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 dont forget to check out the warmers for short activities related to this topic.
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An interesting unit in which your students will learn about bizarre food, ingredients, dishes, kitchen equipment, adjectives and how to give instructions. Assessment is proposed by an oral present ...
This is a ppt about the animals under the sea designed for private lessons to introduce vocabulary and promote discussion of animals and descriptions. Words include: lobster, whale, turtle, fish, ...
I used this worksheet with my ESL beginner students. This worksheet allows them to relate appropriate descriptive words with noun e.g. person, place, or object. Considering this material for hig ...
Student 'A' receives "Tom's Supermarket Handout 'A'." - Student 'B' receives "Tom's Supermarket Handout 'B'." Without looking at each other's handout, they should describe their supermarket ads to ...
Vocab activity with general rules, examples and test sheet for use of verbs 'check' and 'control'. Can be used for business or non business, levels from pre int and up. Second page shows various p ...
This is a teaching tool that can be printed and laminated to keep for a useful resource. It includes a town map with streets (colour names), and shops, school etc. It has simple quiz cards to be u ...
This sheet gives students information needed to help them make an emergency phone call for fire, police and ambulance. It also helps students understand the difference between an emergency and non ...
This is a worksheet for the movie Monster's Inc. This worksheet helps practice using adjectives and describing people, or in this case monsters! Worksheet one is for basic adjectives, such as blue ...
This is a fun activity about the movie Monster's Inc. I did this activity during a winter camp with an elementary class in South Korea and they loved it. Depending on the level of your students, y ...
People would eat the most disgusting things, depending on their cultural background and love of unique experiences. Such food - and things made from food - cause us to stop in the tracks and thin ...
The following lesson is designed to analyse different styles of advertising by looking at two different commercials that are part of two different awareness campaigns. One is an amusing video for ...
True / False sentences / Questions on the text "My family" Labeling: parts of the body and family members Who's who: family relationships Gap filling: Possessive adjectives/ Present simple of "to ...
These are cards that have to be cut before using them. Originally they were designed to practice certain verbs but they can be used to practice 'in the morning', 'in the evening' and 'at night' as ...
This is a set of pictures about a family to describe them. There is also a list of words that students should use. I don't give it to them, it should be part of the pre-teaching. I use these pictu ...
A song worksheet for elementary students for the song "These are a few of my favourite things (Sound of Music)". It has pre-teach vocab, pre-listening prediction questions, and points of discussi ...
It is a pair work activity. Student A has to face the picture and explain it. Student B faces back to the picture projected, listens to the explanations and draws. Allow max 3 min to do the task. ...
With this worksheet students will learn how to define words in English. It is an easy layout where students can learn to describe words related to people, objects, places and animals. Students can ...
This is an easy sentence completion worksheet on controlled writing. First, learners have to complete a short description of a pet using given words. Then, they write their own description using t ...
Students have to read through the sentences. They are required to finish the sentences using their own knowledge. This worksheet could also be used as a writing frame. If students had to ...
This ppt has a number of art pieces that can be printed out and posted around the classroom. On the last page is a survey that the students can fill out as they browse. The vocabulary may need t ...
This worksheet can be used after or while watching the video of Disney Nature about Chimpanzees. This worksheet is designed specially for beginners and will help them with their listening and com ...
This is like a general exam that has excersises of verb to be, describing, prepositions and simple present. Also you can downloaded and take the excersises you need. Here you can describe people, ...
This is a very nice song that can be used to teach the use of different expressions with the meaning "being the same". It can be used in the "Frienship and relationships" unit, your adult students ...
Over a hundred printable Taboo Game cards with template for beginner and intermediate students. The objective of the game is for a player to have his/her partner(s) guess the word on his/her card ...
Yo-Yee Cleaning Supplies - Flashcards for elementary students.You can also hand out the cover as a worksheet (Pictionary / Vocabulary List). Also students can circle the correct answer of the sch ...
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