PHYSICAL CHARATERISTICS

1) Match the words with the pictures:

muscular / short / slim
/ tall / chubby /
average height

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3

5
4

6
Height

Build

Hair
Color, length, style, others
Color
Length
Blond
Shoulder-length

She has blonde hair. He has brown hair.

She is blond. He is brunet.
Complexion = skin color/tone
White

We can also talk about ethnicity:

She is Asian. They are Arab.

Style
Curly

BrE = blonde
AmE = blond

Others
Mohawk

brunet = masculine
brunette = feminine

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Color: blue,___________________________________________________________________
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Age

0- 1 approximately a baby
1- 2 a toddler
2- 12 approximately a child this period is your childhood
13-17 approximately a teenager (14 = early teens)
18 + an adult
20-30 in your twenties (24-26 = mid twenties)
30-40 in your thirties (38 = late thirties)
40+ people are middle-aged; in middle age
60 or 65 retirement (= when people stop work; they are retired)
75+ old age (you can also use elderly)
Extras
Mustache Clean-shaven goatee sideburns Vandyke beard glasses bangs

-Word OrderCOMPLEXION + AGE + HEIGHT + BUILD + HAIR (length-style-color) + EYES

+ FACIAL FEATURES
EXAMPLE:
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
What adjectives can you use to describe someone?

CLOTHES
Patterns

 Clothes

Fabrics
Cotton

-Adjectives OrderCOLOR + PATTERN + FABRIC + CLOTHING

EXAMPLE:

Describe one of you classmates, but DONT identify him/her!

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