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 worksheet, called 'Family Worksheet: Bride and Groom’s Wedding Activity Book' is a fun way to introduce the topic in class. The activities suggested by the book include coloring the pag ...
This is a great movie to work with children (elementary level). After watching, sts work matching characters and descriptions, they put scenes in order, etc I really believe it is a fantastic movi ...
This would help the students to grab the essence of using the adjectives as describing words. It also centers on the brainstorming for the students, which makes it an intentional effort, for them ...
You will find some activities based on the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You will be able to work on grammar (Present simple & present continuous, can/can’t), vocabulary (the ...
A crossword puzzle to reinforce body parts vocabulary. There are 15 words included: leg, arm, knee, toes, hand, teeth, eyes, foot, hair, mouth, ear, neck, nose, fingers and face. Perfect for home ...
Here is a simple lifeline to show 3 important junctures that will be used to compose mixed conditional sentences. Teaching mixed conditionals isn't such a difficult concept to teach but finding an ...
This worksheet will help your students revise body idioms. You can use this worksheet for intermediate or upper-intermediate students. Only up-to-date idioms included. Contains two exercises witho ...
A list of 47 character qualities which can come in handy while discussing a (business) personality. You can shuffle them in any way you like and teach 1) new vocabulary 2) wordbuilding 3) opposite ...
This is a worksheet about physical description. Including a short explanation and exercises in which students read the dialogue and then underline the sentences, draw a picture using the physical ...
This is a simple reading that teenagers will love! It's about skaters, goths, nerds, babes and other youth styles that they know. It includes a list of headings, and they should deduce which parag ...
This is a worksheet about bedroom furniture, there (to be), some / any and prepositions. Includes several tasks in which students ask and answer questions about the picture, complete the sentences ...
This is an enjoyable and useful activity for elementary students to practice describing people including 4 different tasks and a pair work activity. This worksheet is suitable for lower level stud ...
It's a wonderful "before watching" activity! Students are always really interested in videos, and "Wallace and Gromit" cartoon series is very useful for the language practice. There are two tasks ...
It is my new ppt for my beginners. At the end of the school year they need to revise basic questions and answers they have learnt. They will play a game where one of the students is the interviewe ...
It is a useful speaking activity for your students using Ppt. Your students will need to work in pairs describing children's clothes. They will need to ask each other questions using Present Conti ...
A simple game of taboo. An even number of players from four to ten sit alternating around in a circle. Players take turns as the "giver," who attempts to prompt his or her teammates to guess as m ...
A worksheet to consolidate body vocabulary for elementary students. Includes a picture dictionary with 16 illustrated words followed by a word search puzzle. Specially designed for very young lea ...
It is a basic but fun activity to go over some of the different body parts, different clothes and different colours. It includes a black and white drawing of the Simpson family where students are ...
Elementary level word search for students learning character description. Suitable for revision or reinforcement. Could be used as a warm up activity too. List of words used in this word search: ...
Discussion cards on Zodiac Signs vocabulary and personality adjectives. The aim of the activity is to learn adjectives describing personality, and mainly motivate students to get involved in discu ...
These pages are about materials. In the first exercise, students will have to say what these thingas are and what they are made from; in the second exercise, they will have to tick the properties ...
A paired speaking and listening exercise using countable and uncountable nouns. Students must ask the question "how much?" or "how many?" to find out what features their imaginary monster has. The ...
A simple but very complete crossword about the parts of the body. The clues are in Spanish. Students have to write the words in English of course! If you have time you can replace the the clue w ...
This Power Point presentation can be used for teaching both Appearance and Character. It consists of 8 slides, two of which I would suggest printing and putting on the board so that students could ...
This bright handout should be used for making notes while watching a segment from the famous film series “Sex and the City” which beyond all doubt boasts fabulous fashion and style. It ...
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