ASL Interpreting Drills - E–A consecutive - Describing People
Channel: Christopher Bratten
Date: 07/04/2020

This video is intended for beginning to intermediate ASL interpreting practice. It features short English sentences that you can practice translating to American Sign Language. The topic is "Describing People." There's a spoken English audio source, and the text appears on screen. A few seconds of silence appears between each prompt. The prompts are numbered, and a full transcript can be found below.

DESCRIBING PEOPLE
1. What’s your height?
2. How tall is she?
3. She’s tall.
4. She’s average height.
5. She’s short.
6. She’s 5’9”.
7. She’s 4’11”.
8. She’s 6’2”.
9. How much does he weigh?
10. He’s slim.
11. He’s average weight.
12. He’s overweight.
13. He weighs 165 pounds.
14. He weighs 98 pounds.
15. He weighs 223 pounds.
16. She’s beautiful.
17. He’s ugly.
18. Is he attractive?
19. Yes, he’s good-looking.
20. She’s not tall or short, really. She’s average.
21. Are the two brothers attractive?
22. Yes, they’re both handsome.
23. He’s got short, blond, curly hair.
24. She’s got medium-length, brown, straight hair.
25. He’s got long, grey and black, wavy hair.
26. My father’s got hazel eyes.
27. Her daughter has bright green eyes.
28. My boss has a beard.
29. That guy has a thin mustache.
30. What color is your sister’s hair?
31. Is your hair dark brown or light brown?
32. Do you prefer straight, wavy, or curly hair?
33. I have blue eyes, just like my father.
34. I’m in my mid-forties.
35. I’m 45 years old.
36. My wife is in her late thirties.
37. My wife is 38.
38. We have a 6-month-old son.
39. We have a baby boy.
40. My daughter is still a child.
41. My daughter is 7.
42. My brother is middle-aged.
43. My brother is 47 years old.
44. I’ve got a teenage nephew.
45. I’ve got a 14-year-old nephew.
46. My niece is an adult now.
47. My niece just turned 21.
48. My father is elderly.
49. My father is 79.
50. I have an aunt who’s in her early sixties.
51. Today is my aunt’s 63rd birthday.
52. The man we are looking for is in his mid-thirties. He is slim, with dark brown curly hair and a mustache.