Lesson 3 - People
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This page: Learn opposite words, colors, and vocabulary used to describe people.

Opposites

Opposites in English
Vocabulary

Video - Learn opposite words

Watch a video from "The English Minute" that teaches you how to say opposites in English. The English Minute (www.theenglishminute.com) is a website with short lessons that you can study on your mobile phone.

Pronunciation of Opposite Words

Instructions
Click on the word links to hear its pronunciation and repeat it.

tall - short

young - old

fat - thin

strong - weak

intelligent - dumb

beautiful - ugly

serious - funny

lazy - hard-working

long - short

happy - sad

angry - calm

Exercise - Opposite Words

Match the words in the left column with those in the right column.

Click on a word		then the opposite

Colors in English

Click on a color to hear its pronunciation and repeat it.

► black
► white
► red
► green
► blue
► brown
► orange
► pink
► yellow
► purple
► gray

Note: When you use an adjective together with a noun in English, the adjective is placed before the noun.

My teacher has a red book.
Thomas is a strong man.

Exercise - Colors

Match the colors in the left column with the color names in the right column.

Click on the color		then on the name

Vocabulary for describing people in English

years old: how many years someone has lived
handsome: good-looking (used for men)
pretty: nice to look at (used for women)
smart: intelligent; good at thinking or learning
teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old
middle-aged: between young and old, around 40–60 years old
elderly: old; having lived many years
overweight: weighing more than is healthy
nice: kind or pleasant
blond: having light yellow hair
straight: not curved or bent (used for hair that is smooth)
wavy: having slight curves (used for hair)
curly: having lots of small curves or circles (used for hair)
bald: having no hair on the head
beard: hair on a man’s chin and cheeks
mustache: hair above a man’s upper lip
glasses: lenses worn on the face to help you see better
wear: to have clothes, shoes, or accessories on your body

Exercise - Vocabulary for describing people

Select the category.

age = how many years someone has lived
face = the front part of the head (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.)
body = all the physical parts of a person or animal
hair = the thin strands that grow on your head or body
personality = the way a person usually thinks, feels, and acts