DESCRIPTIVE

WRITING SKILL

MEETING 1 (DESCRIBING PEOPLE)

Descriptive Text is a text which describe something, such as person, animal, thing, or place, in a
detailed.
 The purpose of Descriptive Text is to describe something, such as person, animal, thing, or
place, in a detailed so that the readers or the listeners are able to understand what we describe
and are able to imagine the thing we describe even though they have not seen it before.
 Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
1. Identification
Tell about things in general (5W+1H)
2. Description
Tell about things in detail (5W+1H)
 Language Feature of Descriptive Text
1. Using simple Present Tense
S+V1+s/es+O+C
S+tobe1+Adj/N+O+C
Because the things we describe at that time cannot changing directly at the same
time.
Ex: cheetah is kind of animal. When it runs, it runs faster than human.
2. Using adjective
This car is red and cream, the chairs are good.
3. Using Linking Verb
Linking verb is a verb that being a connector. It is connecting subject and verb.
Ex: tobe (1,2,3), seem, look, appear, sound, etc.

How to Describe a Person

Face Shape

 Square
 Oval
 Round
 Triangular
 Heart-shaped
 Thin
 Wide
 Chiseled

ACTIVIY 1

Hello! My name is Rob Fellow. I come from Dundee. A town on the east coast of Scotland, but I’m a
student at Durham University, in the north of England. I’m studying French and German, and I can
speak the languages quite well. I also know little Spanish, so I can speak four languages. I’m enjoying
the course a lot, but it’s very hard work!

I live in Durham Castle, because the Castle is part of the University, with about
thirty other students. The course started two years ago, and I’m in my third year.
After the course, I’m going to work in France, but I don’t know where yet.

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1. Rob can speak these languages below except…
a. German c. Spanish
b. English d. Dutch

2. What’s Rob going to do after course?

a. To get a job in France. c. To enjoy in Germany.
b. To study in England. d. To learn in Spanish.

3. Rob Fellow is … student at Durham University.

a. a lazy c. a diligent
b. a dull d. a discipline

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 Look at the pictures
and choose the correct option.

1. I have got… hair. 2. My teeth are 3. His hair is too

a) curly a) small. a) long.

b) straight b) big. b) short.

4. Mr. Jones is 5. Our maid is a sweet... lady. 6. My eyes are

a) thin. a) young a) blue.

b) fat. b) old b) black.

7. My doctor 8. She has got 9. I have got… face.

has got a grey … … hair.
a) a round
a) moustache. a) dark b) an oval
b) beard. b) fair

10. You are too… 11. I’ve got 12. He’s got
to play basketball.
a) braces. a) glasses.
a) tall b) freckles. b) a wig.
b) short

13. My hair is 14. I have got 15. My skin is

a) spiky. a) a fringe. a) light.

b) wavy. b) a ponytail. b) dark.

16. I am 17. I am so 18. My sister is so

a) bald. a) weak. a) ugly.

b) blonde. b) strong. b) beautiful.

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MEETING 2 (DESCRIBING THINGS)

Describing things

size shape colour taste texture

 small  square  red  bitter  smooth
 tiny  round  blue  fresh  hard
 short  oval  green  juicy  fluffy
 medium  curved  yellow  tasteless  soft
 large  straight  brown  cold  rough
 huge  wide  orange  sticky  sticky
 big  narrow  purple  spicy  bumpy
 tall  crooked  grey  sour  slippery
 …  flat  white  sweet  liquid
 …  …  salty  …
 …

EXAMPLE:
Apple: Garden:
It’s a small fruit which is often red or green. It’s a place where you can play football.

Some are juicy and sweet, others are sour. You find it behind or in front of a house.
You often get them in fall. They fall of trees. You often see trees and flowers there.

Describe the things below with your own words as the example above

a) biscuit:
It’s some food _______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

b) sofa:
It’s some furniture ____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

c) radio____________________

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

d) coffee____________________

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MEETING 3 (DESCRIBING ANIMAL)

Worksheet 1
Match the words with the picture

EARS EARS EARS EARS

EYES EYES EYES EYES
WHISKERS WHISKERS WHISKERS WHISKERS
LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS
PAW PAW PAW PAW
CLAWS CLAWS CLAWS CLAWS
TAIL TAIL TAIL TAIL
BODY BODY BODY BODY
FUR FUR FUR FUR
FANGS FANGS FANGS FANGS
NOSE NOSE NOSE NOSE
FOOT FOOT FOOT FOOT

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Worksheet 2
1. This is a cat/tiger. It is/are cute. It has/have 1. This is a cat/tiger. It is/are cute. It has/have
the eyes. They/it are adorable. the eyes. They/it are adorable.

2. This is a/an lion. It is strong. It has/have 2. This is a/an lion. It is strong. It has/have
many teeth/nose. They/it are sharp. many teeth/nose. They/it are sharp.

3. This/These are giraffe. They is/are tall. They 3. This/These are giraffe. They is/are tall. They
has/have a long/short neck. has/have a long/short neck.

4. That/those are elephants. They are big/small. 4. That/those are elephants. They are big/small.
They have two trunk/tusks. They/it are long. They have two trunk/tusks. They/it are long.

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 MEETING 4 (DESCRIBING PLACES)

YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE

A. Write in the correct column

The smell of fresh popcorn berries soft fabric and

rough wood
children laughing the woods (the forest) birds singing
green plants and tall trees a cool breeze the circus
bright colors sweet candies

Where? See Hear Smell Feel Taste

B. Look and answer

1. What is the place?

________________________________________
2. What can you see there?
________________________________________
3. What can you hear there?
________________________________________
4. What can you smell there?

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5. What can you feel there?
________________________________________
6. What can you taste there?___________________________________

C. Now write about your favourite place

My favourite place
My favourite place to visit is _______________________________________________
It looks
_____________________________________________________________________
You can hear _______________________________________________________________
There you can taste ________________________________________________________
You can smell_______________________________________________________________
By ________________________