VOCABULARY | APPEARANCE

By Salvatore Nieddu

VOCABULARY | APPEARANCE

short

tall ​

of average height​

of medium height​

around​ 170 cm

• very

• quite​

​

​height = altezza

​BODIES

height​

INOFFENSIVE

BODIES - ​type & shape

​(lighter)	​(heavier)
​slender (snell*)	​curvy (sinuos*)
slim​ (magr*)	​curvaceous ( formos*)
lean​ (slanciat*)	muscly​ (muscolos*)
petite​ (minut*)	​stocky (tarchiato)
​slight (sottile)	​well built (robust*)

BODIES - ​type & shape

​NEGATIVE

​(lighter)
​underweight (sottopeso)
​skinny (secc*)
​bony (pelle e ossa)

​(heavier)	​
​plump (grassottell*)	​overweight (sovrappeso)
​chubby (paffut*)	​fat (grasso)
round​ (in carne)	​heavy (pesante)

I have blonde hair -> ho i capelli biondi

I have long hair -> Ho i capelli lunghi

​My hair goes down to my shulders-> I miei capelli arrivano fino alle spalle

HAIR length - colour & texture

​color	​length
​blonde (biondi)	​bald (calvo/pelato)
​brunette (mora)	​short hair (corti)
​ginger (rosso)	medium length (medi)
​fair (chiari)	bob haircut (caschetto)
​dark (scuri)	​long (lunghi)

​texture
​straight (lisci)
wavy (mossi)
​curly (ricci)

​To have + (adjectives)+eyes

​

blue (azzurri)

brown (marroni)

green (verdi)

dark/black (neri)

​hazel (nocciola)

Eyes - colors​

​

attractive

good looking

beautiful

stunning​

young

​elderly

​​unisex

handsome

manly​

with a beard

​

male

pretty

​

female​​

​General appearance

Completa le frasi con le parole mancanti. Le prime lettere sono date.

Multiple Choice

Mark doesn’t have any hair on his head, he’s ......

• blonde

• bold

• brunette

Multiple Choice

Mr. Kelly is 88 years old, he’s an ..... man.

• elderly

• young

• teenager

Multiple Choice

I go to the gym because I’m a little ......

• skinny

• slim

• overweight

Multiple Choice

Karl is quite ...... but he’s good at basketball.

• short

• tall

Multiple Choice

Hanna’s hair isn’t curly, it’s .....

• short

• straight

• fair

noioso

​​boring

divertente

​​funny

felice

​​happy

​​miserable/sad

​PERSONALITY adjectives

triste

educato

​​polite

maleducato

​​rude

diligente

​​hard-working

​​lazy

​PERSONALITY adjectives

pigro

General personality adjectives

cheerful​ (allegro)	​generous (generoso)	​nice (cordiale/simpatico)
confident​ (sicuro di se)	​kind (gentile)	​quiet (tranquillo)
friendly​ (amichevole)	loud​ (rumoroso)	​sensitive (sensibile)
​easy -going (alla mano)	​selfish (egoista)	​shy (timido)

Scegli dalle parole date gli opposti degli aggettivi

Multiple Choice

happy  

• shy

• quiet

• cheerful

• sad

Multiple Choice

rude

• shy

• quiet

• polite

• lazy

Multiple Choice

confident

• shy

• rude

• happy

• polite

Multiple Choice

loud

• generous

• cheerful

• quiet

• nice

Poll

hard-working

• lazy

• selfish

• sensitive

• easy-going

Multiple Choice

miserable

• confident

• happy

• loud

• friendly

Multiple Choice

selfish

• generous

• nice

• sad

• cheerful