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    The document describes the narrator's sphynx cat. It notes that the cat has little hair but peach fuzz over much of its body, and that its coat is often a warm chamois color. The narrator enjoys their cat's tail and intelligence, as it can respond to voice commands.

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    The document describes the narrator's sphynx cat. It notes that the cat has little hair but peach fuzz over much of its body, and that its coat is often a warm chamois color. The narrator enjoys their cat's tail and intelligence, as it can respond to voice commands.

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    A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT EXAMPLE - MY SPHYNX CAT

    Sphynx Cats
    My Sphynx cat is the only pet I have. He has a little hair but is not totally
    hairless as he has a peach fuzz over much of his body. His coat is often a
    warm chamois. My Sphynx has a normal cat proportion.

    I like his tail although my mom say that it is like a rats tail. I love his usual
    color varieties including, tortoiseshell, chocolate, black, blue, lilac, chocolate
    etc. He is really an amazing cat. Believe it or not, he is very intelligent cat.
    He can respond my voice commands.

    He is really funny as well as my friends get a joke. I love him so much as I


    love my mother.

    1.CROCODILE

                    This s crocodile. It has sharp tusk, it life in the marsh. It eat another animal. It is wild
    animal. We can find inthe zoo or concervation. It has skin hard. It has sharp claw.

    2. BUTTERFLY
                    This is butterfly. It is look so beautiful with kind of colour. We can find at flower park.
    The butterfly has antena on its head. It has beautiful wing. It always compute honney in top
    flower. It life in good smell place, and it many kind of colour wing.

    3. ELEPHANT
                     This is a elephant. It live in the junggle or forest or zoo. It has tusk, it tusk is long. It is
    a big animal. The elephant has a big ear and its has trunk. The trunk so long. Its has eyes. The
    eyes is small, the elephant eat like peanuts and fruits. And also its has a long tail and it has fur.
    The fur is soft and the fur is short and the colour is grey.

    4. TIGER
                    This is a tiger. The animls can be found in many country in Asia. It has a stripes black
    and orange fur. It has tusk tooth and sharp clawy, it has eat meata. It has tail. The animals are
    protected by my self with pounce on preys. Many people affraid it.
    5. MONKEY
                     This is a monkey. Its has grey fur. Its like eat banana. Its like climb tree. It has habitat
    in the forest. It is omnivora and mamalia animal. Sometimes it has short and long tail, and
    sometimes it has sharp tusk.

    6. SNAKE
                    Snake it one of wild reptile. It included carnivora’s. Snakes be a live in every where.
    Its a poison animal. Its body is long, about 8 metres – 10 metres. It like eat mouse and frog. It
    has small tusk, but very sharp to chew its prey.

    7. ROSE
                    This is rose. It has torn in the stem’s. It also has red calyx and it seen so beautiful. It
    has good smell can interesting come’s batterfly. It also can decihrable as token romanticism.
    Leafs rather furred.

    8. ORCHID FLOWER
                    This is orchid. It has many kind of colour. It stay with other plant. The orchid flower
    has not smell, but it is look beautiful with it is colours. This plant usually be decorated plant. It
    also has type in it sheath, and it has short stem. It procure food from other plant.

    9. CHILI
                    This is a chili. The colour is red and green. It taste is very hot. The chili usually for a
    taste food and souce. It has seed. The seed is small. The chili very populer in Indonesia. It has
    many spesies. The chili usually live at dry season.

    10. CARROT
                    This is a carrot. The colour is orange. Many people like it. The vegetable has many
    vitamin C to health eyes. The vegetables can be food or juice. Actually, its fruid has many
    fungtion.

    Read the following descriptive text to answer questions 14 to 19.


    The Terrifying Headmaster
    Mr. Tucker is the headmaster of my school. He does not wear glasses. His eyes always
    frighten me even when I refuse face them. They are sharp, hard, and cold, and he uses them
    like a whip.
    He always was his hands in an enamel basin in the corner of the room. After he has
    washed them, he will walk over to his desk and stand behind it looking at the pupils while he
    dries his hands on a small, white towel. He dries each finger separately, beginning with the
    first finger. His fingers are long and white. He rubs them briskly without losing the effect of
    deliberation and as he rubs them, he looks at us with his eyes.
    No one moves while he dries his hands, no one speaks. When he finishes, he will fold
    the towel and put it in the desk drawer. Then, he will awkwardly smile at us.
    He really terrifies me.

    14. Who is the headmaster?


    a. Mr. Tucker. b. Mr. Brown. c. Mr. Felix. d. Mr. Angelo.
    15. Where does Mr. Tucker usually wash his hands?
    a. In front of the school. c. In one of the school bathrooms
    b. In a basin in the corner of the room. d. In the school restroom.
    16. “... looking at the pupils ...” (paragraph 2).The underlined word has similar meaning to...
    a. Students. b. Teachers. c. Readers. d. Principals.
    17. What is the purpose of the text?
    a. To describe the writer’s headmaster. c. To inform the terrifying school.
    b. To promote the headmaster career. d. To terrify the readers.
    18. “They are sharp, hard, and cold,.......” (paragraph 1). The underlined word refers to ....
    a. Mr. Tucker’s eyes. b. The writer’s teachers.
    c. The writer’s parents. d. Mr. Tucker’s hands.
    19. What does the headmaster do after he dries his hands?
    a. He touches his fingers one by one.
    b. He teaches the students.
    c. He folds the towel.
    d. He terrifies all students.

    List of Descriptive Words


    Writing a comprehensive list of descriptive words would probably take an extremely lengthy
    amount of time. Just look at how many descriptive words were used in that first sentence:
    writing, comprehensive, descriptive, probably, extremely, lengthy, and so forth. When people
    hear the phrase "descriptive words" they tend to think of adjectives. While all adjectives are
    descriptive words, not all descriptive words are adjectives. Furthermore, many different types
    of adjectives exist.

    List of Descriptive Words


    In order to take away the potential of such a list to become extreme overwhelming, let's break
    them down into several shorter components of the list of descriptive words.

    General Adjectives

     hairy
     dusty
     melancholy
     abrupt
     tall
     angry
     grotesque
     monstrous
     miniscule

    General Adverbs

     quickly
     hastily
     angrily
     faintly
     begrudgingly
     meagerly

    Gerunds

     walking
     talking
     laughing
     playing
     running
     drinking
     eating
     making
     taking
     buying
     hating
     loving
     driving
     painting
     writing
     baking
     cooking
     mixing
     biking
     hiking
     swimming
     laughing
     joking
     crying
     diving
     tying
     betting
     getting
     hammering
     nailing
     jumping
     preparing

    *There may be some confusion as to why gerunds belong with descriptive words. The answer
    is simple: they are often used to describe the actions of an individual. Therefore, they are
    descriptive words.

    Words Describing People

     short
     large
     fat
     thin
     thick
     blue-eyed
     brown-eyed
     green-eyed
     brunette
     blond
     smart
     intelligent
     dumb
     stupid
     hungry
     thirsty
     mean
     nice
     kind
     friendly
     honest
     truthful
     comical
     hilarious
     funny
     tall
     gorgeous
     ugly
     beautiful
     cute
     adorable
     dependable
     reliable
     dishonest
     liar
     religious
     secular
     political
     Democrat
     Republican
     Catholic
     Christian
     Lutheran
     Baptist
     Jewish
     Islamic
     pagan
     Hindu
     Buddhist
     atheist
     agnostic
     student
     teacher
     police officer
     firefighter
     doctor
     nurse
     lawyer
     dependent
     certificated financial planner
     stay at home mom
     manager
     employee
     homemaker

    Words Describing Other Things (some could be used for people)

     broken
     bent
     icey
     steamy
     warm
     cold
     hot
     cool
     chilly
     breezy
     chocolatey
     spicey
     salty
     bittery
     sweet
     sour
     crunchy
     delightful
     moist
     dangerous
     exciting
     fun
     milky
     abomination
     welcoming
     open
     closed

    Colors

     blue
     green
     yellow
     red
     purple
     pink
     magenta
     orange
     turquoise
     Tiffany blue
     baby blue
     brown
     black
     caramel
     coffee
     white
     gray
     hot pink
     lime green
     strawberry red
     lilac
     seafoam
     cyan

    Shapes

     oval
     circle
     square
     triangle
     pentagon
     hexagon
     septagon
     decagon
     sextagon
     nonatagon
     rectangle
     prism
     rectaungular prism
     sphere
     globe

    Weather

     raining
     pouring
     snowing
     sunny
     cloudy
     hot
     cold
     warm
     cool
     freezing
     humid
     breezy
     windy
     light rain
     thunderstorm
     thunder
     lightning
     downpour
     tornado
     flood
     hurricane
     tsunami
     earthquake
     blizzard
     torrential rains

    1. Do you have a pet?


    2. What kind of pet do you have?
    3. What kind of food do you give to your pet?
    4. What does your pet like to do?
    5. Describe your pet.

    It is a cat. It is very cute and cuddly. It has white and


    black fur. Its tail is long with white stripes.

    I Have a Cat
    Spot is a regular house cat. He is an adorable cat.
    He has orange fur with white and black spots. I like to
    cuddle him because his fur feels soft. Every morning I
    give Spot milk. Spot does not like rice, so I give him cat
    food. Spot is an active animal. He likes to run around
    the house. He likes to chase everyone in my house.
    When he feels tired or sleepy, Spot usually sleeps on
    the sofa in the living room or sometimes under the
    table.
    Decide whether the following statements are true
    (T) or false (F) based on the text.
    1. Spot is a dog.
    2. Spot lives inside house.
    3. Spot is an adorable animal.
    4. Spot’s fur is white with black and orange spots.
    5. Spot likes to drink water every morning.
    6. Spot likes to eat cat food.
    7. Spot doesn’t like to move around.
    8. When Spot is tired or sleepy, he likes to sleep under
    the chair.

    Answer the following questions based on the text


    in Practice 12.
    1. What kind of animal is Spot?
    2. What does Spot look like?
    3. What is Spot’s fur like?
    4. What food does Spot have every morning?
    5. What kind of food does Spot like?
    6. What does Spot like to do?
    7. Where does Spot usually sleep?

    Pronounce It!
    1. pet : /pet/
    2. spot : /spɒt/
    3. cuddle : /ˈkʌdl/
    4. soft : /sɒft/
    5. fur : /fɜ:/
    6. chase : /tʃeɪs/
    7. tired : /ˈtaɪəd/
    8. sleepy : /sli:pɪ/

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