DESCRIBING PEOPLE: PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

On this page you will practise some of the vocabulary to describe different types of physical appearance.
Choose
Complete each definition with the correct words: 1. SKINNY ___
A) A more polite word for describing someone who is 'fat'. 2. ELDERLY ___
B) The opposite of short.
3. BUILT, ___
C) A word to describe an attractive man.
D) A word to describe a very atractive woman. 4. TWENTIES ___
E) The opposite of 'fat' is 'thin'. This is another word meaning 'thin'. 5. PETITE ___
F) Another word meaning 'old'. 6. HEIGHT ___
G) If someone is muscular we say they are well-.
H) Someone who is 26 years old is in their 7. OVERWEIGHT ___
. 8. TALL ___
I) Another word for 'small' often used to describe a woman. 9. HANDSOME ___
J) Not tall or short. Medium-
10. BEAUTIFUL ___

DESCRIBING PEOPLE: PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

On this page you will practise some of the vocabulary to describe different types of physical appearance.
Choose
Complete each definition with the correct words: 11. SKINNY ___
A) A more polite word for describing someone who is 'fat'. 12. ELDERLY ___
B) The opposite of short.
13. BUILT, ___
C) A word to describe an attractive man.
D) A word to describe a very atractive woman. 14. TWENTIES ___
E) The opposite of 'fat' is 'thin'. This is another word meaning 'thin'. 15. PETITE ___
F) Another word meaning 'old'. 16. HEIGHT ___
G) If someone is muscular we say they are well-.
H) Someone who is 26 years old is in their 17. OVERWEIGHT ___
. 18. TALL ___
I) Another word for 'small' often used to describe a woman. 19. HANDSOME ___
J) Not tall or short. Medium-
20. BEAUTIFUL ___

DESCRIBING PEOPLE: PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

On this page you will practise some of the vocabulary to describe different types of physical appearance.
Choose
Complete each definition with the correct words: 21. SKINNY ___
A) A more polite word for describing someone who is 'fat'. 22. ELDERLY ___
B) The opposite of short. 23. BUILT, ___
C) A word to describe an attractive man.
D) A word to describe a very atractive woman. 24. TWENTIES ___
E) The opposite of 'fat' is 'thin'. This is another word meaning 'thin'. 25. PETITE ___
F) Another word meaning 'old'. 26. HEIGHT ___
G) If someone is muscular we say they are well-.
H) Someone who is 26 years old is in their 27. OVERWEIGHT ___
. 28. TALL ___
I) Another word for 'small' often used to describe a woman. 29. HANDSOME ___
J) Not tall or short. Medium-
30. BEAUTIFUL ___

DESCRIBING PEOPLE: PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

On this page you will practise some of the vocabulary to describe different types of physical appearance.
Choose
Complete each definition with the correct words: 31. SKINNY ___
A) A more polite word for describing someone who is 'fat'. 32. ELDERLY ___
B) The opposite of short.
33. BUILT, ___
C) A word to describe an attractive man.
D) A word to describe a very atractive woman. 34. TWENTIES ___
E) The opposite of 'fat' is 'thin'. This is another word meaning 'thin'. 35. PETITE ___
F) Another word meaning 'old'. 36. HEIGHT ___
G) If someone is muscular we say they are well-.
H) Someone who is 26 years old is in their 37. OVERWEIGHT ___
. 38. TALL ___
I) Another word for 'small' often used to describe a woman. 39. HANDSOME ___
J) Not tall or short. Medium-
40. BEAUTIFUL ___
REMEMBER

Complete the gaps in the following sentences with one of the

words from the previous quiz. 1. SKINNY ___
2. ELDERLY ___
A) I used to be quite well- when I was younger but now I'm not
so fit.
3. BUILT, ___
B) Karen is in her . If fact she'll be 28 next week. 4. TWENTIES ___
C) My eldest daughter is quite . People often think she's 5. PETITE ___
younger than she is because of her size. 6. HEIGHT ___
D) Have you seen Mary's new boyfriend? He's so . Apparently
he used to be a male model. 7. OVERWEIGHT ___
E) Since I had that cold I've lost so much weight. I've never 8. TALL ___
looked this before. 9. HANDSOME ___
F) The police are looking for two men: one quite short and the
other one medium- . 10. BEAUTIFUL ___
G) The doctor told me I was and needed to cut down on the
amount of fatty foods I eat.
H) There are almost 11 million people in the UK who are over
the age of 65.
I) You need to be quite to play basketball. Many players are
over 2m
J) Sarah has two little girls. They're so pretty.

REMEMBER

Complete the gaps in the following sentences with one of the

words from the previous quiz. 11. SKINNY ___
12. ELDERLY ___
A) I used to be quite well- when I was younger but now I'm not
so fit.
13. BUILT, ___
B) Karen is in her . If fact she'll be 28 next week. 14. TWENTIES ___
C) My eldest daughter is quite . People often think she's 15. PETITE ___
younger than she is because of her size. 16. HEIGHT ___
D) Have you seen Mary's new boyfriend? He's so . Apparently
he used to be a male model. 17. OVERWEIGHT ___
E) Since I had that cold I've lost so much weight. I've never 18. TALL ___
looked this before. 19. HANDSOME ___
F) The police are looking for two men: one quite short and the
other one medium- . 20. BEAUTIFUL ___
G) The doctor told me I was and needed to cut down on the
amount of fatty foods I eat.
H) There are almost 11 million people in the UK who are over
the age of 65.
I) You need to be quite to play basketball. Many players are
over 2m
J) Sarah has two little girls. They're so pretty.

ANSWERS
EXERCISE 1
The correct answers are: A) overweight, B) tall, C) handsome, D) beautiful, E) skinny, F) elderly, G) built, H) twenties, I)
petite, J) height.
EXERCISE 2
The correct answers are: A) built, B) twenties, C) petite, D) handsome, E) skinny, F) height, G) overweight, H) elderly,
I) tall, J) beautiful