Describing People's Appearance in English.ppt

Describing People

1. Describing People
(Appearance)

2. Hair
*Type
-Straighthair
-Wavyhair

3. Hair
-Curly hair
Haircut
-A crew-
cut

4. Hair
-Long hair
Dyed-hair

5. Hair
*Quantity
-Baldhead
-Recedinghair

6. Hair
* Color
Hair colorBlack (same)
Grey
White
Blonde (men) Fair (women)
Dark (same)
Ginger (same)
Red (same)
Auburn (darker)

7. Face
-Thin
-
Round

8. Face
-Chubby
-With beard and
moustache

9. Face
-Square
-Oval

10. Skin and Complexion
-Dark
-
Fair

11. Skin and Complexion
-With freckles
-With wrinkles

12. Height and Build
-Plump(positive) or stout.
-Slim (positive)

13. Height and Build
-Obese, fat (negative)
overweight (neutral)
-Stocky / Chunky

14. Height and Build
-Muscular (well-built)
-Anorexic

15. General Appearance
Intellectual Ability
Smart
Intelligent
clever
Brilliant
Stupid
Positive: smart, intelligent, clever, brilliant,
wise, genius, brainy, talented, gifted
Negative: stupid, idiot, dumb, ass, asshole,
sucker, jerk, fool, silly.

16. General Appearance
-Elegant=well-dressed#scruffy=untidy-
looking.
The way people dress
Elegant (women)
Well-dressed
Scruffy
Untidy-looking

17. General Appearance
-good-looking=attractive=beautiful =handsome#unattractive
The way people look
Beautiful (women)
Handsome (men)
Attractive
Good-looking
Unattractive

18. More Adjective suffixes
-ish
*Tallish She is tallish.
* Brownish He has brownishhair
* Thirtyish He must be thirtyish.