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Describing people
 
Height
Hairstyles
   
   
 
height and build
type of hair
complexion

Appearances

Height
 
Height
Height
Height
How tall is he?
He is tall.
He is short.
He is medium height.
+ He is very tall. He is quite short. -
 

Build
Size
Size
She is skinny. (negative) Negative She is fat. (negative) Negative
She is thin. (negative) Negative She is overweight. . (negative) Negative
She is slim. (positive) Positive She is plump. (neutral) Positive
She is slender. (positive) Positive She is stocky. (neutral) Positive

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Type of hair
 
Long
Black
Bald
Blonde
Wavy
Curly
  She has long hair. She has short hair. He has no hair. She has medium length hair. She has medium length hair. She has short hair.
+ She has long, black hair. She has short, black hair. - She has medium length , blonde hair. She has medium length, red hair. She has short, blonde hair.
++ She has long, straight, black hair. She has short, straight, black hair. - She has medium length, straight, blonde hair. She has medium length, wavy, red hair. She has short, curly, blonde hair.
+         She wears glasses.  

 

Type of complexion
Eyebrows
Black
Bald
Blonde
Curly
He is Asian. He has light-brown skin.. She is black. She has dark skin. He is white. He has fair skin. She is white. She has slightly tanned skin. She is white. She has very pale skin.

 

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Listen bald, black, blonde, blue, brown, curly, fat, grey, long , medium,
overweight, pale, plump, red, short, skinny, slim, stocky, straight, tall, tanned,
thin, wavy and white Listen

are all adjectives - they describe nouns
 

 

Listen very, quite and slightly Listen

are all modifiers - they change (modify) the adjectives

 

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