What Does She Look Like?
Colors, physical descriptions & adjectives. Jess arrives in Toronto and Maya describes her appearance to Leo.
📖 Reading: Jess Arrives in Toronto
Today, Maya's colleague Jess visits Toronto. Maya goes to the airport to meet her.
"How will I recognize her?" thinks Maya. She looks at her phone. Jess sent a photo.
Jess is tall. She has long, curly red hair and green eyes. She wears a yellow jacket and blue jeans.
Maya looks around the airport. She sees a tall woman with red hair.
"Jess! Over here!" calls Maya.
"Maya! You look great!" says Jess. "I love your black coat. It's very elegant."
"Thank you! You look exactly like your photo," says Maya with a laugh.
"I am very tired," says Jess. "But so happy to be here! Toronto looks beautiful!"
🔑 Vocabulary Box
Eight key words from this lesson. Each word includes its meaning and an example sentence.
| Word | Meaning | Note |
|---|---|---|
| tall | Having a great height | adj. — Jess is tall. |
| curly | Having waves or ringlets (hair) | adj. — She has curly red hair. |
| recognize | To know someone because you have seen them before | v. — How will I recognize her? |
| elegant | Stylish and attractive in appearance | adj. — Your black coat is very elegant. |
| exactly | Precisely, with no difference | adv. — You look exactly like your photo. |
| tired | Needing rest or sleep | adj. — I am very tired. |
| jacket | A short coat | n. — She wears a yellow jacket. |
| airport | A place where planes land and take off | n. — Maya goes to the airport. |
📚 Grammar Focus
Colors
📚 Colors | |
Warm colors | red, orange, yellow, pink, brown |
Cool colors | blue, green, purple, grey |
Neutral colors | black, white, beige, cream |
Describing Appearance
📚 Describing Appearance | |
Height | tall / short / medium height |
Build | thin / slim / athletic / heavy |
Hair length | long / short / medium |
Hair type | straight / curly / wavy / bald |
Hair color | black / brown / blonde / red / grey / white |
Eyes | blue / green / brown / dark |
Adjectives — Position Rules
📚 Adjectives — Position Rules | |
Before noun | She has curly red hair. / He wears a blue coat. |
After "to be" | Her hair is curly. / His coat is blue. |
What does X look like? | "She is tall with long red hair and green eyes." |
📚 Key Verbs in This Lesson | |
to look (like) | She looks great! / You look exactly like your photo. |
to wear | She wears a yellow jacket and blue jeans. |
to have (appearance) | She has long red hair. / He has blue eyes. |
to see | Maya sees a tall woman. |
🎭 Dialogue: What Does She Look Like?
Maya tells Leo about her colleague Jess, who is arriving from the United States today.
Maya, who is coming to visit you?
My colleague Jess! She is tall with long curly red hair.
What does she wear?
In her photo she wears a yellow jacket and blue jeans.
She sounds easy to recognize!
I hope so! I am going to the airport now.
Have fun! And say hello to the tall woman with red hair!
Ha! I will! Goodbye, Leo!
Practice Exercises
3 questionsNew exercises to reinforce what you learned. Different from the lesson material.
What color is Jess's hair?
What does Jess wear at the airport?
What does Maya think of Jess's jacket?
Practice Exercises
2 questionsNew exercises to reinforce what you learned. Different from the lesson material.
She has ___ hair.
His eyes are ___.
🎭 Now It's Your Turn — Role Play
Practice with a partner. Use the dialogue as a model.
- Student A: Think of a famous person. Describe what they look like — do NOT say the name.
- Student B: Listen and guess who it is. Ask questions: Does he/she have…? Is he/she tall?
- Use: He/She has… / He/She is… / He/She wears…