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2. L/O/G/O
Describing people
in English

3. Contents
Describing appearance
Describing personality
Practice
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4. 1. Describing appearance
Expressions Responses
What does she look like?
How does she look?
She looks like a model.
She looks beautiful.
She’s pretty tall, with red hair.
What color is her hair? It’s black.
She has dark brown hair.
How long is her hair? It’s medium length.
What kind of hair style does he
have?
He has short curly hair.
What color are his eyes? They’re blue. / He has blue eyes.
How tall is she? = What is her
height?
She’s fairly short.
She’s 1m 50cm.
How much do you weigh? = What
is your weight? = How heavy are
you?
I weigh 50kg.

5. 1. Describing appearance (cont.)
Words used to describe appearance
Hair
• long (dài) / short (ngắn)
• straight (thẳng) / curly
(xoăn tít) / bald (hói) /
wavy (xoăn gợn sóng)
• blonde (vàng, bạch kim) /
brown (nâu) / red (đỏ) /
black (đen) / shiny (sáng
bóng)
Body
build
• skinny (gầy trơ xương) /
thin (gầy) / slim (thon thả)/
underweight (thiếu cân) /
slender (mảnh khảnh)
• fat (béo) / tubby (to béo) /
overweight (thừa cân) /
obese (béo phì) / chubby
(mũm mĩm, mập mạp)
• well-built (rắn chắc) /
muscular (cơ bắp)

6. 1. Describing appearance (cont.)
Words used to describe appearance
Eyes • grey / green / blue /
brown / dark (not
black)
• round / big
• wear glasses
Complexion • dark (đen) (not black)
• fair (trắng) (not
white)
• olive-skinned (màu
bánh mật, nâu)
• light-brown (vàng)
Face • square (vuông) / oval
(trái xoan) / thin (gầy)
/ round (tròn)
• beard (râu) /
moustache (ria mép)
• thick / thin / bushy
(rậm rạp) eyebrows
(lông mày)

7. 1. Describing appearance (cont.)
Words used to describe appearance
Age
• young
• middle-aged
• elderly
• She’s around 23 -
Cô ấy khoảng 23
tuổi.
• He’s in his 40s -
Ông ta ngoài 40 tuổi.
• She’s in her early
30s - Cô ấy khoảng
hơn 30 tuổi một
chút.

8. 1. Describing appearance (cont.)
Conversation
A Hi, you’re in Mary’s class, aren’t you? Could you
give this book to her for me?
B Sure, no problem. But what does Mary look
like? Is she the girl with really short curly hair?
A Oh, you don’t know Mary! Do you see the girl
sitting right at the back of the class? She’s pretty
short, and slim. She has long brown hair.
B Hmm. I don’t see anyone like that. What’s she
wearing?
A She’s wearing a black T-shirt.
B Oh yes, I see her. I’ll give this book to her.
A Thanks!

9. 2. Describing personality
Expressions Responses
What’s his girlfriend
like?
How’s his girlfriend?
She’s serious and
shy. I’ve never seen
her smile.
What kind of boss do
you have?
He’s very intelligent
but very demanding.
What kind of
personality do you
look for in a spouse?
Someone who is
assertive, but not
aggressive;
outgoing, but not
dominating.

10. 2. Describing personality (cont.)
Word Meaning Examples
active năng động She's an active person and never wants
to stay in.
aggressive hung hăng He's aggressive and starts arguments.
ambitious tham vọng He's ambitious and wants to lead the
company.
assertive quyết đoán It's important to be assertive at work.
big-headed tự cao tự đại I've never met anyone so big-headed
like that!
bossy hống hách,
hách dịch
He's so bossy - he never lets me do
things the way I want to do them.
careless ><
careful
cẩu thả He's a careless driver – "I'm sure he'll
have an accident.
clever =
intelligent
thông minh,
sáng dạ
She's a clever student and picks things
up quickly.

11. 2. Describing personality (cont.)
Word Meaning Examples
considerate chu đáo, ân
cần
My neighbor brought me flowers when I
was in hospital – he's very considerate.
enthusiastic hăng hái,
nhiệt tình
He's an enthusiastic supporter of equal
rights.
faithful trung thành She's a faithful friend.
funny buồn cười,
khôi hài
He can be extremely funny when he's in
the mood.
polite lịch sự She's polite and never forgets to say
'please' or 'thank you'.
rude =
impolite
thô lỗ He's very rude and never says 'please'
or 'thank you'.

12. 2. Describing personality (cont.)
Word Meaning Examples
friendly thân thiện The people in my office are really
friendly. I love working there.
generous hào phóng My parents are very generous. They
bought me a car for my birthday.
hard-
working
chăm chỉ My brother is very hard-working. He
hardly ever takes a day off.
lazy lười biếng Peter is very lazy. He never does his
homework.
tidy gọn gàng,
ngăn nắp
My sister is a very tidy person. I’m
the opposite; I’m really untidy.
wise khôn ngoan,
từng trải
My grandfather was a very wise man.
He taught me many things.

13. 3. Practice
Quiz 1: Match the person with the correct sentence that
describes her / him.
1. She has curly hair. A. B.
2. She has short hair.
3. He’s bald and he wears glasses. C. D.
4. She has long hair and big brown
eyes.
5. He’s tall and thin with blonde
hair.
E. F.
6. He’s overweight.

14. 3. Practice (cont.)
Answer
A.
6. He’s
overweight.
B
5. He’s tall and thin
with blonde hair.
C.
2. She has short hair.
D.
4. She has long
hair and big brown
eyes.
E.
3. He’s bald and he
wears glasses.
F.
1. She has curly hair.

15. 3. Practice (cont.)
Quiz 2: Re-order the sentences.
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/ex
ercise-english-2/exercise-english-19176.php

16. 3. Practice (cont.)
Answer:
1. I’ve got long black hair.
2. Have you got a big nose?
3. He’s strong.
4. Tony’s very tall.
5. Joe’s small.
6. Jenny’s got brown eyes.
7. I’m fat.
8. He has got blue eyes.
9. Have you got red hair?
10. I have got short blond hair.

17. 3. Practice (cont.)
Conversation
Alice What does your sister look like, Rosa?
Rosa She’s a lot taller than me.
Alice How tall is she?
Rosa Six foot three. I’m serious.
Alice No kidding! So does she have curly
black hair like you?
Rosa No, she has straight blonde hair and
blue eyes. And she’s thinner than me, too. I
mean, she’s really skinny.
Alice She sounds like a model.
Rosa Actually, she is a model.

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