To pay / give a compliment is to say something nice to people, usually about their appearance or something they do.
1. How often do you pay compliments?
2. How often do you hear compliments?
3. What do you answer when someone says something nice to you?
Listen to the small talk at a party. How many people are talking?
The adjectives in bold are synonyms to the word ‘good-looking’.
Which adjective is used to describe men only?
Which adjectives are not usually used to talk about men?
Read the explanation and check your guesses.
These adjectives are often used to describe someone’s appearance:
Beautiful means having beauty in it. This is the strongest adjective in the list.
Lovely is beautiful, too. But this adjective can also describe someone’s character. A lovely girl often means friendly and kind.
Attractive and charming mean nice to look at.
Good-looking just means looking good.
Handsome is the same as good-looking but used to describe a man, not a woman.
For example, you can say: He’s got a handsome face.
Pretty is about girls or women. It also means that the girl is nice-looking, but without being very beautiful.
Ugly is opposite to beautiful, something you wouldn’t like to look at.
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