In order to make a description of a person's appearance in English, you need to know not only the simplest grammar rules, but a fairly large variety of vocabulary. So the description of a person will be complete, comprehensive and interesting. Below are the most common nouns and adjectives to describe a person's appearance in English. Tips are also given on how to get started.
Words describing a human face
Very often at interviews, testing knowledge of English, a person is asked to describe his appearance or himself. Not always this request is to talk about the color of the eyes, hair. However, this is also indispensable. How to make a description of a person's appearance in English?
If the other person's question sounds like What do u look like? - this means that you need to briefly talk about the most important distinguishing features of your appearance.
In order to describe the color of your eyes, you must use the following words.
I have got…
- blue (blue);
- green (green);
- brown (brown);
- hazel (walnut);
- grey (gray);
- black (black)… eyes.
In order to make a description of a person's appearance in English, you can not only indicate the color of the eyes, but also their shape. To do this, use the following vocabulary:
- almond-shaped (almond-shaped);
- downcast (deep-set);
- large (large);
- hooded (with overhanging eyelids);
- half-closed (half closed);
- cross-eyed (there is strabismus);
- bulging (bulging);
- narrow (narrow);
- round (round);
- short-sighted (nearsighted).
About the same way you should describe your hair color.
I have got…
- brown (brown);
- blond (light);
- black (black);
- red (red);
- purple (purple)… hair.
You can supplement the description of hair color with their length. For example, I have got short hair (short hair) / long hair (long hair).
In order to characterize the size of the nose, eyes or ears, the adjectives small (small) / big (big) are often used.
Also, vocabulary is used to describe ears specifically:
- earlobe (earlobe);
- lop-eared(lop-eared).
Words describing the human body
In order to describe the human body not as a whole, but in parts, you need to have a large vocabulary. For example, to characterize a person's hands, you can use the following vocabulary:
- arms (arms to the wrist);
- well-shaped (muscular);
- lanky (too thin);
- short/long (short, long);
- bony (bony).
In order to describe the body composition of a person as a whole, it is best to choose the following vocabulary:
- vigorous (hardy);
- delicate (gentle);
- big (large);
- frail (fragile);
- small (small).
Other parts of the human body can be described in the same way.
Image of a person
When describing a person's appearance in English, it is not always necessary to describe the parts of the body separately, it is often necessary to depict the image of a person as a whole. To do this, you can use the following vocabulary:
- ordinary (standard, unremarkable);
- graceful (graceful);
- slight (fragile);
- tattooed (has tattoos);
- stocky (stocky);
- well-fed (chubby, well-fed);
- paunchy (having a tummy, pot-bellied);
- lean (lean);
- clumsy (clumsy);
- neat (neat);
- stout (full).
Description of appearance details
Often in the image of a person the main role is played by details, distinctive features. Namelymoles, scars, etc. In English, these words sound like this:
- scar (scar);
- dimple (dimple, for example, on the cheeks or chin);
- mole (mole);
- wrinkle (wrinkle).
The vocabulary outlined is not the only way to describe a person's appearance in English, but it is enough for a summary or conversation.
To make the description of the image of a person the most interesting, it is necessary to start with the most obvious signs located on the face. For example, Mr. X has got long black hair and downcast green eyes and big nose.
He is a rather robust man of high stature, with athletic arms. It is worth noting that Mr. X has tattoos. Mr. X has several moles on his left cheek, as well as a small scar. Now try to make a description of the appearance of Mr. X. in English, using the vocabulary given in the text.
