Physical Traits Vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Appearance / Physical Traits

What does he look like?

Ugly?

It's more polite to say:

He is unattractive.

He is not attractive.

He is not good-looking.

He is not very attractive.

He is not very good-looking.

He is not handsome.

Name a physical trait

Physical Traits

What we see:

eye colour, hair colour, skin colour, male or female, body type, beard or moustache, etc.

Talking about hair

wavy

hair

curly 

hair

straight

hair

moustache

beard

bald

Hair colours

What is your hair colour?

Her hair is ______

1. blonde
2. grey
3. fair
4. brown

She has got _______ hair.

1. blonde
2. fair
3. brown
4. white

She's got _________ hair.

1. brown
2. blonde
3. ginger
4. fair

Fair hair is

1. dark brown
2. blonde
3. white
4. light brown

Hair length

Short

Medium-length

(synonym: shoulder length)

Long

medium length

short

long

Race and skin colour

It can be difficult to use the correct words to describe people.

How does this photo explain that 'colored' is no longer ok to use to describe people?

Offensive words = NOT OK!!

yellow (people)

was used to describe Asians

black man

coloured people

red (used for Native Indians)

negro (used for black people)

Neutral words

black people

people of colour

white people

brown people

olive-skin (light brown)

How would you describe this person?

Describe the person from the previous slide.

More on skin and skin colour

Fair skin

Pale skin

Dark skin

Tanned /

She has a

suntan.

What are freckles?

Shape or figure?

He is IN GOOD SHAPE =

He is very fit

Shape or figure?

If a woman's body shape is good, we say

she has a good figure.

He _______

1. has a good shape
2. is in good shape
3. has a good figure
4. is a good figure

She _______

1. is a good shape
2. is a good figure
3. has a good figure
4. has a good shape

When you are 12, you are

1. a baby
2. a child
3. a teenager
4. an adult

When you are 55, you are

1. a middle-aged person
2. an elderly person
3. an adult

He is short and is in good shape.

He's fair and has pale skin.

He has blue eyes and no beard or moustache.

Who is he?