6 describing people and appearance vocabulary and language exercises

6 Amazing Describing People and Appearance Vocabulary and Language Exercises

1 What do they look like ? (with answers)

In this describing appearance writing exercise students use the vocabulary in the center of the worksheet or their own ideas to write descriptions of the people in the pictures. Click on the image or the link at the side to download the PDF file.

Describing people and appearance writing (PDF)

2 Elements of appearance vocabulary worksheet (with answers)

This is an English language exercise introducing and exploring the language and vocabulary for describing people. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.

Elements of appearance vocabulary (PDF)

3 Describing people word sorting

This is an ESL exercise to help students become familiar with

vocabulary for describing appearance. Students sort the words into the appropriate columns.

Describing appearance word sorting (PDF)

4 What do they look like ? (conversation/speaking activity)

In this conversation or speaking exercise students practice creating a conversation describing someone’s appearance. They use the conversation skeleton below to create their own conversation. This could also be adapted to be a speaking activity.

Describing appearance conversation (PDF)

5 What do they look like 2? (writing activity)

This is similar to the second exercise above but with different pictures.

Describing appearance writing 2 (PDF)

6 Describing a person

In this writing exercise students brainstorm information about a person they know well. Then they write a more wholistic description of a person including appearance, personality and other aspects of his/her life.