What does she look like? ≠ What is she like?
Per chiedere una descrizione fisica di qualcuno in inglese si usa la domanda What does she/he look like?. Se invece vogliamo sapere com’è una persona dal punto di vista del carattere o della personalità, si usa invece la domanda What is she/he like?
DESCRIBING APPEARANCE(What does she look like?) | DESCRIBING PERSONALITY(What’s she like?) |
| Scarlett Johansson is a very attractive woman. | Tom is a coastguard. He is very brave. His job is to save people. |
| Bruce Willis is bald. He has a shaved head. | My new colleague is very chatty. She’s always on the phone talking to her friends. |
| Cindy Crawford is a very good-looking model. | My nephew is very clever, he always gets top marks in class. |
| She has blonde, short, straight hair. | When it comes to relationships I am a bit of a coward. I never have the courage to break up with anyone. |
| He has long, black, curly hair. | I love Tom, he’s so easy-going and friendly! |
| My husband is getting a bit chubby lately. He has put on a little weight. | Your husband is very funny! He’s always entertaining us with jokes and stories. |
| His new girlfriend is very curvy. | His parents are very generous. They got him a new car for his twentyfirst birthday. |
| You can’t call a person fat. Overweight is a more suitable adjective. | My boss is really grumpy, he’s definitely not an easy person to get along with. |
| A person is fit when they do a lot of exercise and are in good shape. | My brother is very hard-working. He hardly ever takes a day off. |
| I started to look a bit flabby, that’s when I decided to go back to the gym. | I am looking for a person that is honest and kind. |
| I think Brad Pitt is gorgeous, he’s the most attractive man I’ve ever seen. | Mark is quite lazy. He rarely gets out of bed before mid-afternoon. |
| Fashionable clothes for large men are hard to find. | That woman is so loud! When she talks she drowns everyone else out. |
| Madonna is quite muscular for a woman. Her arms are very toned. | I am not lucky, i’ve never won anything in my life! |
| Being obese is bad for your health. | Peter is very mean. I’ve never seen him pay for anyone else. Not even a tiny cup of coffee! |
| Lady Gaga looks quite ordinary without make-up. | Lizzie is very moody, one minute she’s happy, the next one she’s crying. |
| Plain is an adjective you can use to describe someone who is very ordinary looking. | Those boys are nasty. Stay away from them or you’ll end up in trouble. |
| If you want to go ahead in your job, you need to look presentable. | Anna is very nervous. She gets scared easily |
| Nicole Kidman is a redhead. | I like polite people who say “please” and “thank you”. |
| Scruffy is an adjective you use to describe someone whose appearance is very untidy. | I used to be very popular in school. I had many friends. |
| The shots have been manipulated to enhance the star’s shapely figure. | Hector is quiet. He never speaks unless he’s spoken to. |
| Contrary to popular belief, Tom Cruise is a fairly short person. | James is a very rude person. He treats people badly, often for no reason at all. |
| Many fashion models are way too skinny. | My ex-girlfriend was very selfish. Her world starts and ends with herself. |
| It is important to look smart if you want to make a good impression. | Don’t be shy, you can talk to me if you have any problems. |
| Her new boyfriend is tattooed, well-built and a bit unkempt. | My grandfather was very wise. He taught me not to care about things I have no control over. |
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