Intermediate English
Lesson 3 - People
Vocabulary
On This Page
- Vocabulary used to describe People in English
- Other vocabulary
English Vocabulary
Instructions
- Print the vocabulary list and the Describing People chart.
- Translate the words. (Google Translation - http://translate.google.com/)
- or -
Look up the English definition. (Longman Dictionary - http://www.ldoceonline.com/) - Do the exercises below. Click on a word to hear the pronunciation.
Describing People in English
This guide in .pdf. All of the English Guides
to be | to have | |||
| Age | Body | Personality | Hair | Face |
| He (She) is . . . | He (She) is . . . | He (She) is . . . | He (She) has . . . | He (She) has . . . |
| a baby | tall | intelligent (smart) | black hair | a beard |
| a toddler | medium-height | dumb | brown hair | a mustache |
| a child | short | funny | red hair | dimples |
| young | fat (heavy) | serious | blonde hair | freckles |
| a teenager 13-19 years old | overweight | nice | gray hair | *He wears glasses. |
| middle-aged | medium-build | lazy | long hair | |
| old | thin | hard-working | shoulder-length hair | |
| elderly very old | slender | talkative | medium-length hair | |
| a senior citizen | strong | outgoing (extroverted) | short hair | |
| 20 years old | weak | shy | straight hair | |
| in his thirties 30-39 years old | talented | wavy hair | ||
| in his early thirties 30-33 years old | friendly | curly hair | ||
in his late thirties | introverted | *He is bald. | ||
in his mid thirties | ||||
NOTE: To describe hair, we put the color after other adjectives. There is a comma between adjectives.
He has short, black hair.
Writing
Describe people who you know (friends, family, etc.) Write on a paper or on our blog.
Other Vocabulary
| breakfast lunch dinner smoke tell say witness robber robbery grocery store sort of maybe I'm not sure wanted poster can be careful dangerous was were Which group left right up down in front identify hat saw |
Practice
Select the correct word.
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