Title: Describing Physical Appearance

Describing Physical Appearance (Adults)

How to describe people:
1 When describing people which of the following characteristics do you usually include? Tick Yes or No. a) Age: baby, toddler, child, teenager, young adult, middle-aged, elderly b) Build: thin, slim, petite, well-built, muscular, plump, overweight, obese c) Height: tall, medium/ average height, short, d) Race: Black, Asian, Mediterranean, Hispanic, Arab, White e) Sex: female, male, woman, man, girl, boy f) Eye colour: black, brown, blue, grey, green, hazel Yes | No Yes | No Yes | No Yes | No Yes | No

g) Hair colour: red, ginger, black, dark brown, light brown, mousy, blonde, white, grey, blue rinse, highlights, pepper and salt Yes | No h) Hair type: long, short, shoulder length, straight, curly, wavy, frizzy, receding, bald Yes | No i) j) Hair style: parting, fringe, plait, spikey, bobbed, pony tail, shaved Yes | No Facial hair: full beard, goatee, moustache, thick eyebrows, plucked eyebrows, clean shaven, stubble, unshaven Yes | No

k) General Appearance: smart, well dressed, fashionably dressed, scruffy, badly dressed, conservatively dressed, dressed up to the nines, unkempt Yes | No 2 Choose three of these famous people from real life and fiction and describe their physical appearance. Can you guess who your friends are describing? Harry Potter Jennifer Lopez Elvis Presley Tarzan Vanessa Mae Che Guevara Nelson Mandela William Shakespeare Cleopatra Lenin Indira Ghandi Mao Tse Tung Mohamed Ali Eddie Murphy Luciano Pavarotti Margaret Thatcher Santa Claus Charlie Chaplin Marilyn Monroe Aladdin Brad Pitt

Diego Maradona Goldilocks Queen Elizabeth II Britney Spears

3 Game Who am I? TEN QUESTIONS Use the list above, or make up your own list. In groups one student chooses to be a celebrity. Other students ask questions about the physical appearance of the celebrity. Can they guess who you are with only ten questions? (For more on vocabulary for describing Physical Appearance see Longman Active Study Dictionary pp272, 273)
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