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Junior Cycle Spanish: Describing people

How often Describing people comes up on the Spanish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Describing people, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Describing people.

(a)'Mi madre es alta y tiene el pelo rizado.' What is her hair like?
  1. Straight
  2. Curly
  3. Short
(b)Which adjective describes someone who is lazy?
  1. gracioso
  2. trabajador
  3. perezoso
(c)'Mis hermanos son ___.' Pick the right form of alto (tall).
  1. altos
  2. alta
  3. alto
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(a) Curly

(b) perezoso

(c) altos

Your turn: Common Level questions on Describing people.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q2, Q13
2024Q2, Q12
2023Q13
2022Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Describing people questions

Describing people, 2 marks

'Tiene los ojos azules y lleva gafas.' Which description fits?

  1. Green eyes and wears a hat
  2. Brown eyes and has a beard
  3. Blue eyes and wears glasses
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Blue eyes and wears glasses

Azul = blue (plural azules), verde = green, marrón = brown. Llevar gafas = to wear glasses. Barba = beard, gorra = cap.

Describing people, 3 marks

What does 'Es un poco tímido' mean?

  1. He is tall
  2. He is a bit shy
  3. He is very shy
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He is a bit shy

Un poco = a little, a bit. Tímido = shy. Qualifiers matter in the exam: un poco (a bit), bastante (quite) and muy (very) change the meaning. Alto = tall.

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