MEETING 3

When asking for descriptions for people there are a number of expressions that
can be used. Look at the examples.

EXPRESSION RESPONSE
 What does (she) look like?  She is young and beautiful.
 What color is (her) hair?  It’s black.
 What kind of hair style does (she)  He has short curly hair.
have?
 What color are (her) eyes?  They’re blue.
 What color is (her) skin?  She has fair skin.

 How tall is (she)?  She is about 160 cm.

 How much do (you) weigh?  I weigh 50 kilos.

A. Physical Characteristics

SHAPE AND
HEIGHT BODY BUILD HAIR FACIAL FEATURES
WEIGHT
short small medium built long mustache
tall thin average weight short beard
quite tall big overweight straight pimples
very tall well-built fat curly dimples
extremely tall muscular chubby ponytail round eyes square chin
stocky plump bald round face
obese blond mole
grey
wavy

B. Clothes
Types of clothes

Women's Wear Bottoms Outer Wear Accessories

skirt trousers jacket tie
dress jeans sweater belt
blouse shorts coat scarf
stocking cardigan glasses
jewelry
Examples
 Does (the professor) wear glasses? No, but he wears contacts.
 What is (she) wearing? She’s wearing a red T-shirt, tight blue jeans,
and sandals.
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C. Personality

EXPRESSION RESPONSE
 What’s (your room mate) like?  She’s very friendly, but shy.

 What kind of (boss) do you  He’s very intelligent, but very demanding
have? and somewhat of a perfectionists.

 Someone who is assertive, but not

 What kind of personality do
aggressive; outgoing, but not dominating;
(you look for in a spouse)? confident, but not insecure.

 How’s (your friend) personality  She’s fairly helpful and considerate, but
wise? extremely opinionated.

Types of personality

shy outgoing demanding easy going

confident insecure pushy laid back
domineering meek intelligent stupid
attentive neglectful concerned carefree
passionate indifferent hot blooded mellow
strict lenient tolerant intolerant

Dialogue
Matt : What does your girlfriend look like?
John : She’s very beautiful, with dark brown eyes and flaming red hair.
Matt : How long is her hair?
John : Her hair is very long. It goes down to the middle of her back.
Matt : How tall is she?
John : She’s my height: five feet, four inches.
Matt : And is she slim, plump, average weight, obese?
John : She’s slim, like a model. And she has a great figure.
Matt : And she’s in her early twenty’s, right?
John : Yes, she’s the same age as me.
Matt : What kind of clothes does she usually wear?
John : She almost always wears blue jeans and T-shirts to school. Usually the T-shirts are blue,
that’s her favorite color.
Matt : Does she wear glasses?
John : Yes, sometimes she wears small gold rimmed glasses, but usually she wears contacts.
Why all the questions about my girl friend?
Matt : Just curious. Besides, I think that’s her over there across the street.
John : Where? I don’t see her.
Matt : Under that big tree. Isn’t she the one kissing the sailor?
John : What! Gloria!