About my family:
…
My
father is
tall. He
has large
hands & his
feet are
size 45.
He has
short, dark,
curly hair
and a
small beard.
His arms,
legs &
chest are
hairy. He's
a cheerful
person &
when he
laughs, you
can see
even white
teeth. He
wears spectacles
(glasses) &
you can't
see his
eyes, but
I know
they are
steel gray.
He's 43.
He usually
wears jeans
& checked
shirts or
sweaters. But
for work
he wears
a suit
& a
tie and
looks every
inch a
teacher.
My mother is a very different person. She's short & plumpish. She has small hands & feet. She has long, strong, fair hair. She has dimples & rosy cheeks. She has long eyelashes which she darkens with mascara. She likes pink nail-varnish, high-heeled shoes & fashionable clothes. Her favourite colours are red & light blue.
My 20-year old sister likes to be well-dressed. She used lots of make-up, is always going to the hairdresser's & has fantastic hairstyles. She's tall & slim, with slender arms & elegant legs. Her full lips are always red. She's open-minded & nice. She is married & has a baby.
My baby nephew is still just a toddler; he can't speak yet, but he's very selfish & bores me.
My boss is an elderly man, rather short & stout. His hair is grey & thin & he's bald on top. He's clean-shaven. He has a double chin. He's always immaculately dressed: a white shirt, a dark well-creased suit with a matching tie & black leather shoes. He's a serious & punctual man, doesn't talk much & seems to be not overgenerous…
Helpful Vocabulary:
APPEARANCE |
attractive, good-looking, beautiful, handsome, pretty, cute, nice; plain, plain-looking, unattractive, ugly; well-dressed, casually dressed, poorly dressed; neat, clean, untidy, dirty |
HIGHT |
tall, pretty tall, short, pretty short, medium height, average height, six feet tall |
WEIGHT & BUILD |
thin, quite thin, slim, slender, medium-build, overweight, fat, strong, muscular, athletic
|
HAIR |
dark, fair, black, red, brown, blond, chestnut brown, white, gray; long, short, medium-length, shoulder-length, straight, curly, wavy, thick, thinning, bald; shiny, smooth, neatly combed; dull, tousled, disheveled |
EYES |
blue, green, gray, brown, light-blue, dark-gray, grayish-blue, dark; big, bright, expressive, with long lashes |
COMPLEXION & SKIN COLOUR |
fair, swarthy (dark), sallow, pale, blooming, peaches & cream, rosy; black (-skinned), white (-skinned), yellow (-skinned) |
CHARACTER |
pleasant personality, good-tempered, good-natured, easy-going;
t friendly, sociable, outgoing, unfriendly, hostile, unsociable; strong, tough, independent, mature, weak, immature; dependable, reliable, trustworthy, honest, unreliable, dishonest; reasonable, sensible, unreasonable, unpredictable, impulsive; ambitious, hard-working, energetic, careless, lazy;
d
undisciplined, disorganized, careless; attentive, alert, perceptive, observant, insightful, thoughtful, considerate; aggressive, pushy, self-confident, shy, timid, modest, humble; self-centered, selfish, egoistical; haughty, stubborn, obstinate;
melancholic
sanguine
phlegmatic
choleric humorous, amusing, funny, interesting, dull, boring; generous, unselfish, kind, kind-hearted; economical, thrifty, stingy, miserly, greedy; formal, official, informal, relaxed, casual; strange, odd, weird, eccentric, crazy |
MIND |
intelligent, broad-minded, sharp, keen, bright, quick, agile, wise, clever; foolish, stupid, narrow-minded |
AGE |
young, old, middle-aged, twenty years old, in her thirties, about forty
|
errible
character,
bad-tempered,
ill-natured;
isciplined,
organized,
careful,
accurate;
