* DESCRIBING

PEOPLE

By Riana Kresna

* We need to describe people in certain

situations:
a. we are going to meet someone for the
first time.
b. we have just been robbed and we need
to report to the police.
c. we describe someone we know to our
friends.

* Why do we need to describe

people?

a. AGE :
*Young
*Middle-aged
*Elderly
*Old
*In his/her 30s
*In his/her late teens
*In his/her mid-20s
*In his/her early 40s

*GENERAL

DESCRIPTION

* For example:
1. She is young.
2. He is a middle aged man.
3. She is in her 30s.
4. He is in his late teens.
5. Sarah is in her early 40s.

b.

BUILD
*Fat
*Thin
*Slim
*Plump
*Medium-build
*Well-built (M)
*Broad-shouldered (M)
*Overweight
*Big
*Tiny
*Stocky
*Muscular
*Skinny
*Slender
*obese

c. HEIGHT
* Tall
* Short
* 1.70 m
* Medium height
* Below average
* Tallish
* shortish

For example:
1. She is a fat woman.
2. My sister is very slim.
3. The man standing near the door has a medium
build.
4. Sarah is a tiny young girl.
5. My brother is skinny.
6. She is a tall woman.
7. He has a medium height.
8. Johns height is below average.

c. FACE
* Thin
* Long
* Round
* Oval
* Square
* Heart-shaped (F)
* High cheekbones
* High forehead
* Narrow forehead

* Thin lips
* Full lips
* Pointed nose
* Long nose
* Straight nose
* Flat nose
* Turned-up nose
* Broken nose
* A cleft chin
* A pointed chin
* Double chin

For example:
1. She has an oval face and high cheekbones.
2. Her face is long.
3. My sister has a high forehead, thin lips, and
a pointed nose.
4. His lips are full and has a flat nose.
5. My father has a cleft chin and a round face.

d. EYES
* Blue
* Grey
* Brown
* Long eyelashes
* Thick eyelashes
* Bushy eyelashes
* Thin eyebrows
* Small
* Bright
* Slanted

For example:
1. Her eyes are blue.
2. She has grey eyes and long eyelashes.
3. My girlfriend has small eyes and thick
eyelashes.
4. My friends eyes are slanted.
5. He has bright eyes and bushy eyelashes.

e. COMPLEXION/SKIN TONE
* Fair
* Dark
* Pale
* Sunburned/tanned
* Olive-skinned
* Fair-skinned
* Oriental
* Brown
* Black

For example:
1. Her complexion is fair.
2. That girl has a pale skin tone.
3. My friend who is studying at Russia has a
dark complexion.
4. His complexion is oriental.

f. HAIR

COLOUR

*Black
*Brown
*Red
*Fair
*Blonde
*Grey
*White
*Dyed
*A brunette (F)
*A blonde (F)
*A redhead (F)
*Mousey
*Dark

g. HAIRSTYLE

* Long
* Short
* Straight
* Wavy
* Curly
* Kinky
* Neat
* Untidy
* A fringe
* Swept back
* In a bun (F)
* Pony-tail (F)
* Bald (M)
* Balding (M)
* Thinning (M)
* Receding (M)

For example:
1. My little sister has black hair.
2. Her hair is long and wavy.
3. Shannon has short straight blonde hair.
4. The mans hair is neat, short, and brown.
5. My student has thick curly red hair.

* moustache
* beard
* sideburns
* ponytail
* dimple
* pug nose
* freckles
* birthmark

*mole
*scar
*beauty spot
*wrinkles
*lines
*Tattoo
*hairy chest
*unshaven
*clean-shaven
* glasses
*(well) made-up

SPECIFIC DISTINGUISHING
FEATURES

For example:
1. John has a pug nose and small ears.
2. Tim has a big beard and a thick moustache.
3. He has sideburns and also has a mole on his
left cheek.
4. She has a mole on her chin.
5. The girl has dimples on her cheeks.
6. William has a clean-shaven face.

Describe one of the following

persons below:
1. Lionel Messi
2. Joko Widodo
3. Katy Perry
4. Will Smith
5. Julia Perez
6. Rano Karno
7. Ibrahim Samad
8. Prabowo Sugianto
9. Titi DJ
10.Christian Ronaldo
11.Aming

12. Shahrukh Khan

13. Robert Pattinson
14. Angelina Jolie
15. Paul Walker
16. Pretty Shinta
17. Queen Latifa
18. Rihanna
19. Tukul
20. Daniel Radcliff
21. Jacky Chan
22. Lucy Liu

*INDIVIDUAL

ASSIGNMENT

1.
2.
3.
4.

Find the picture of the person you choose in

the internet.
Print the picture.
Describe the person physically.
Submit the assignment on Friday, 6th June,
2014 before 2 pm.