Describing people

We can start for the body...

Body

All about my Body    Chillola- My face / My boby  NGfL CYMRU- Our Bodies   EducaMadrid- Body   Wiki Sber/ Macmillan - "The Body" Enjoy English Free - Human Body    Drag & drop parts of the body Put your finger in the air

Body Parts   "The Body" Interactive Book (By E. Peyron)    English Exercises - "Body Parts" ESL Memory & Match:  "Body A" ,  "Body B" ,  "Face"   Body Parts: What part is moving? "The Human Body"   (By Tereza Neves) "Parts of the Body" (Frankfurt International School)

Learning Chocolate - Body   BBC- Ourselves

Some activities oline:

"Describing people" 

(by Miss Maufroid)

Edu365 - Describing People English Flash Games-Face Maker Find this Face Grow a Face Groove to English - "Fashion"  ("Who am I?") Edu365 - "Faces" "Four Ladies"  (By R. Maufroid) OUP/Surprise - "Ferdinand's Hair"  Audio Book OUP - "Ferdinand's Hair" Game elllo -"Listening game on Hair" Learn English - "Appearance"  elllo - "Family Traits"

What are they like? Who is it?  "Physical Description" (Interactive book by Mrs. Haquet) Learning Chocolate - Describing People Learning Chocolate -Hair Styles "Describing people"  (By Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt)  angles365- "Let´s Go to a Party" "South Park" (By R.  Maufroid) British Council- "Describing people" Groove to English - "Sweet Personality" (Frankfurt International School) "Appearance"

Appearances - How to describe someone in English

Height | Build | Hair | Eyes | Type of hair | Complexion | Other features

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Height
	He is tall.	He is short.	He is average / normal / medium height.
+	He is very tall.	He is quite short.	He is relatively normal height.

Build
She is skinny. (negative)	She is fat. (negative)
She is anorexic. (medical)	She is tubby. (negative)
She is underweight. (negative)	She is overweight. (negative)
She is thin. (negative)	She is plump. (neutral)
She is slim. (positive)	She is stocky. (neutral)
She is slender. (positive)	She is bonny. (positive)
!Note - if a man is fat (especially round the waist) we often say he has a beer belly.

Hair
blonde/fair hair	brown hair	red hair	black hair	grey hair
blonde	brunette	redhead	-	-

Eyes
	grey eyes	green eyes	blue eyes	brown eyes	dark eyes
				!Note! This is a black eye!

Type of hair
	She has long hair.	She has short hair.	He has no hair. = He is bald.	She has medium length hair.	She has medium length hair.	She has short hair.
+	She has long, black hair.	She has short, black hair.	-	She has medium length , blonde hair.	She has medium length, red hair.	She has short, blonde hair.
++	She has long, straight, black hair.	She has short, straight, black hair.	-	She has medium length, straight, blonde hair.	She has medium length, wavy, red hair.	She has short, curly, blonde hair.
or	Her hair is long, straight and black.	Her hair is short, straight and black.	-	Her hair is medium length, straight and blonde.	Her hair is medium length, wavy and red.	Her hair is short, curly and blonde.
+					She wears glasses.

Type of complexion
He is asian. He has light-brown skin.	She is black. She has dark skin.	He is white. He has fair skin.	She is white. She has lightly tanned skin.	She is white. She has very pale skin.

Other features Can you spot the named feature?
	moustache	beard	chin	forehead	nostrils
	eyebrows	cheeks	fringe	lips	teeth

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