Thursday, February 28, 2013

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION



Want to describe a person’s physical appearance? Here is a table to help you get started. 


Height
Build
Age
Complexion
Face
of medium height
heavy set thick, burly
middle-aged
clear skinned
round
tall
Thin, skinny
teenaged
rugged
oval
short
overweight
adolescent
fair
square
towering
plump
elderly
dark
long

muscular
In his/her mid forties
freckled


chunky
In her /his early 20s
wrinkled

 

Hair
Eyes
Nose
Lips
Special features
straight
blue
straight
full
dimple
curly kinky
bright
crooked
thin
mole
wavy
dark
long

moustache
long
almond-shaped
hook

beard
short
hazel
snub

freckles
shoulder-length






SUFFIXES

Here is our vocabulary for this weekend based on the use of the suffix. Remember that nouns can be used as adjectives in English.
 

Adjective
Noun
suffix
difficult
difficulty
-y
patient
patience
-ce
kind
kindness
-ness
popular
popularity
-ity



Noun
Adjective
suffix
danger
dangerous
-ous
comfort
comfortable
-able
nature
natural
-al
health
healthy
-y