3. Put these descriptions in the correct order:
1. He's a man with hair, (short, tall, fair, good-looking)
2. She's a woman with……….. hair, (tall, long, thin)
3. I've got hair and I'm tall and very……. (thin, straight, black)
4. She's very with a tan and…………hair. (blonde, lovely, good-looking, long)
5. I wouldn't describe my husband as .. and ……..! Short, overweight,
and going thin on top is more accurate! (handsome, dark, tall)
4. Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. Jim is (higher/taller) than I am.
2. My sister is (lower/shorter) than I am.
3. My brother isn't fat, he's (stocky/sticky).
4. The word "skinny" is slightly more negative than the word (thinning/thin).
5. He's completely (bold/bald). He lost all of his hair years ago.
6. My sister works out every day, so she's in very good (shaped/shape).
7. He's not fat, but he has a bit of a (belly/fat).
8. He's six feet (high/tall).
9. He walks with a (limp/lump).
10. My grandfather has (trouble/problem) walking fast. (= he can't walk fast easily)
11. My brother is (blind/blonde) in one eye. (= he can't see in one eye)
1 2. My sister used to (die/dye) her hair blonde.
13. My (complex/complexion) is much darker than my brother's.
1 4. Linda is always (tanned/tan) during the summer.
1 5. He's not bald, but he does have a (reducing/receding) hairline.
16. Paula is very good- (looking/viewing). (= attractive)
17. I'm out of shape. I ran for 5 minutes, and I'm already out of (breath/breathing).
18. She has shoulder- (length/long) hair.
1 9. Peter has a (razored/shaved) head.
20. He is a very (stylish/styling) man. (= he wears very fashionable clothes)
5. Answer the questions:
-How do you look like? How tall are you?
-Do you have any distinguishing features?
6. Try to think of a famous person who is:
tall and thin short and stocky
absolutely enormous.
Vocabulary – Head and Face
1. Basic vocabulary
Match the words below to the parts of the head and face in the pictures:
hair .... forehead ....
eyebrow .... eyelashes ....
eyelid .... nose ....
cheek .... mouth ....
lips .... tongue ....
teeth .... chin ....
neck .... beard ....
moustache .... ear ....
2.Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs below:
wink frown yawn grin smile go red
1. Come on everybody, I'm trying to take your picture.
2. I should have gone to bed earlier last night. I can't stop…………. today.
3. I knew Peter was only joking because he………..at me - but Jim believed him!
4. What are you for? I don't think it's funny at all.
5. When I asked Mark if he knew about the missing money, he…………bright………I'm sure he knows something about it.
6. Is something wrong? You keep !
3. Head and face idioms: Parts of the head and face are often used metaphorically or in idiomatic expressions. Complete the following sentences with the words below:
mouth face eye nose eyes ear ears tongue
1. I hear you're going to live in China. I couldn't believe my…….when Tom told me.
I saw Louise kissing Mark outside the cinema last night. I couldn't believe my….!
Why did you have to tell Sandra about me dancing with Liz at the party last night? You've got a big …………………………………………………………
Excuse me. Could you keep an …………on my bag while I go for a swim?
5.I'm not going to work today. I just can't……………… another day of sitting in front of that computer.
6.Don't tell me the answer. It's on the tip of my………………………………………
He never listens to anything anybody says. It just goes in-one………….and out the other.
I've told you before. Keep your …………………………out of my business.