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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It´s an exercise to describe a room for the elementary level. It uses there is, there are and prepositions of place. Vocabulary connected to houses and bedroom. There&ac ...
Activity used for teaching or reviewing personal characteristics, based on the star signs. Teacher makes a copy of the exercise for each student and tells them that they have to read the person c ...
It is a funny story about a cat family with a lot of pronunciation, lexical, grammar (present simple, articles, questions, word order), check comprehension and speech exercises. This worksheet is ...
This worksheet includes a text of approx. 300 words from a real source about a Brazilian goalkeeper with one leg. It has a pre-reading activity with vocabulary from the text and a post-reading act ...
Using as many adjectives as you can describe a person important to you. It can be your family member, someone famous or yourself. Don’t just list the qualities, explain. Use minimum 50 words ...
This worksheet provides a model conversation and a help box for students to used when they personalize the conversation after practicing. The first conversation is about a successful job interview ...
This presentation invites students to practice vocabulary of geographical features such as 'sea', 'waterfall', 'desert'. It contains mainly pictures which could also be used to get students to des ...
Instead of the usual human body shape, I came up with "Johnny the Robot" for my younger students to study the basic parts of the body (head, hair, eyes, hands, etc.). The children love to draw its ...
A (visual) listening activity with a movie trailer (Ratatouillle). For pre-intermediate learners (teenagers or adults) and activities for the 3 phases (pre-listening, listening, post-listening). L ...
Level : Pre-intermediate. Skills : Listening/Speaking/Writing Instruction : the students are divided into a group of 4. The worksheet is given to each student. They will watch 'The Indian ...
Lots of enjoyable exercises covering the most common personality adjectives in English are given through exercises. Firstly students try to find out if they are positive or negative. And then exer ...
Motivation activity to start a lesson about writing emails. The quiz has 5 multiple-choice questions. The last slide contains the results of the quiz depending on the student's answers. The activi ...
This sheet has a series of connected activities in which you can work with vocabulary, grammar, writing as well as speaking and listening skills. You'll find new lexis, dialogues, multiple choice ...
In this file, you will find activities to work with lifestyles & used to so that students can compare life in the past and life in the present. You can adapt the activity and work with it oral ...
In this file, you'll find a vocabulary matching warm-up activity, a quiz that covers the first 44 minutes of the film, and a few discussion questions. You'll also find the key for the proposed act ...
This worksheet is used in conjunction with a lesson on the parts of the body for young, beginner students. It uses the characters from the movie Monster Inc. to help students learn the names of th ...
This is a rich powerpoint containing plenty of idioms as well as exercises following. So many idioms are given with suitable pictures which are really enjoying. It is a bit long powerpoint but you ...
Students need to describe what the characters are wearing. Useful to practise "what are they wearing" and the clothes vocabulary. Can be used as homework. The characters are Russell and the o ...
This powerpoint is only based on exercises which include body part idioms.It has different types of exercises and students try to find the most suitable answers.Students either complete the missin ...
This powerpoint contains plenty of idioms which are freqently used in spoken language.And the pictures which are choosen properly grab students' attention easily. I've used it in the class and I c ...
In this powerpoint, lots of body part idioms which are commonly used in daily life are given through interesting and enjoyable pictures.Also it draws students' attention easily.I hope you will lik ...
For primary school. This worsheet was used with a 4th grade in Portugal. It can be used for homework or an evaluation. It works and children just love it. The first thing to do is u ...
After finishing the lesson on physical appearance or even before it, listen to this audio with your students. It provides a wide range of discussions related to the topic (plastic surgeries, ...
Activity to practise the verb 'have got' and the parts of the body. It can be used for pairwork or group work.There are 4 cards with monsters. One child must describe the monster using the verb ' ...
This is letter writing assignment intended for intermediate to advanced ESL students.The questions are prompts for writing a thank you letter aimed at parents. The prompts include: a cherished mem ...
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