Beginning English - Lesson 3 - People
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Describing People in English

When we describe people we use some expressions with the verb "to be" and others with the verb "to have."

to be
Age	Body	Personality
He (She) is . . .	He (She) is . . .	He (She) is . . .
young	tall	intelligent (smart)
a teenager	short	dumb
middle aged	fat	funny
old	overweight	serious
elderly	thin	nice
20 years old	strong	lazy
in his thirties	weak	hard-working

 

to have
Hair	Face
He (She) has . . .	He has . . .
black hair	a beard
brown hair	a mustache
red hair	He (She) wears glasses.
blond hair
gray hair
long hair
short hair
straight hair
wavy hair
curly hair
*He is bald. *With "bald" we use the verb "to be."