II. Match the words below to the parts of the head and face in the pictures:
hair
eyebrow
eyelid
cheek
lips
teeth
neck
moustache
forehead
eyelashes
nose
mouth
tongue
chin
beard
ear
III. Combine the nouns in a with the adjectives in b. With some adjectives more than one combination is possible.
A. B.
1. hair a) narrow
b) snub
2. face c) sleek
d) double
3. lips e) hooked
f) thinning
4. forehead g) fair
h) full
5. nose i) straight
j) thin
6. chin k) pointed
l) long
m) curly
n) high
o) receding
p) prominent
IV. Give antonyms of the following word-combinations:
thin lips, long face, square face, high forehead, long nose, straight nose, prominent nose, small mouth, receding chin, prominent chin
V. Give English equivalents of the following :
вытянутое лицо, овальное лицо, скуластое лицо, высокие скулы, узкий лоб, высокий лоб, вздернутый нос, крючковатый нос, тонкие губы, полные губы, наморщенные губы, маленький ротик, большой рот, яркий рот, раздвоенный подбородок, острый подбородок, двойной подбородок, срезанный подбородок, выступающий вперед подбородок
VI. Put in the right preposition ( with, in, of):
a stocky man ______ his late forties; b) a pretty girl ______ a ponytail; c) a young woman ______ average height; d) a child ______ a plump face; e) a good-looking man _____ a black coat
VII. Combine the two sentences into one .
1. She was a slim woman. She was in her thirties.
Example: She was a slim woman in her thirties.
2. He was a tall young man. He was of powerful build. 3. Mrs Smith was an elderly lady. She had a long thin face. 4. His sister was a funny little girl. She had a fringe. 5. He was a broad-shouldered man. He had a square face and a firm jaw. 6. Alice is a pretty young girl. She is in her mid-teens.
VIII. Describe each of your groupmates using one sentence .
Example: Nelly is a tall slim girl with long dark hair and a turned-up nose.
СOMPLEXION
pale/fair
sunburned (sunburnt)
suntanned (tanned)
dark/brown/black
fair-skinned
olive-skinned
dark-skinned
oriental
healthy/ruddy
unhealthy/sallow
VOCABULARY NOTES
complexion n [C] the skin on a person’s face, e.g.a pale/fair/ruddy etc complexion / He said I had a good complexion. Compare: skin n [U], e.g. She had dark skin.
pale adj having a skin colour that is very white; Syn. fair, e.g. If you are fair-skinned, you should try to stay out of the sun.
sunburned (sunburnt) adj having skin that is attractively brown as a result of spending time in the sun; Syn. brown; suntanned (tanned), e.g. He had a tough tanned face and clear eyes.
dark adj if your skin is dark, it is brown or black in colour, e.g. The young man had thick black hair and smooth dark skin. Ant. fair
black adj someone whose skin is black belongs to a race of people from Africa, e.g. Over half the students are black. Ant. white . We say that people are black or white but not black-skinned or white-skinned. We can say people are dark-skinned or fair-skinned. We sometimes say that somebody has got a pale complexion or that they are pale-skinned but if we just say that somebody is pale or looks pale, it is because they aren’t feeling very well.
olive adj olive skin/ complexion is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey
oriental adj of or from the eastern part of the world, especially China or Japan
ruddyadj reddish in colour usually because of good health, anger or hard work, e.g. ruddy cheeks/ a ruddy complexion
sallowadj sallow skin looks slightly yellow and unhealthy, e.g. a woman with dark hair and a sallow complexion
EXERCISES