Describing People

A. Describing physically

 

• What does she look like?
• Is the grey-haired?
• What sort of clothes does she wear?
• She’s tall/slim.
• She’s the younger one/the one with brown hair.
• She’s got straight hair.
• She’s wearing a green coat.
• She usually wears a hat.
• She’s not good-looking/pretty.
• Is he heavily built?
• What does he wear?
• He’s medium height.
• He’s thin.
• He’s the older one.
• He’s the one with the fair hair.
• He’s got wavy hair.
• He hasn’t got much hair/He’s bald.
• He’s got a (brown) moustache/beard
• He’s wearing a brown jacket.
• He usually wears a hat.
• He’s (not) good-looking/handsome.

B. Describing by qualities

 

• What is he like?
• What sort of person is he?
• He’s friendly/pleasant.
• He’s usually rather quiet.
• He’s not easy to get on with.
• He’s good at listening to people.
• His main quality is his honesty.
• What sort of person is she?
• She’s sociable.
• She’s a calm person.
• She’s not easy to get on with.
• Her main quality is her friendliness.

C. Describing by position

 

• Is she married?
• Does she have any children?
• What’s her job?
• What does she do?
• She’s not married.
• She’s married to an engineer.
• She has two children.
• She doesn’t have any children.
• She works for the bank as (a cashier).
• She’s a (senior sales assistant).
• What does he do?
• He lives in our street.
• He’s married to a teacher.
• He works for the garage as a mechanic.
• He’s a senior sales assistant.
• He works under/over me.
• His job is something political.

D. Discussing feminism

 

• I think women are not oppressed.
• Women are well treated/badly treated.
• I agree/don’t agree with the feminists’ ideas.
• Women should/shouldn’t have more power.

E. Describing Children by age

 

• How old is he/she?
• It’s a baby.
• He’s/She’s about six?
• He’s a schoolboy/She’s a schoolgirl.
• They’re schoolchildren.
• They’re in their teens/They’re teenagers.
• The eldest is 20 and the youngest is 5.

F. Talking about school

 

• Where does he/she go to school?
• How are they getting on at school?
• He/She goes to school in the city.
• They (don’t) like/enjoy school very much.
• She gets on well at school.
• He’s good at mathematics.

G. Talking about hobbies

 

• Does he have a hobby?
• What does she like doing?
• He likes drawing.
• She’s very keen on modeling.
• She’s mad about football.
• She likes/loves pop music.

H. Talking about the future

 

• What’s she going to do/be?
• What’s he going to be when he grows up?
• Is he going to follow in his father’s footsteps?
• Are they going to university?
• He’ll leave school at 16.
• (I think) he’s going to be a chemist.
• She wants to be a vet.
• They’re hoping to go to university.
• She’s studying to be a teacher.