CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA DEL CARIBE

CECAR
FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y EDUCACIÓN.
WORKSHOP – WRITING

3Describing people: appearance

Hair, face, skin and complexion

She’s got straight She’s got long, wavy She’s got curly hair He’s got a
hair and she’s thin- hair and she’s round- and is dark-skinned crew-cut.
faced (or she’s got a faced (or she’s got a (or
thin face). round face). she’s got dark skin).

He’s bald and has He’s got a beard and He’s got receding He used to have
freckles. moustache and has a hair and a few black hair but now
chubby face. wrinkles. it’s gone grey,
almost white.
.

Height and build

a rather plump a slim a skinny an obese couple

or woman person [negative, very fat]
stout man [positive] [rather
negative]
Fat may sound impolite. Instead we often say a bit overweight. If someone is broad and solid, we can say
they are stocky. A person with good muscles can be well-built or muscular. If someone is terribly thin and
refuses to eat, they may be anorexic

General appearance
She’s a very smart and elegant woman, always well-dressed; her husband is quite the opposite, very
scruffy and untidy-looking / messy-looking.
He’s very good-looking, but his friend’s rather unattractive.
Do you think beautiful women are always attracted to handsome men? I don’t. I think personality matters most.
First impressions are always important. [your first reaction to someone]

Classwork
1. Write sentences about your father or mother. Try to describe him/her.
2. Choose a classmate and describe him/her. Taking into account the information above.