05- Describing people, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga 05- Describing people y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Describing people5 16 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary Height /hat/ and weight /wet/ Bettina Schwenke is a very tall woman. Tom Jakes is quite short. If you aren’t tall or short, you are of medium height. Agata Sanchez is really slim. I was very thin when I was in hospital. [slim is more polite than thin] The doctor said I am overweight. [weigh too much] Their cat is very fat. It needs to go on a diet. Face and head A B Suri has dark skin and dark hair. She has brown eyes. Polly has blonde (or fair) hair and fair skin. She has blue eyes. Ben has a beard and long hair. He has green eyes. Luca has a moustache /mυstɑʃ/ and short hair. You can also use has got, for example, Suri has got dark hair and dark skin. My mother is a very beautiful woman. [very pretty] My dad’s a very good-looking man. My sister is pretty. (usually girls / women only) Bob’s an ugly man. [ugly = the opposite of beautiful or good-looking] I’m not ugly or beautiful, I’m just average-looking! Age My grandmother is 97. She’s very old. My sister is 14. She’s young, but would like to be older. My father is 56. He’s middle-aged, but would like to be younger! This hospital is for elderly people. (more polite than old) Expressions A: How tall is Bettina / Tom? B: She’s 1.85 metres tall. / He’s 1.48 metres tall. A: How heavy are you? / How much do you weigh? B: I weigh 62 kilos / 74 kilos, etc. A: How old is he? B: He’s 84. A: What does Gemma / your sister look like? B: She’s tall and dark. She’s very pretty. C D Bettina Schwenke Tom Jakes Suri Polly Ben Luca Agata Sanchez Tip Some of the words on this page are a little negative, so be careful how you use them. It’s better not to say to someone: ‘You are fat / thin / ugly / old.’ Common mistakes People are tall [NOT People are high]. People have blonde or dark hair [NOT hairs].