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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Great Mother's Day activity to do with kids and teens. A space for a picture or drawing, a list of adjectives and a small text talking about the mother of the student, in which s/he has to fill th ...
This worksheet is a pair work activity using adjectives to describe personality and appearance. The aim of the task is to complete a crossword. Students take turns at giving definitions of the wor ...
This is a bio you can use to teach american history in a funny way. students love to pretend to be important people. I use it in a role play activity where students pretend to be wax statues in a ...
This is a poster that encourages questions for students to ask about whatever book they are reading. It is great for charatcer studies as well as for a nightly reading prompt. This is a way for s ...
Questions for speaking practice could be a lead-in to a video or a movie. it contains general as well as personal questions for the students to exchange. it coud be done in pairs or groups then th ...
It's not always easy to make my students talk. I have used this quiz many times, it is a good starter! While they are improving their vocabularies, they can learn the meaning of friendship. If you ...
This worksheet is suitable for young learners. In the first exercise students match opposite adjectives. In the second exercise, students write comparative adjectives to complete sentences. Finall ...
This worksheet or test includes sentences practising the whose this? scrambled sentences, reading comprehension, drawing what you understand and infinitive verbs: to drink, to watch tv, to ride a ...
This is a simple matching activity for revising the parts of the body. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the words given with the correct part of the body. The worksheet ...
The lesson plan and worksheet are attached for Kindergarten level for Living and Non-Living determination. The worksheet can be used for remediation or assessment. The worksheet shows pictures o ...
Kids love asking questions and coloring :) In this activity children walk around the class, choose a partner and ask about the color of their school objects - "What color is your (eraser)?" Then, ...
It's a collection of useful vocabulary items necessary to describe people's physical appearance. It can be used in compositions or speaking activities. I usually give out a photocopy and explain t ...
Contains most of the target language and some photos for better visualization. At the end students have to describe famous people. Feel free to change the photos of celebrities (e.g. to ones famou ...
It is a simple worksheet to work simple present tense writing about personal facts. You can find different types of activities to practise the verbal tense. Moreover, you will find a reading compr ...
One can use this worksheet together with Mr. Bean 'The examination' video (10-minute clip) to teach some personality traits/temporary state of mind adjectives and prepositions that go with them, e ...
Some activities based on the film Patch Adams for Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate students. Activities include ordering the events in the film, some comprehension questions and adjectives for de ...
It's a vocabulary lesson during which studens learn how to describe physical appearances. Can be a lot of fun. Start the lesson with an activity that will pre-activate students' knowledge. Make su ...
It is a wordsearch for training some character and personality adjectives: shy, confident, bubbly, selfish, secretive, caring, outgoing, chatty, adventurous, dreamy, fun-loving, home-loving, hard- ...
In this worksheet there are some comprehension questions about the film and a glossary translated into Spanish. Also there are lyrics for two of the songs in the film. A certain emphasis is done o ...
This worksheet is about reviewing different topics for basic level, such as colors, shapes, alphabet, etc. The activities you can find in this worksheet are the following: An exercise about the al ...
This is a song that is great to teach about behaviour when it comes to culture and it is great to teach simple past actions. Teenagers and young adults may find it very interested and identify wit ...
BODY VERBS What can you 'do' with the parts of your body? Verbs accociated with body parts. It has two exercises. 1st: match the verbs to the appropriate part of the body. 2nd: fill in the gaps in ...
The archive contains five worksheets on the song "If you were a song by Mark Sholtez based on the following grammar and vocabulary topics: 2nd conditional, prepositions, nature words, body par ...
If you want your pupils to read a text about a birthday party and answer its comprehention questions, If you want to test them on vocabulary related to body parts, health and ailments, school rule ...
The lesson consists of three traditional stages of the listening: pre-, while- and post-listening. Aim: the learners will be able to choose the appropriate words in the text, to understand the con ...
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