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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Page 1: cards with the names of some parts of the body. Page 2: a picture of a human body, with brackets. The students are supposed to cut the cards with the words (or maybe you can do it beforeha ...
This worksheet is about there is and there are. Reading comprehesion. Vocabulary about the house. In this worksheet students describe the house in order to use the vocabulary about the house, th ...
This worksheet is for the little ones. Teach the vocabulary first with flashcards or other and then get them to put the numbers of the words in the circles on the picture. In the second exercise ...
This worksheet is an introduction to descriptive writing. The first section shows an example of how it is used. Then students are asked to describe their lunch in detail. In the second section stu ...
This is a simple and colourful activity for teaching bedroom related vocabulary, prepositions of place and there is / there are at elementary level. Students are asked to cut the pictures, put t ...
This worksheet consists of various pictures of things related to space. Students have to match the picture to the word and then speak a little about the subject. There is another worksheet which i ...
This practical worksheet is about K-Pax movie. First at all, you MUST watch the film with your students. Target areas: vocabulary, multiple choice questions and writing. The worksheet is for ...
A fun after reading activity for intermediate and advanced students to practice analyzing character traits, character development, and supporting examples with events from the book. Students can ...
I use this powerpoint game activity to get students talking and using their limited English vocabulary. I divide the class in two groups or teams. One person comes to the front of the class, ...
This an exercise I use on the first day of class with new groups that I haven't met before. It's a nice alternative to having all your students coming up with robotic responses like my name is Pi ...
This is a visual vocabulary worksheet with some basic adjectives of personality, mainly in opposite pairs. It can be used to describe someone or to introduce oneself. It ican be useful at the beg ...
This worksheet provides an activity where the student can practice the use and difference between I am and I have. Describing himself or herself. It is common for complete beginners to confuse whe ...
This worksheet can be used at the end of a lesson on descriptive adjectives, or as revision for them. The students must choose three classmates and describe them using only descriptive adjectives, ...
Target: youngest learners of English as a Second/Foreign language. Aim: checking how well your students know names of body parts (face). Skills being tested: reading, writing and listening. There ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising personal characteristics related vocabulary at intermediate level. There are 3 activities in which students are asked to write the opposite using a pre ...
This worksheet has an article about music and its effects on humans followed by analysis questions. Excellent to practice main idea and paragraph structure. It could be used to find context clues ...
Analysis worksheet that helps students develop social skills as well as reading and writing. It is a good activity to practice descriptions, comparing and contrasting and make connections. It coul ...
This is a set of activities based on an episode by the 3 stooges. You can work on good and bad manners, how to be polite and different social classes and how different or similar they are. Apart f ...
This worksheet is a very simple way of revising "have got". It stars with a simple sentence to write after observing a dialogue and then pupils will do a pairwork which allows them to revise short ...
This worksheet includes some words and definitions of adjectives, plus exercises like: fill in the blanks, completing a chart, describing certain characters, and classifying adjectives. The idea i ...
This document contains identity flashcards to have students (especially elementary or pre intermediate students) revise basic tools to introduce themselves. It aims at being a model for them to us ...
This worksheet was thought for children in primary education in their third grade. This is about Town Mouse and Country mouse. This a dialogue between them. Children can read it, play a ...
An exercise to learn and incorporate appearance adjectives to describe people! It is a "fill in the gaps with the correct word" activity. The children have to fill the descriptions of the well kno ...
Hey everybody! Well, I've prepared this for my very young Ss. It's a progress test about the parts of the body. In the first activity, they circle the correct item depending on what I dictated to ...
It is a nice speaking activity which can be either a warm-up or it can fulfil the major part of your lesson. You will need a list of vocabulary, a CD player and a rhythmic song. Each word must be ...
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