Describing appearance ESL lesson

In this ESL beginner-level lesson, you will learn grammar, vocabulary, and phrases to talk about everyday English topics: an English conversation lesson for describing appearance – people that you know using the present simple tense and adjectives.

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This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.

Practical English for everyday situations. Good luck with this lesson! After you complete it, we recommend you check out the lesson on Clothes & Fashion so that you can describe what people are wearing. Then once you have done that keep going with a review of Friends & Family so that you can describe what look like and also their style. Good luck!

Describing People You Know

Warm Up Questions

1

What does your teacher look like?



2

What does your favorite actor/actress look like?



3

What does your boss look like?



4

Describe one of your classmates.



5

Describe someone in your family.



6

How have you changed in appearance since you were a child?



Watch, Read or Listen

ESL Video

Watch the following ESL YouTube video on Describing Appearance.

Listening Questions

Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.

Describing People

1

When is the company party?



2

Who will attend the party?



3

What does Mrs. Overby look like?



4

What does Mr. Jonasson look like?



5

What does Mr. Kim look like?



6

What does Mrs. Anderson look like?



7

What does Mr. Vertigan look like?



8

What does Ms. Walker look like?



Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to describe the people from the passage.

People You Know





Describing





Describing Someone



Describe



Word Bank

Word Bank

average | beard | cheek | curly | dyed
earring | eyes | fat | freckle | glasses
hair | head | height | important | large | little
medium-length | mole | mustache | shaved head
short | small | spiky | tall | tattoo | thin | wavy | wrist

Matching

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Woman

1. average (adj)

A. to change the color of something using a special liquid

2. dyed (adj)

B. either side of your face below the eyes

3. wavy (adj)

C. stiff and stands up on your head with sharp points

4. spiky (adj)

D. a small, often slightly raised dark spot on someone’s skin

5. freckle (n)

E. really; completely

6. mole (n)

F. a normal amount, quality, or degree

7. quite (adv)

G. a small, pale brown spot on the skin

8. cheek (n)

H. slightly curly

Sentence Structure

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

Boy
  1. Saturday / very / There / important / will / the / company / guests / be / party / some / on / at / .
  2. blonde / medium-length / freckles / has / and / hair / Ms / wavy / Overby / . / , / , / ,
  3. beard / and / head / his / shaved / Jonasson / a / Mr. / has / .
  4. hair / Mr. / and / grey / wears / short / glasses / has / Kim / he / . / ,
  5. short / Mr. / Vertigan / a / black / and / hair / has / mustache / , / .
  6. and / her / hair / a / on / small / tattoo / spiky / dyed / left / green / has / wrist / She / . / ,

Missing Words

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

Girl

There will be some very _________________ 1 guests at the company party on Saturday. Please try to introduce yourself to them.
Ms. Overby has ____________________ 2, wavy, blonde hair, and freckles. She is short and thin.
Mr. Jonasson ______________ 3 his head and has a beard. He has green eyes. He is a little fat.
Mr. Kim has short grey hair, and he wears glasses. He is ________________ 4 height and thin. He always shaves.
Mrs. Anderson has _______________ 5, white hair and likes to wear large earrings. She is tall and thin.
Mr. Vertigan has short, black hair and a mustache. He has a ____________ 6 on his cheek. He is _______________ 7 short and fat.
Ms. Walker is our boss. She has dyed green, spiky hair and a small _____________ 8 on her left wrist.

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