin

EYES
(have/has)
Black
Grey
Blue
Green
Brown
Dark
Big
Small

SPECIAL FEATURES
(am/is/are)
(have/has)
Pretty
Handsome
Good-looking
Attractive
A mustache
A beard
A mole
Freckles
Dimples

HEIGHT
(am/is/are)
Short *
Medium-height
Average-height
Tall **
*fairly
*quite
**pretty
**very

BUILDING/WEIGHT (am/is/are)
Thin = skinny
Slim = slender
Chubby = plump
Fat
Heavy
Overweight

HAIR COLOR
(have/has)
HAIR STYLE
(have/has)
HAIR LENGTH
(have/has)

Black
Brown
Blond / blonde
Fair
Red
Grey
*light
*dark

Straight
Wavy
Curly
Spiky
Teased
Bald

Short
Long
Shoulder-length
Medium-length

BUILDING/WEIGHT
(am/is/are)
Thin = skinny
Slim = slender
Chubby = plump
Fat
Heavy
Overweight

CLOTHES

Shirt
T-shirt
Blouse
Skirt
Dress
Shorts
Pants
Slacks
Socks
Stockings
Sweater
Tie
Vest
Suit
Sandals
Shoes (high-heels)
Tennis shoes
Boots

Cap
Hat
Glasses
Earrings
Necklace
Watch
Bracelet
Ring

Vocabulary: Describing
people

AGE
HEIGHT
BUILD

AGE
+
+
+
+

In his
in his
in his
in his

forties
mid-forties
late forties
early forties

HEIGHT

BUILD

HAIR

Have long hair

Have short hair
Have shoulder-length hair
Bald
Have a fringe
Straight hair
Wavy hair
Curly hair

 Have a moustache
Have a beard

 Slim: thin and attractive/ usually for girls and women

Example: Helen is slim.
Skinny: really thin but not attractive.

Example: a

skinny child
Lean: thin and fit/ mostly for men

Example: a lean man

Plump: a little fat and attractive/ more polite than fat

Example: a plump little boy
Chubby: a little fat and nice/ usually for babies and
children

Example: a chubby baby

Lanky: tall with long and thin arms and legs/ usually for
teenage boys

Example: Hes very lanky.

Well-built: big and strong/ usually for men

Hes well-built.
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Example: