Vocabulary

Pages in this bloc with exercises or vocabulary studied in  class

External links about vocabulary

  •   Adjectives about describing people:
    • tall – ugly – weak –  mean – young –  small – fat – short – beautiful – thin – generous – old – big  –  strong
    • overweight – good-looking – elderly – slim – middle-aged –  tall – of medium height – chubby  –  skinny
      muscular – attractive – handsome  – generous – gorgeous – well-built – plain – petite – mean
    • adverbs in order from the weakest to the strongest:
      • not very > quite > fairly > very > really > extremely > absolutely
    • parts of the face with the list of adjectives that can be used to describe them.
      • ears = big, cauliflower, sticky-out
        nose = big, snub, pointed
        eyes = big, bright, blue
        lips = thin, full, sexy
    • The words that can particularly be used to describe:
      • a man = Handsome is almost always only used with men. All the other wordsan be used to describe men, except petite and plain (it is rare to describe a man as beautiful).
      • a woman = Petite and plain are only used with women. All the other words can be used to describe women (it is rare to describe a woman as handsome or well-built).
      • a person over 50 = middle-aged
      • a person over 70 = elderly
      • a bodybuilder = well-built, muscular
      • a supermodel = good-looking, attractive, gorgeous, slim, skinny
      • you = students’ own ideas

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