Describing A Person’s Look (Appearance) FAT = • • • • • overweight, obese, chubby, plump, big, well-built fat = a very direct word Ex I'm so fat at the moment! “You are fat” overweight = ( polite) someone is fatter than they usually are or than they should be Ex She is a little overweight obese = used by doctors to describe people who are very fat, in a way that is bad for their health chubby (informal) used especially of children or of rounded body parts such as cheeks or knees plump = fat and rounded in a pleasant way Ex a plump, motherly woman • big and well-built : (polite) = someone with a large, strong, or fat body Ex For big men like him, air travel can be uncomfortable ………………………………………………………………………………………………… THIN = slim, skinny, slender, lean, slight, bony • • • • • • • Thin = little fat on their body Ex He's much too thin • Teenage girls all seem to want to be thin Slim = thin in an attractive way Ex her lovely slim figure Skinny (informal) = very thin, Ex ridiculously skinny models Slender, lean, and slight (written English).= thin in an attractive and graceful way Ex long slender legs Lean = thin and looking strong and fit Ex a tall, lean athlete Slight = thin and delicate-looking Ex Her brother was very slight and looked younger than he was Height Build Age Face tall short (adj.) average slim / lean thin, skinny slender plump fat, overweight medium (adj.) athletic well-built muscular underweight stocky (big and short) wiry (thin, but has strong muscles) young old = elderly (adj.) middle-aged teenager toddler (2-5 yrs) young adult 13-17) Adult (18 up) pre-teen (6-12) Infant (0-2) retiree (60 up) octogenarian (80-90) in 20s, 30s, 40s, … round oval square (adj.) oblong heart-shaped medium height (n.) wrinkles (n.) freckles (n.) Eyes big round small (adj.) narrow blue, brown, wide small full lips (n.) thin lips (n.) Hair straight curly wavy bald long short (adj.) blonde grey, red, … fringe frizzy thick thin Skin Fair sun-tanned pale light brown dark white (adj.) wide narrow prominent (turned up) hooked Other moustache, (mustache) beard scar tattoo a mole birthmarks small nose flat nose thick thin (n.) How to describe people’s appearance S + be + adj S + have/has + adj + n He is tall Her hair is long His skin is black Her eyes are small, black and narrow He has a moustache She has long hair He has black skin He has tattoos on his arms She has oval face, full lips, long wavy hair and muscular body Practice: find a partner, describe someone you know (your best friend/sister/ brother, etc.) orally and then write the description in a paragraph Someone you know His/her name is He/she is _ years old is _ (Nationality) speaks _ (Language) is from _ lives in _ is single / PACSed / married / divorced / widowed has a boyfriend / a girlfriend has _ children / _ daughter(s) and _ son(s) likes _+ing likes to doesn't like _+ing doesn't like to _ What does he/she look like? He/she is tall / short is fat / skinny has long / short hair has black / brown / red / blond / gray hair is bald has brown / blue / hazel / green eyes wears glasses / contacts / braces wears a hat / earrings / a necklace / a bracelet / a ring has a mustache / a beard has a piercing / a tattoo