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Describing People in English

When we describe people we use some expressions with the verb "to be" and others with the verb "to have."

to be
Age	Body	Personality
He (She) is . . .	He (She) is . . .	He (She) is . . .
young	tall	intelligent (smart)
a teenager	short	dumb
middle aged	fat	funny
old	overweight	serious
elderly	thin	nice
20 years old	strong	lazy
in his thirties	weak	hard-working

to have
Hair	Face
He (She) has . . .	He has . . .
black hair	a beard
brown hair	a mustache
red hair	He (She) wears glasses.
blonde hair
gray hair
long hair
short hair
straight hair
wavy hair
curly hair
*He is bald. *With "bald" we use the verb "to be."

Exercise 1: Appearance

Exercise 2:  Describing People: Physical Appearance

Modifiers with participles

What Are Modifiers? (with Examples)

A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause which functions as an adjective or an adverb to describe a word or make its meaning more specific.

Examples of Modifiers

Modifiers can play the roles of adjectives or adverbs.

Modifiers As Adjectives

When a modifier is an adjective, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. (In these examples, the modifiers are shaded, and the words being modified are bold).

• Lee caught a small mackerel.
(Here, the adjective small modifies the noun mackerel.)
• Lee caught a small mackerel.
(Don't forget that articles (i.e., the, an, and a) are adjectives too. Here, a modifies the noun mackerel as does small.)
• Lee caught another one.
(Here, the adjective another modifies the pronoun one.)

Modifiers As Adverbs

When a modifier is an adverb, it modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example:

• Lee accidentally caught a small whelk.
(Here, the adverb accidentally modifies the verb caught.)
• Lee caught an incredibly small mackerel.
(Here, the adverb incredibly modifies the adjective small.)
• Lee supposedly accidentally caught a small whelk.
(Here, the adverb supposedly modifies the adverb accidentally.)

A Modifier Can Be a Phrase or a Clause

Don't forget that phrases and clauses can play the roles of adjectives and adverbs too. For example:

• Lee caught a mackerel smaller than a Mars bar.
(This is an adjective phrase modifying the noun mackerel.)
• Lee caught a mackerel of tiny proportions.
(This is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adjective. It modifies the nounmackerel.)
• Lee caught a mackerel which was smaller than a Mars bar.
(This is an adjective clause modifying mackerel.)
• When alone, Lee tried to catch mackerel.
(This is an adverbial phrase (of time) modifying the verb tried.)
• When we left him alone, Lee set up his rod to catch mackerel.
(This is an adverbial clause (of time) modifying the verb set up.)

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Exercise 1: Participles

Exercise 2: Describing People Reading Comprehension