Physical Appearance

What does he look like? = appearance

What is he like? = personality

The steps you need to follow to describe someone’s appearance :

1. Age
2. Height
3. Figure
4. Face

 How tall are you?

- 1 foot = 30 cm
- 1 inch = 2.5 cm
- I’m 165 cm = I’m 5 feet and 6 inches
- He is 180 cm = he is 6 feet tall

 How much do you weigh?

- I weigh about …. Kg = I am … 60 kg=115 lb.
- 1 pound = 450 gram
- Weight

She always wears her hair in a ponytail

She always wears her hair in braids
She always wears her hair untied.

20- 23: early 20s 24-26: mid 20s 27-29: late 20s

- I'm in my mid 20s - He is in his early 30s

- She is in her early 40s. - To be exact he is 32
- She is in her late 20s - She is in her teens.
 Young / Middle-aged / Elderly
 Middle-aged: approximately between 45-65
 To look young for your age: to look younger than you are
 To be getting on a bit: to be getting old
 He is getting on a bit.
 To lose one’s figure: If you lose your figure, you become rather
fat.
 I'm losing my figure.
 Medium height: average height
 1 foot = 30 cm
 1 inch = 2.5 cm

He is 6 feet tall.
She is 170 cm = 5 feet and 8 inches
165 = 5 feet and 6 inches.
He is a lot taller than me.
How tall are you?
How much do you weigh?

We are about the same height.

We are about the same height and figure.
He is of average height.

 To be well-built: to be muscular
 Skinny / slim=slender / plump= chubby / heavy / overweight
 Straight / wavy / curly / frizzy hair
She has short curly black hair.
I have short wavy brown hair.

 Long / short hair