Describing people

Physical Descriptions

Have / Has

Vocabulary Review

Introduction

The language for physical descriptions in English is quite specific depending on the physical characteristic you are describing. When giving physical descriptions, the two most common verbs to use are BE and HAVE, however, they are quite specific. We use BE for: height, weight, skin color. We use HAVE for: hair (length), hair (style), hair (color) and facial features.

Height

Tall

Medium height

Short

Weight

Overweight

Medium weight

Skinny

Skin Color

Dark-skinned

Tanned

Fair-skinned

Hair (Length)

Long

Medium length

Short

Hair (Style)

Curly

Wavy

Straight

Facial Features

Pimples

Moustache

Beard

Other Features

Wrinkles

Scar

Mole

Chris is medium height.Tanya has blonde hair. Albert is overweight. Donna has curly hair and is tanned. Patrick has a long beard. Tony is tall and has medium length hair.

If you want to combine hair characteristics together in the same sentence, then the structure is: Length + Style + Colour + Hair * Michael has short curly black hair. * Mary has long wavy brown hair.

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