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 is a worksheet for the movie Monster's Inc. This worksheet helps practice using adjectives and describing people, or in this case monsters! Worksheet one is for basic adjectives, such as blue ...
This is a fun activity about the movie Monster's Inc. I did this activity during a winter camp with an elementary class in South Korea and they loved it. Depending on the level of your students, y ...
This is a test we use at the end of an unit, kids must be able to read, answer the questions, mark true or false and ask questions for the given answers. They have to complete some sentences with ...
People would eat the most disgusting things, depending on their cultural background and love of unique experiences. Such food - and things made from food - cause us to stop in the tracks and thin ...
The following lesson is designed to analyse different styles of advertising by looking at two different commercials that are part of two different awareness campaigns. One is an amusing video for ...
This worksheet is based on a special English broadcast by Voice of America. The corresponding mp3 file and transcript can be found on the Voice of America ESL website at http://www.manythings.org/ ...
Halloween Myths and Supestitions. This presentation may help when speaking about superstitions and myths relating to Halloween. There are some images of well-known characters and some stories abou ...
This is a ppt with the already known game: Desert Island. It's great to learn new vocabulary and practice speaking. "You are on a desert island. There is a motor boat and you are the only one who ...
These slides are designed especially for pre-intermediate and intermediate. However I am quite sure it can be assigned to all levels (see worksheet). It consists of exercises firstly based on the ...
This five-page worksheet is designed especially for pre-intermediate and intermediate. However I am quite sure it can be assigned to all levels. It consists of exercises firstly based on the song ...
This worksheet includes prompt questions to help students play the game 'guess who?'. It is for beginner level. The worksheet includes short questions and descriptions of people. It is to help stu ...
True/False sentences; questions on the texts Adjective degrees: comparative / superlative Gap filling: Present Simple / Present Continuous Adjective opposites Labeling: Parts of the body Selectin ...
True / False sentences / Questions on the text "My family" Labeling: parts of the body and family members Who's who: family relationships Gap filling: Possessive adjectives/ Present simple of "to ...
This is a mingling activity I created to teach adjectives to elementary students. It goes with a presentation. Explain that their character depends on the colour they like, and now they may find o ...
This is a presentation I created to teach adjectives to elementary students. Explain that their character depends on the colour they like, and now they may find out a lot about thair friends or pa ...
Guess your partner's character before they guess yours by taking turns asking questions. A sheet full of female characters to practise asking questions and have fun while doing it. It is an excel ...
Take turns asking questions and try to guess your partner's character before they guess yours! Pictures of male characters in an excel file to play "Guess who". You can either print and laminat ...
Funny exercises especially for girls - reading and writing, Present Perfect Tense, questions, describing people. One exercise is prepared for Polish students, in order to teach then some new words ...
These are cards that have to be cut before using them. Originally they were designed to practice certain verbs but they can be used to practice 'in the morning', 'in the evening' and 'at night' as ...
This is a set of pictures about a family to describe them. There is also a list of words that students should use. I don't give it to them, it should be part of the pre-teaching. I use these pictu ...
Here you can find two wheels to teach students different parts of the body. You can print this material and fast a tack to the arrow. Then roll the arrow and make your students guess which part of ...
In this worksheet, the student must describe Phoebe: build, height, hair, nose, eyes.... The beginning is written and the students have hints to complete the description.Then the student can descr ...
This is an exercise to describe someone physically, first they choose the correct form : Be or Have ( is or has ) to describe the character then the students must write the description of t ...
A song worksheet for elementary students for the song "These are a few of my favourite things (Sound of Music)". It has pre-teach vocab, pre-listening prediction questions, and points of discussi ...
It is a pair work activity. Student A has to face the picture and explain it. Student B faces back to the picture projected, listens to the explanations and draws. Allow max 3 min to do the task. ...
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