Adjectives to describe someone's appearance | ||||
beautiful | handsome | pretty | good looking | ugly |
attractive (men, women, boys or girls) |
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Adjectives |
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun to tell you more about it. Adjectives never change. They are never plural. For example:- This is a nice cake. Adjectives go before their nouns. They're nice people. |
Now learn some adjectives that describe what people or places are like:-
Adjectives for people and places – appearances | ||||||||
| beautiful | | | pretty | | | ugly | |
Adjectives for personality (people) or characteristics (places and things) | ||||||||||||
lovely | | nice | | OK | | all right | | horrible | | terrible | | Awful |
Questions for people, places and things
For people | Question | Answer |
Appearance | What does David look like? | Oh, he's a handsome man. He's tall with fair hair. |
Personality | What is he like? | He's a lovely man. |
For places | Question | Answer |
Appearance | What is | Oh, it's a very pretty place. |
Characteristics | What is | It's a lovely place. |
For things | Question | Answer |
Appearance | What is the new Jaguar car like? | Oh, it's a beautiful car. |
Characteristics | What is the new Jaguar car like? | It's a very comfortable car. |
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Oposites | |||
| big / large "It's a large animal." | | Small "It's a small animal." |
| clean "She's a clean little girl." | | Dirty "She's a dirty little girl." |
| friendly "They're friendly people." | | Unfriendly "They're unfriendly people." |
| expensive "It's an expensive car." | | Cheap "It's a cheap car." |
| good "He's a good boy." | | Bad "He's a bad boy." |
| tall "He's a tall man." | | Short "He's a short man." |
| long "She has long hair." | | Short "She has short hair." |
| comfortable "It's a comfortable chair." | | Uncomfortable "They're uncomfortable chairs." |
| happy "It's a happy face." | | Sad "It's a sad face." |
| new "It's a new car." | | Old "It's an old car." |
Follow the dialogue.
Mr Bean meets Mr Breuer again at a party.
Mr Bean: | Hello, Mr Breuer. It's nice to see your again. |
Mr Breuer: | Mr Bean, what a nice surprise! How are you? |
Mr Bean: | I'm fine thanks, and how is Mrs Breuer? |
Mr Breuer: | She's OK thank you. She's getting a new teacher next week, a Miss Burton. What's she like? |
Mr Bean: | |
Mr Breuer: | Oh that's good to know. You come from |
Mr Bean: | Yes, that's right. |
Mr Breuer: | What's it like? |
Mr Bean: | It's a big city in the |
Mr Breuer: | |
Mr Bean: | Yes, I can imagine. |
Describing people's features | ||||
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| eyes - right eye | left eye | nose | mouth | ears - right ear | left ear |
General | ||||
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beautiful | handsome | pretty | good looking | ugly |
| Hugh Jackman is a very handsome man. | Here is a pretty girl. | David and Victoria Beckham are a good looking couple. | Quasimodo is quite ugly. |
attractive (men, women, boys or girls) | ||||
Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham are all attractive people. |
Hair | ||||
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blonde/fair hair | brown hair | red hair | black hair | grey hair |
Eyes | |||||
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| grey eyes | green eyes | blue eyes | brown eyes | |
Mouth |
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