Vocabulary

Describing People
How does someone look???

Tall  Short

Thin, Slim  Fat, Overweight

Pretty (woman)  Ugly Body Type

Handsome (man)  Ugly

Skinny  Muscular

Good looking, attractive, charming  not very good looking, unattractive

Young  Old (Middle-aged)

Blue/ Green/ Hazel/Black eyes

Round / Almond / Narrow eyes

Light/ Dark skin

Bushy / Thick / Thin eyebrows

Broad / Sharp / fake nose

Full / Thin lips

Have a moustache / beard

Blonde/Red /Brown / Black hair

Curly / wavy/ straight hair

Bald / short hair / long hair

Wear glasses

Have freckles

Have braces

Wear earrings

Now you can do the first exercise!

How is someone like?

Calm, patient,  bad – tempered, impatient

Calm  nervous

Kind  mean

Clever, intelligent  silly, foolish

Hard-working  lazy

Outgoing, friendly  shy, cautious

Polite  rude

Easy-going, pleasant  unpleasant

Funny  boring

Some Good Qualities Some Bad Qualities

 honest,  bad – mannered,

 sensitive,  moody
 adventurous,  arrogant
 witty,  impolite
 emotional,  naughty
 good - humored
Exercise 1

Write next to each picture the phrases that can describe each person.

Wears glasses, wears earrings, is thin, is fat, is overweight,is pretty, is

handsome,is good-looking, has light skin, has dark skin, has red hair, is
very young, is middle – aged, is young, has black straight hair, has
brown short hair, has brown long hair, is blonde,is short, is tall,has
black short hair, has curly hair, is bald,

Remember: Some
of these phrases
will be used more
than once!!!

Pebbles Flintstone

Peter Griffin
 Betty

Veronica

Homer Simpson
 Apu

Ned Flanders

Meg Griffin

Patty Bouvier
Exercise 2

Alison wants to describe some of her schoolmates to her correspondence

friend Joshua. Help her write it in English:

Mary -> ευγενική, φιλική, ευαίσθητη

Steven-> φιλικός, ειλικρινής, αστείος
George ->έξυπνος, δουλεύει σκληρά, έχει χιούμορ
Anne -> αγενής, οξύθυμη
Lisa -> ντροπαλή, ευχάριστη, ήρεμη
James -> άτακτος, με άσχημους τρόπους

Dear Joshua,

I’m writing to let you know how things in my new school are.

First of all, I’m happy to tell you that I’ve met some new kids that seem to be nice.
Mary is ……………………………, …………………………… and ……………………………. I think we can be
very good friends. Steven is ……………………………, …………………………………. and he always
makes jokes. I believe he is very ……………………. Steven’s friend, George, is very
…………………………. He knows everything our teacher asks and he always does his
homework. He is a …………………………………… student and I admire him for that! He is not
a “nerd” though, he is …………………………………………. Lisa is a sweet girl too and I like her.
She is a little …………………………… but she is very ………………………… and…………………………….
This is why I don’t understand why she is Anne’s friend. Anne is the exact opposite.
She is ……………………… and very ……………………………. I really don’t like her! She should be
James’ friend. James is a ……………………… boy, very ……………………………… and I hate being
around him.

How are things in your school? Do you have anyone like James or Anne?

Looking forward for your letter!

Love,

Alison.