The ability to describe something is an important aspect of English language learning so there are 270 'describing things' worksheets available to help students develop this skill. A student that is adept at providing descriptions will have the ability to carry on a conversation even without knowing the precise vocabulary words he or she wants to use. An example of this might be if a student is talking about cleaning out the attic but has forgotten or never learned the word attic. The student can describe a typical attic and explain its location within the house and still be able to clearly convey his or her meaning. A fun group activity that helps students practice this is posted here. On his or her turn, a student must choose a card and try to get group members to say the word on the card without saying the word and three other related words. This is a challenging and fun activity for intermediate students. You should feel free to edit or add cards and even change the rules of the game to suit your class. For more worksheets, browse through this section and don’t forget to check out the warmers for short activities related to this topic.
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This is a very simple worksheet for young learners which is aimed to practise there is/there are, some / any, and prepositions of place. There are 5 different tasks and a brief explanation. The p ...
Students use adjectives to complete the paragraph. You may add a word bank to scaffold for less proficient students. They also have an opportunity to draw a picture of the scene described in the p ...
It's an exercise to practise the use of the passive voice. The students must first identify the pictures and once that's done, they can make sentences orally using the verbs and the name of the pl ...
This was a fun song worksheet and lesson-filler, as opposed to a grammar-focused worksheet, in order to give my students a reward for some hard work the previous week. Therefore, the main focus of ...
This worksheet contains 2 pages. In the first one, we review shapes and the way we can put them together to a picture, including up, down, in the middle of etc. Next, we have a sample picture wher ...
In this booklet designed for my primary school pupils, who study English for five years, there are some of the most beautiful Christmas songs (Oh Christmas Tree, Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-nose ...
This PowerPoint explains the difference between the use of the words "high" and "tall", then provides some practice. It also mentions the colloquial use of the term "high" to mean "intoxicated". ...
This worksheet explains the difference between the use of the words "high" and "tall" *, then provides some practice. It also mentions the colloquial use of the term "high" to mean "intoxicated". ...
Extracted from Merriam Webster's Dictionary (2000). This is a list of Words that begin with ANTI, AUTO, BI, DIS, EX, IM, IN, IR, MICRO, MIS, MONO, etc. There is also a list or words that ends ...
It is a song worksheet based on the famous song “WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD” by Louis Armstrong, and it is to be used as a listening activity to practice the use of adjectives, some voca ...
Here's a planning sheet with examples for students who like to write stories. They often don't know how to start and this sheet might help them. There's an empty sheet as well for the students to ...
This activity will help your students practice in picture discussion. Also They can revise weather vocabulary, seasons vocabulary and Present Simple and Continuous.
The worksheet called "My Own Personal Robot" helps to work at "be going..." structure (positive and negative forms) when speaking about plans for future and also to discuss some questions concerni ...
Students practise using all-purpose words like “stuff” and “things” to ask for things they don’t know the word for in English.
Rationale: This class focuses on commu ...
The main lexical focus of this worksheet is describing places. This worksheet can be used as a hand-out for individual or group work to increase Pre-Intermediate/Low Intermediate students’ a ...
This worksheet contains five parts which focus on different types of activities. The first two ask the learners to use their creative writing techniques filling in the lines in the poem and creat ...
It is a funny activity sheet to practise clothes vocabulary. This material can be used to make your lessons more fun. It also contains a grammar practice exercise on using the expression"a pa ...
This worksheet will help your students to understand and to use the Present Continuous. The good thing about this worsheet is the approach given to the Present Continuous. Students will realize th ...
It's a worksheet for practicing the adjectives, it contains two activities of completing sentences with adjectives and also students have to draw their favourite animal and give a description for ...
This worksheet will complement your lesson if you are teaching business english and specifically how to talk about trends and describe charts. Two activities thought to put into use language discu ...
It's an interesting way to revise the word order and understanding of questions. You could change the questions depending of the level. The children enjoy answering and pretending they are on a re ...
An extensive reading activity set of three wss with comprehension questions, vocabulary, fill in multiple choice and parts of speech activities.
Where and when did the first forks appear? What di ...
Worksheet for upper-intermediate and above students. Good for topic-based lessons on ghosts and the supernatural. Good for getting the student motivated. Start of by playing the song all the way ...
Its a quiz using the london underground map which allows students to put the various stations on the underground map into order.
This allows them to practice their alphabet and other things too. ...
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