Appearances - How to describe someone in English

Height

He is tall. He is very tall.

He is short. He is quite short.

He is normal height. He is relatively normal height.

Build

She is skinny. (negative) She is underweight. (negative) She is thin. (negative) She is slim. (positive) She is slender. (positive)

She is fat. (negative) She is overweight. (negative) She is plump. (neutral) She is stocky. (neutral) She is bonny. (positive) ^

The erb !To have!

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Have"Has
#uestion Singular Do I have blonde hair? Do you have blonde hair? Does he/she/it have? $lural Do we have blonde hair? Do you have blonde hair? Do they have blonde hair? We have You have They have (We've) (You've) (They've) We dont have You dont have They dont have I have You have He/she/it has (I've) (You've) I dont have You dont have He/she/it doesnt have $ositive Statement %egative Statement

1. Choose the correct PRESENT TENSE form of the verb TO HAVE for each sentence: 1. My sisters all _________ boyfriends. have has 2. The teacher ________ a yellow shirt. have has 3. My brother ________ a great job. has have 4. Does he ________ a dog? has have 5. They don t ________ a lot of !oney. have has ". My co#sin and his wife ________ three children. has have $. Does yo#r friend ________ a sister? has have

%. &es' !y friend ________ a sister.

have has (. My neighbo#r ________ a !ailbo). doesn t have don t have 1*. They ________ ti!e to +lay with #s. doesn t have don t have ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Complete the following sentences with the forms of the verb to have:

1. He . They ". I $. You &. We '. (he ). I *. (he +. They 1,. It 11. He 1 . You 1". We 1$. The do! 1&. (a. 1'. The !irls 1). They

a brother and a sister. a do! a boo# a %ar a yellow bird a bi! doll a %ar. a ba!. a house. two le!s. a -en%il. a ruler. three boo#s. two eyes. a #ite. three -ens. /our a--les.

Hair
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blonde"&air hair blonde

brown hair brunette

red hair redhead

blac' hair -

gre( hair -

E(es

gre( e(es

green e(es

blue e(es

brown e(es

dar' e(es

)%ote) This is a blac' e(e)

T(pe o& hair

She has long+

She has short+ straight+ blac' hair. -

She has medium length+ straight+ blonde hair. Her hair is medium length+ straight and blonde.

She has medium length+ wavy+ red hair. Her hair is medium length+ wav( and red. She wears glasses

She has short+ curly+ blonde hair.

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straight+ blac' hair. Her hair is

or

long+ straight and blac'.

Her hair is short+ straight and blac'.

Her hair is short+ curl( and blonde.

T(pe o& comple,ion

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He is Asian. He has lightbrown s'in.

She is blac'. She has dar' s'in.

He is white. He has &air s'in.

She is white. She has lightl( tanned s'in.

She is white. She has ver( pale s'in.

-ther &eatures

moustache

beard

chin

&orehead

nostrils

e(ebrows

chee's

&ringe

lips

teeth

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ", $, %, (,

eyebrow eye ear mouth forehead nose cheek !" ch!n

The Human Bod( and Anatom(

The Human Bod(

Ad.ectives &or people+ places and things Ad.ectives to describe someone/s appearance
beauti&ul (women onl() handsome (men onl() attractive prett( (girls onl() good loo'ing (men"women"bo(s) ugl( (men and women)

(men+ women+ bo(s or girls)

Ad.ectives
Ad.ectives never change. The( are never plural. For example:- This is a ni%e %a#e. 0d1e%tives !o be&ore their nouns. They're ni%e -eo-le.

Ad.ectives &or personalit( (people) or characteristics (places and things)

lovel( nice -0 all right horrible terrible aw&ul

#uestions &or people+ places and things

For people Appearance $ersonalit( #uestion What does David look li#e? What is he li#e? (What's he li#e?) Answer 2h3 he's a handso.e .an. He's tall with /air hair. He's a lovely .an.

For places Appearance

#uestion What is Tus%any li#e? (What's Tus%any li#e?) What is Tus%any li#e? (What's Tus%any li#e?)

Answer 2h3 it's a very -retty -la%e.

1haracteristics

It's a lovely -la%e.

For things Appearance

#uestion What is the new 4a!uar %ar li#e? (What's the new 4a!uar %ar li#e?) What is the new 4a!uar %ar li#e? (What's the new 4a!uar %ar li#e?)

Answer 2h3 it's a beauti/ul %ar.

1haracteristics

It's a very %o./ortable %ar.

-pposites
big " large !2t/s a large animal.! small !2t/s a small animal.!

clean !She/s a clean little girl.!

dirt( !She/s a dirt( little girl.!

&riendl( !The(/re &riendl( people.!

un&riendl( !The(/re un&riendl( people.!

e,pensive !2t/s an e,pensive car.!

cheap !2t/s a cheap car.!

good !He/s a good bo(.!

bad !He/s a bad bo(.!

tall !He/s a tall man.!

short !He/s a short man.!

long !She has long hair.!

short !She has short hair.!

com&ortable !2t/s a com&ortable chair.!

uncom&ortable !The(/re uncom&ortable chairs.!

happ( !2t/s a happ( &ace.!

sad !2t/s a sad &ace.!

new !2t/s a new car.!

old !2t/s an old car.!

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5e.e.ber the rules /or arti%les and when to use a or an3 this is %han!ed by the ad1e%tive.
You use a when the noun you are re/errin! to or the ad1e%tive that des%ribes it be!ins with a %onsonant. You use an when the noun you are re/errin! to or the ad1e%tive that des%ribes it be!ins with a vowel. For example: It's a %ar. It's a new %ar. It's an old %ar.