This document provides examples of how to describe people in English using adjectives related to their physical appearance, age, ethnicity, hair, eyes, facial hair, clothing and accessories. Key descriptors include age, height, weight, hair color and length, eye color, facial features, and clothing items. The document ends with an exercise prompting the reader to describe images using these terms.

1. Describing people in
English
Ana Arias Castro

2. Describing people in English
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He's an old man.
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He's a young man.
She's a young woman.
He's a man.
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She's an old woman.
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She's a woman.
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3. Describing people in English
tall
of medium height
a little bit
short
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He's
quite / rather
fat / plump / chubby
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She's
very
well-built
extremely
skinny / thin / slim
pretty / beautiful / handsome
ugly
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4. Describing people in English
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He's
She's
(about) 3, 14, 25, 55, 80 (years old)+
in his /her 20s / 40s / 60s
Spanish / English / American / Chinese
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5. Describing people in English
fair
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He's
dark
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She's
black (African American)
Asian
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6. Describing people in English
blonde
fair
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He's got
She's got
short
straight
brown
shoulder-length
wavy
dark
long
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curly
red
hair
white
grey
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He's bald
white
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7. Describing people in English
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He's got
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She's got
green
blue
eyes
brown
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8. Describing people in English
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He's got
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She's got
a moustache
a beard
freckles
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9. Describing people in English
red
blue
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He's wearing (a)
She's wearing (a)
tight/baggy black
long /short floral
new / old
striped
checked
spotted
pyjamas
sweater /skirt / top
jacket / cardigan
coat / raincoat
shirt / T-shirt / blouse
tie / belt / hat / cap
trousers / jeans
boots / shoes / sandals
tracksuit / suit
glasses / underpants
bra / leggings / apron9

10. Describing people in English
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Exercise. Describe some of these images:
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11. Describing people in English
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Images from Banco de Imágenes ITE taken by
Luana Rischer Ferreira, Manuel Velo, Félix Vallés
Calvo and Aurelio López Pérez
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