Welcome to the section of the site that deals with descriptive words. There are 1,070 worksheets available on this topic and they are all FREE, printable, and easy to use. In order to make your search easier, there are sub-sections you can use to narrow down your results. This worksheet focuses on using There is and There are, prepositions of place, and describing a place. It is recommended for pre-intermediate students. One excellent thing about this worksheet is its appearance; the bright, attractive colors are something students will enjoy and activities are clearly laid out. The variety of exercises also makes this a good choice for learners of any age. You might be at a different point in your course so consider other worksheets for your upcoming lessons.
Descriptive words are so important because they enable students to express how people and objects are distinct from one another and give more details about those that are most important to them. When practicing descriptive words, try to avoid describing students in the class because this may make some students self conscious instead, use celebrities, family members or pets to practice. This is more fun and avoids giving anyone unwanted attention. Questions about the class would be appropriate if for example you want to compare your height with the height of a student. Descriptive words are important vocabulary for students to master and are used not just when the topic is introduced but throughout the course especially when it comes to learning comparative and superlative structures.
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This worksheet teaches students how to use descriptive and persuasive language to make a compelling advertisement. This was originally designed for Chinese University students and so the examples ...
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This power point presentation provides the necessary vocabulary to describe people. It includes physical features and clothes vocabulary. It is presented in a clear and organized way, so your stud ...
Before the class, draw 3 or 4 volcanoes on the other side of three or four index cards and write scores on the others. Place the cards on the board, so the students can see the pictures. Divide th ...
This worksheet is to help learners identify after what verbs we use infinitives and gerunds. It starts of with a dicatagloss, done in teams or individually, about personalities types. After the st ...
It is a classic worksheet for students to think about adjectives and then classify them. Students will be able to revise what they have learnt. This worksheet presents basic personality adjectives ...
This is a Powerpoint presentation that illustrates the beautiful tale of the hummingbird and the fire. You can use it with students of all ages to discuss the importance of small gestures and of d ...
Flashcards Toys. I designed these flashcards to teach 11-year-old kids. You may practice- what is this? and This is a ... . I decided to share with you this worksheet, because it's really hard for ...
This worksheet is about the movie Ratatouille, here the students have 3 different types of activities. It is useful to talk about food, characters and personalities after watching the movie. It is ...
A worksheet to introduce idioms connected with parts of the body in a fun way. There is a dialogue for speaking and/or reading practice, a substitution exercise, a matching exercise, and a discove ...
An information sheet giving vocabulary about bikes (nouns, verbs, adjectives) plus a short fill in the blank exercise. Can be useful when showing videos about bikes to give students the vocab ...
Based on the TV hit show House of Cards. As a lead in the students answer the questions. This is followed by students discussing the characters and the adjectives to describe them and wh ...
This is a worksheet about the film "The Spanish Apartment". I showed it to my students who were going on Erasmus. It's a nice film to discuss the importance of different cultures, tolerance and se ...
A very simple worksheet for primary school. Before using the worksheet you can show a video with the parts of the body and then use the worksheet as a complement. Students write the parts of the b ...
Teach children general body parts while having fun playing bingo. 15 different Bingo cards, 24 body parts. Works like standard Bingo, only the cover cards have appropriate names of the body parts. ...
This illustrated worksheet is for young learners in their second year. It facilitates them to speak about their favourite toys through pictures and then say which is their favourite one. If their ...
This is a PowerPoint for teaching different types of hair and it is designed by one of my students, Negar. It is appropriate for elementary levels, particularly kids. You may find it useful at the ...
This is a gap-fill listening task with most of the missing words having to do with body parts, body language and feelings. There are also rhyming exercises that I use to introduce my students to t ...
This is a comprehensive worksheet with vocabulary for describing people. There are physical and personality characteristics, plus clothes. It's divided into categories: height; build; hair; c ...
This handout is an interesting consolidation activity to be used when teaching shopping/ clothes vocabulary. It is divided into 3 different tasks: the first one is a questionnaire about general co ...
This is a worksheet revising the basic cooking verbs. The student has to write their translation and then put them in the correct gap to complete the recipe, which is real, so you can prepare it a ...
Bingo is a world-famous game and it`s interesting to play "Bingo" with students. This worksheet can help you revise the material referred to the topic "body parts" or you can introduce this t ...
This PowerPoint includes different types of hair + how to put the adjectives to describe hair in the right order. It is appropriate for elementary and pre-intermediate levels, both young learners ...
The game was created for conversation class of English for teachers. It has 36 interesting ice breaking questions and some funny active tasks. Can be used for age 16+ or adjusted according to your ...
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