Replace the underlined words in each sentence with a more suitable or polite word

Complete these sentences in a suitable way. More than one answer may be possible.

Hair

Height and build

General

Describing appearance

V o c a b u l a r y

Positive: beautiful is generally used to describe women; handsome is used to describe men; good-looking is used for both; pretty is another positive word to describe a woman or a girl.

Negative: ugly is the most negative word to describe someone; plain is more polite.

tall and slim medium height and build short and overweight very muscular

straight wavy curly  

Speaking about the colour, we can say that the hair is blonde, light or dark brown, red, auburn, black and grey/white.

Adding some special features we can say if a person wears a beard or a moustache, has got a scar, a tattoo or a birthmark.

1. She’s got blonde ………………………………………...

2. I would say he was medium …………………………….

3. He’s got very muscular ………………………………..

4. Both men were very good-……………………………..

5. She’s not tall, she’s …………………………………….

6. I can’t say he’s good-looking, he is ……………………...

7. She eats too many cakes, that’s why she is ……………..

1. He told me he met a handsome girl yesterday.

2. She’s beautiful, but her younger sister is quite ugly.

3. I think Peter is getting a bit fat, don’t you?

4. I think she’s hoping to meet a few beautiful men at the tennis club.

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