DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

People Description

Basic reading

Describing a person 

1. The basics

1.1 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Spelling worksheet

Faces

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

Link with vocabulary to talk about facial expressions

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2. The lifestyle

2.2 Ocupation

Worksheet

Make trouble worksheet

Quick character creator

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3. The Faults

Listening on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

4.  The Clothes

5.The Body Language

Obama

 Character questionaire

Adjective order

If you are using more than one adjective to describe a noun, place the adjectives in the following order before the noun: 

1. Opinion: an interesting book, a boring movie, a fun ride

2. Size: a large box, a tiny turtle, a tall woman 

3. Shape: a round ball, a long hose, a square field 

4. Age: a new day, an old horse, a modern building 

5. Color: an orange sunset, a green jacket, a red bug 

6. Ethnicity: Italian cheese, French wine, Chinese tea 

7. Material: silk shirt, wool socks, a cotton dress 

Spacial Description

The following are possible transition words to include when using spatial order:

• Just to the left or just to the right
• Behind
• Between
• On the left or on the right
• Across from
• A little further down
• To the south, to the east, and so on
 A few yards away
• Turning left or turning right

City building

Descriptive Prompts

Place Description

a) Place and position; direction.

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b) Measurements: weight, size/volume, distance.

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c) Shapes and patterns.

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d) Colours and textures.

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e) Materials and substances.

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f) Technical vocabulary: buildings, weather and so on.

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g) Use and value

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Existencial structures

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Picture Description

Setting

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Extreme adjectives



Describe your feelings at the place