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Describing Physical Appearance

The document provides ways to describe a person's physical appearance, including their build, height, hairstyle, health, and complexion. It lists terms like thin, average, tall, fit, attractive, blond hair, dark skin, freckles, and tattoos that can be used to characterize someone's looks. The document also includes a practice section matching physical descriptors like bald, freckles, and scar to numbers 1 through 17.

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Describing Physical Appearance

The document provides ways to describe a person's physical appearance, including their build, height, hairstyle, health, and complexion. It lists terms like thin, average, tall, fit, attractive, blond hair, dark skin, freckles, and tattoos that can be used to characterize someone's looks. The document also includes a practice section matching physical descriptors like bald, freckles, and scar to numbers 1 through 17.

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Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje

Centro Industrial de Mantenimiento Integral - CIMI - Regional Santander


ENGLISH TEAM

Describing People
There are many ways to describe a person. One common way to
describe somebody is based on appearance. Among other things,
you can describe their build, their height, their hairstyle, their
health, and their complexion.

Appearance: What does he/she/look like?


Build
thin fat
He/she is . . . skinny slim average build stocky overweight obese
slender chubby
Height
He/she is . . . short average height tall
Health
in (good) shape
He/she is . . . out of shape well-built
(physically) fit
General Looks
good looking
handsome ugly
hot
He/she is . . . pretty plain unattractive
sexy
beautiful funny looking
attractive
Hairstyle
a ponytail
blond hair long hair
pigtails
brown hair shoulder-length hair
straight hair bangs
red hair short hair
He/she has . . . wavy hair her hair in a bun
black hair a shaved head
curly hair a beard
gray hair long eyelashes
a mustache
dyed hair bushy eyebrows
sideburns
He is . . . bald
Complexion:
He/she has . . . dark skin pimples/zits oily skin
light skin a wart dry skin
a pale complexion a scar freckles
a rosy complexion a mole/ a beauty mark wrinkles
Other:
He has a tattoo. He has braces.
She has a pierced ear/nose/lip/tongue. He wears glasses/contacts.

PRACTICE

Describing people: physical appearance


Write the numbers 1 to 17 next to the correct words.

bald ___ freckles___ scar___


beard ___ fringe___ side-parting___
bun___ middle-parting___ stubble___
chubby cheeks___ moustache___ tattoo___
double chin___ plait___ wrinkles___
earring___ pony tail___

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