Descriptive Writing Exercises and Worksheets

• Descriptive writing is an attempt to give a clear or creative description of people, places, objects, or events using appropriate language and informative details.
• Descriptive writing requires:
  • a  broad knowledge of vocabulary, particularly adjectives.
  •  the ability to use words imaginatively.

6 delightful descriptive paragraph and essay writing exercises  (PDF)

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5 paragraph descriptive essay ( about a place) writing template (PDF)

Practice writing short descriptions (PDF)

Step by step descriptive writing lesson

Teaching idea for descriptive writing

Artistic Elements: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing

Describing shapes worksheet (PDF)

Matching exercise: shapes (PDF)

Describing objects

Everyday Objects Come to Life Lesson idea

Describing appearance worksheets (PDF)

Describing a Room: vocabulary & worksheets worksheet (PDF)

Describing places

The Personal Writing Worksheet:describing yourself (PDF)

ESL Lesson idea: Describing Clothes

Describing People Teaching Idea-nice handout