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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I usually divide this activity into 3 parts. The first is to hand out the sheet of images and have the students try to guess the object and either its origin or use or both. They have a lot of f ...
One of several practice Excerpt Reading Comprehension worksheets that I created to strictly follow the format of the BAC English exam in France for my French native speaking high school students. ...
One of several practice Excerpt Reading Comprehension worksheets that I created to strictly follow the format of the BAC English exam in France for my French native speaking high school students. ...
With preparation this game can be played with elementary and pre- intermediate classes. For higher levels play with little or no preparation, simply reading out the rules. Bigger classes can be sp ...
For when students are watching Madagascar. Focuses on describing personality traits as well as likes and dislikes. Students can fill out the worksheet either during or after they finish the movi ...
After you have explained about 'there to be' and the use of 'some, any, a lot of, a, an' you can use this handout to practice with the ss. You can create a presentation to describe your neighborho ...
Penelope Cruz is on David Letterman show to present her last film at that time "Volver". She speaks about her last film "Volver" and she talks about one scene, her hobbies and her firned Salma Hay ...
The worsheet has two exercises. The first one focuses on 'wh-' questions that aim at obtaining someone's personal profile. Candidates are encouraged to answer with complete sentences. The second e ...
Baby animals and farm animals, comparison of baby animals and adult animals. Nice and colourful flashcards showing some characters from cartoon, like garfield and donald duck. Kids really enjoy ma ...
Hi. This is a class for adult groups since it talks about loneliness and painful moments. This is the teacher's guide. The song I choose is from the group Avenged Sevenfold - So far away. This cl ...
After watching the movie Persepolis, students answer questions based on it and work on vocabulary. Persepolis is also a movie that can be worked for different subjects such as social studies, they ...
This worksheet based on the Ghibli studio classic "Princess Mononoke", an animated movie that can work with both teenagers or adults. It is designed for upper-intermediate/advanced students of En ...
This is a fun activity to revise common adjectives of description. There is a picture of a famous person on one side of the domino and an adjective on the other side. As with normal dominoes, the ...
This worksheet scaffolds writing for students who have learned some adjectives of description. They are given ideas for a person/character to describe and some adjectives to use, or the opportunit ...
Match each part of a house: choose the correct part to put the numbers into the table. Work with a partner or alone to do this activity. The picture contains some parts of the house to practice in ...
A very funny way to teach your pupils/students about wild animals. You can also practise some structures such as It has got, It likes, It can, It lives. Here are the videos:
This is a 2-page picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom language poster for teaching body language related vocabulary. Available in both colour and black and white version.
I used this as a "filler" class for my middle school students during midterm week. We watched the episode (with Korean subtitles - found online), and they could work on the worksheet during and/o ...
This is a test I have prepared for my students in grade I. It is based on grammar and vocabulary aspects. The students have to answer the questions based on a picture, join the two halves, look a ...
This worksheet is ideal to work with young learners on parts of the body. It can be used in a pre-stage activity to focus on spelling. It can also be used to practice the meaning of the words or ...
This is a simple boardgame for revising the parts of the body. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to make a correct sentence by using the picture clue provided on the each sq ...
This is a reading comprehension test on Simple Past. Reading and answer the questions. Unscramble the words to build sentences. Mark the correct answer. Complete in the simple past. Choose the ri ...
It is a definition-speaking game. We define the words at the top without using the ones under them. It is great for speaking and we all enjoy it. We print it in cardboard or laminate it and cut th ...
This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet on parts of the body related vocabulary. The poster is available in both colour and black and white version.
Here are sentences to use when you are playing a pictionary sentence game! The rules of the game are the same as the normal pictionary game but the students have to guess a whole sentence not just ...
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