ENGLISH LEVEL 4

APPEARENCE

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA GUAJIRA

Do these exercises to help you learn words to describe people’s appearance.

1. Check your vocabulary: picture matching

Write the correct words in the boxes below the pictures.

Beautiful handsome old young tall short fat

slim thin blond hair ginger hair dark hair
2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill

Complete the sentences with words from the previous page.

a. _______________ is the opposite of short.

b. If you eat lots of junk food, you will get _______________.

c. _______________ people are below average height.

d. _______________ is the opposite of old.

e. You are _______________ when you are 50 or 60 years old.

f. _______________ is the opposite of fat.

g. A good-looking woman is _______________.

h. _______________ is similar to thin.

i. You have _______________ if your hair is a yellow color.

j. A good-looking man is _______________.

3. Listen to the dialogues and write the words in the correct spaces.

Dialog 1

Susan: What does your boss ______________, John?

John: She has dark _____________ and wears glasses.

Susan: How old is she?

John: She’s ______________, I think.

Dialog 2

Dad: Can you ______________ your teacher, Tom?

Tom: Well, he has a ______________ and a beard.

Dad: Does he wear ______________?

Tom: No, he doesn’t. In fact, he sees everything!

Dialog 3

Dad: Tell me about your new friend, Tom.

Tom: You mean his ______________?

Dad: Yeah. What does he look like?

Tom: He’s got short brown hair and he has a

______________. And he has ______________.