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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With this worksheet students will learn how to define words in English. It is an easy layout where students can learn to describe words related to people, objects, places and animals. Students can ...
This is an easy sentence completion worksheet on controlled writing. First, learners have to complete a short description of a pet using given words. Then, they write their own description using t ...
This worksheet is to be used in the classroom for the Cartoon 'Up.' There are some adjectives and words that describe the characters. The students need to match the words to the right characters. ...
This is a simple page called "This is Me" which will help your students feel free and relaxed to tell, then write about self. The page is good to use during the first lesson with your new students ...
The worksheet is aimed to introduce and provide controlled practice of some personality adjectives; then the students are to compare their family members just to personalize the target language. T ...
This worksheet is useful for young children. It is for children who started learning English as a second language. It is all about reading and writing exercises. The first part you colour or draw ...
This worksheet is useful for young children. It is for children who started learning English as a second language. It is all about listening exercises. The first part you choose a part of the face ...
This worksheet is to be used together with the slides "A mirror before your very eyes". It contains the song lyrics, the questions to be asked as a warm-up as well as the ones to be asked during c ...
These slides are based on adjectives and questions related to it. It has been designed for intermediate/upper intermediate students. There are also 2 songs, and both of them are full of examples o ...
This is a presentation which fills up your students' vocabulary. Pictures are colourful and familiar to adolesents. It's got some verbs linked with a body. There are no exercises to practice using ...
This can be used as a writing frame or as a prompt for students who need to practice speaking English. The writing frame is perfect for students who struggle to put sentences together. A ...
Students have to read through the sentences. They are required to finish the sentences using their own knowledge. This worksheet could also be used as a writing frame. If students had to ...
This ppt has a number of art pieces that can be printed out and posted around the classroom. On the last page is a survey that the students can fill out as they browse. The vocabulary may need t ...
To practice the use of "have got" and "has got" with elementary students after explaining the verb "have got". I used it with my pupils as a test. It contains two exercises, in the first one they ...
This worksheet is based on the short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber. It helps students to organize information pertaining to Walter's four main dreams. The organizer a ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet or a picture dictionary for teaching or revisng the human body related vocabulary. The file is available in both colour and bl ...
This is the worksheet I made while working on has got/hasn't got grammar. We have already learnt have got/haven't got, so I thought it would be smart to put some revision here too (see ex.6). Also ...
In this worksheet the students will find the wwritten description of their supposed new English teacher, who is a woman. In the description they will find physical features such as scars and wrink ...
It's a worksheet related to beauty, which provides more than vocabulary, but a meaningful discussion about the importance of appearence with questions that are going to make your students think an ...
As I promised, I'm attaching now the flashcards which can be helpful during the lesson focused on the traits of character. It contains colourful funny pictures that can make your lesson more inter ...
Hello ! I would like to present you my new powerpoint presentation. It can help you to teach describing character by the technique of opposites. It contains many funny colourful pictures and can e ...
This worksheet can be used after or while watching the video of Disney Nature about Chimpanzees. This worksheet is designed specially for beginners and will help them with their listening and com ...
Ask students to look at each of the eight pictures showing a reindeer that has one of its body parts missing (left/right eye, left/right antler, etc...). Tell them to read sentences 1-8 to find ou ...
This is like a general exam that has excersises of verb to be, describing, prepositions and simple present. Also you can downloaded and take the excersises you need. Here you can describe people, ...
This is a very nice song that can be used to teach the use of different expressions with the meaning "being the same". It can be used in the "Frienship and relationships" unit, your adult students ...
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