Vocabulary: People

Vocabulary: People

B2 CEFR LEVEL

ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE​

• Pessimistic /optimistic

• Extroverted /Introverted

• ​Tense: wound up/stressed up

• ​Relaxed

• ​Sensible: practical/down-to-earth

• ​Sensitive: upset / worked-up

​HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE 1

• ​Round/ thin-faced

• ​Dark/ fair skin // white/black

• ​bald/ receding hair

• ​brunette/fair/auburn/grey hair

• ​beard/mustache

• ​long/short hair

• ​curvy/ wavy/ straight hair

• ​wrinkles

​DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE 2

• ​FAT: plump or stout, or a bit overweight/ stocky (or obese)

• ​THIN: slim [positive] or skinny [negative].

• ​MUSCLES: well-built or muscular

• ​has a nice figure, they have an attractive shape.

​PEOPLE'S GENERAL APPEARANCE

• Elegant / well-dressed

• Scruffy /​untidy-looking/ messy-looking

• ​Stunning

• ​Good-looking / unattractive

• ​Feature

• ​Beautiful/ handsome

INTELLECTUAL ABILITY​

• LOTS OF ABILITY:

• Intelligent / bright / clever / sharp /shrewd /able /gifted/ talented /brainy (informal)

• LACK OF ABILITY

• stupid /foolish /simple /silly /brainless /daft /dumb /dim /thick

• ​CLEVER IN A NEGATIVE WAY, DECEIVING

• cunning /crafty /sly

Poll

How would you describe him?

• He's got auburn hair, freckles, and a round face

• He's got ginger hair, beard, and quadrangular face.

• He's a handsome young boy with auburn hair and freckles

• He's got voluminous auburn hair and fair skin.

Multiple Select

How would you describe him if you wanted to be polite?

• fat

• rather plump

• obese

• a bit overweight

Multiple Select

How would you describe her if you wanted to be impolite?

• thin

• slim

• skinny

•  bone and skin

Multiple Select

How would you describe him?

• stocky

• muscular

• fit

• well-built

• fair skin

Multiple Select

How would you describe yourself

• truthworthy

• unconventional

• shrewd

• naive

• blunt

Multiple Select

Describe him...

• gifted

• brainy

• intelligent

• dim

• dumb

Multiple Select

Describe him impolitely

• direct

• brusque

• self-assured

• arrogant

• pig-headed

Multiple Select

Describe him politely

• stubborn

• determined

• eccentric

• unconventional

• bossy

Multiple Select

She's a nasty piece of work means...

• She has a heart of gold

• She's as good as gold

• She's umpleasant

• She's a pain in the neck

• Her heart's in the right place

Multiple Select

"She's really over the top" means...

• She's round the bend

• She's shrewd

• She's daft

• She's short-tempered

• She's sensible