IX. Answer the questions.

1. Do you think facial features can say about the personality of an individual?

2. What are the two things we notice when we look at someone’s mouth?

3. What trait of character do narrow lips indicate?

4. Do full lips show that the person is sensible (i.e. showing reason or sound judgment)?

5. What kind of person can be called “generous”? Are you a generous person?

6. Why do you think eyes are called the windows to our soul?

7. What are green-eyed people like?

8. Are blue-eyed people loving and gentle? Do you have any blue eyed friends?

9. Would you like to have a brown-eyed friend? Why? Why not?

10. Do you have wrinkles at the sides of your eyes? Why do you think people have them?

11. What personality traits can ears reveal?

12. What is the shape of your nose? What do you think it indicates?

PRACTICE

X. Write synonyms.

fat

slim

pretty

handsome

easy-going

to resemble

to be like

XI. Match the synonyms.

senior citizen losing his hair overweight lean even baby

skinny going bald regular old age pensioner infant fat

XII. Write antonyms.

plain

ugly

short

optimistic

lazy

self-confident

broad-minded

sociable

slim

mean

even (regular)

thin

fair-haired

tall

XIII. Match the words from A with the words from B to form common collocations.

A pale curly medium good- thin straight facial broad

B hair shoulders skin features looking height lips nose

XIV. a) Study the structures.

• She has (she’s got) green eyes and brown hair.

• a woman with ) green eyes and brown hair

• a green green-eyed, brown-haired woman

• a man with a beard

• a girl with glasses

• a woman in a red dress

• a man in a blue jacket

b) Paraphrase the following descriptions.

1. a person with grey hair

2. a person with thin face

3. a child with blue eyes

4. a man with broad shoulders

5. a girl with long legs

6. people who write with their right hands

7. a brown-haired man

8. a green-eyed lady

9. a dark-eyed woman

10. a left-handed child

11. a thin-faced person

XV. Complete these sentences in a suitable way. (More than one answer may be possible.)

1. She’s got blonde ...........................

2. He’s got very pale ..........................

3. They have both got curly .....................

4. I would say he was medium ...................

5. Her brother has got very broad ....................

6. Both men were very good- .......................

XVI. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Choose a person in your group and answer the questions about him/her. Let you partner guess the person you are thinking of.

1. he/is/in/twenties/early/his?

2. tall/he/how/is?

3. than/taller/shorter/you/he/is?

4. long/has /she/got/ hair?

5. hair/dark/fair/her/is/or?

6. his/colour/are/eyes/what?

7. wear/she/does/glasses?

8. he/a/is/got/he/moustache/has/or/clean-shaven?