FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS PPROPROJECTLANGUAGE DESCRIBING PEOPLE Look at the pictures and the information, match the information and the pictures, only four of the descriptions are correct Julio is about 45 years old He isn't very tall and he’s quite slim He has dark hair and a moustache He has glasses, too Samantha _ Fred _ _ Wendy _ _ WORD BUILDER: Describing Appearance and personality What does Britney look like? (Appearance) Britney is (about) 25 years old Name age She is tall and slim Her hair is height weight long , straight ,and blonde Her eyes are green She is very attractive length type color Color general appearance comment What is Harrison Ford like? (Personality) Mr Ford is friendly, polite and intelligent He is outgoing, cheerful and optimistic He isn’t grouchy or mean He is really nice Notice: Adjective order is important to describe appearance: For appearance: AGE For hair:  HEIGHT  WEIGHT John is young, short and chubby Maria is old, tall and slim LENGTH  TYPE His hair is short, curly and black Her hair is long, straight and blonde COLOR  USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AGE About + number of years Old Middle-aged Young HEIGHT Tall Not tall, not short Average-height Short WEIGHT Chubby = heavy = overweight Fat = obese Not fat, not thin = average-weight Slim = thin Skinny = really / very thin HAIR Length: Long, shoulder length, short Type: straight, wavy, curly Colour: black, dark brown, brown, light brown, auburn, red, blonde, grey, white EYES Colour: black, dark brown, brown, light brown, blue, green, hazel, grey Size: big, small GENERAL APPEARANCE VOCABULARY WOMEN: + Gorgeous Beautiful Attractive Pretty Cute sexy -Not very beautiful Not very attractive Not very pretty Not very cute Not very sexy Handsome Good-looking Attractive Cute sexy Not very handsome Not very good-looking Not very attractive Not very cute Not very sexy Strong Athletic Graceful Neat elegant Weak Non-athletic Clumsy sloppy MEN: MEN / WOMEN: USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR PERSONALITY + Polite Generous Nice Friendly Outgoing Intelligent = smart Interesting Optimistic Funny Cheerful Snobbish Sweet kind -Rude = impolite Stingy= cheap Not nice = mean Unfriendly Shy = timid *stupid = dumb/ not very intelligent Boring = not very interesting Pessimistic Serious Obnoxious Grouchy * this word is very rude “Really” and “very” are used to intensify these adjectives: Lucy’s sister is really pretty! Tom’s hair is very curly