1. WHAT’S HE LIKE?
Describing People

2. ADJECTIVES FOR HAIR I have got: Short Shoulder-length Long Straight
Curly HAIR
Wavy
Blond
Dark
Brown
Red
Black

3. ADJECTIVES FOR FIGURE HE’S or SHE’S: TALL SHORT MEDIUM HEIGHT
FAIRLY THIN
QUITE SLIM
VERY PLUMP
EXTREMELY FAT
WELL-BUILT
HE’S or SHE’S:
TALL
SHORT
MEDIUM HEIGHT

4. DESCRIBING COMPLEXION
HE’S or SHE’S GOTA:
PALE
FAIR COMPLEXION
DARK

5. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
HE’S or SHE’S GOT:
A FRINGE
FRECKLES
A SCAR
HE’S GOT:
A BEARD
A MOUSTACHE

6. DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
She/He looks/seems/appears....
She/He’s got long and straight hair .
She/He’s short with a pale complexion
She/He looks like a detective

7. THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
OPINION + SIZE + TEMPERATURE + AGE + SHAPE + COLOUR + ORIGIN + MATERIAL + PURPOSE +
NOUN
‘ A brand-new white wollen sweater’

8. PARTS OF THE BODY WE CAN DESCRIBE

9. PRESENT SIMPLE
Para realizar una descripción el tiempo verbal que utilizamos es el PRESENTE SIMPLE:
I am tall I wear a shirt
She/He is tall She/He wears a shirt
We/You/They are tall We/You/They wear a shirt
* (La tercera persona del singular añade una ‘s’ al verbo)

10. NACIONALITY I AM FROM: I AM: SPAIN SPANISH FRANCE FRENCH ENGLAND
ITALY
GERMANY
GREECE
RUSSIA
AMERICA
AFRICA
I AM:
SPANISH
FRENCH
ENGLISH
ITALIAN
GERMAN
GREEK
RUSSIAN
AMERICAN
AFRICAN

11. ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE CHARACTER
Aggresive
Polite / Impolite
Jealous
Ingenious
Nice
Sympathetic / Unsympathetic *
Sensitive
Sensible
Angry
Patient / Impatient
Friendly
‘He’s a very friendly person’

12. DESCRIBING CLOTHES He / She usually wears: Dress Trousers Skirt Jacket
T-Shirt
Shorts
Blouse
Pullover
Jeans
Coat
Scarf
Suit
Sweater

13. A DESCRIPTION
My cousin Jim is the son of my father’s brother. He’s italian but he lives in Germany. He`s of average height and medium build, and he has got curly, dark hair and a pale complexion. He usually wears smart clothes: suit or a shirt and trousers. He`s a very funny and polite person and he loves playing football and going to the mountain.