Describing Someone Appearance

A fun lesson for ESL students to learn English vocabulary, adjectives, past simple, past progressive, and expressions for describing people and their appearance in English. Watch the ESL video about describing people to practice using new vocabulary and expressions. Get the downloadable and printable worksheets, digital flashcards, listening and reading exercises, and everything you need for the perfect digital and remote English lessons when you subscribe.

ESL Video and ESL Listening Practice on Describing Appearance

Watch the following video and answer the questions below.

ESL Questions on Describing Someone Appearance

1. What does George Hawkins look like?
2. Can Tony remember who Samantha is talking about at first?
3. According to Samantha, when did Tony first meet him?
4. What is his wife’s name?
5. What does Jessica look like?
6. When did Tony last speak with Jessica?
7. What did they invite Tony and Samantha to?
8. When did they invite them over for dinner?

Vocabulary

Synonyms

Choose the word from the Word Bank with the same meaning of the words below.

1. sounds familiar
2. fat
3. dresses well

Fill-in-the-blanks

Use words from the vocabulary box to complete the sentences below.

1. That name ______________________________ . I have definitely heard it before.
2. He’s really ______________________________ . He needs to go on a diet.
3. She’s too ______________________________ . She needs to gain some weight.
4. You look ______________________________ . Have I met you before?
5. I only ______________________________ when I am reading.
6. I’m sorry ______________________________ . The name rings a bell, but his face isn’t coming to me.
7. She’s very ______________________________ . She always dresses in the most recent trends.
8. He ______________________________ . He always has a suit on.

Grammar

Correct the mistakes in the following descriptions.

My friend Greg tall. He’s little bit overweight. He is short black hair and wear glasses. He isn’t dress very well. He isn’t very stylish. He’s a really nice guy though!

My sister Susan is quite shorts. She is shortest person in my family. She is long, blonde hair. She dress very good. She wear a lot of brand name clothe. She exercise a lot and she is very thins. She loves the gym.

ESL Conversation on Describing Someone Appearance

Samantha: Do you remember George Hawkins?

Tony: George Hawkins? That name sounds familiar. What does he look like?

Samantha: He’s really tall. He’s about six feet, four inches tall. He has short black hair. He is a little bit overweight. He sometime wears glasses and he dresses very well. He usually wears a suit. That name rings a bell, but I can’t picture him.

Tony: That name rings a bell, but I can’t picture him.

Samantha: You met him last year at the Christmas party.

Tony: I’m sorry I don’t remember him.

Samantha: His wife’s name is Jessica. She’s kind of short. She has long blond hair; she’s very thin and very stylish.

Tony: Oh yes, of course I remember her. I was talking with her at Bill’s birthday party.

Samantha: They invited us for dinner next week.

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