ESL Kid Stuff
Describing People (Adjectives)
As part of a series of lessons focusing on the parts of speech, language learners engage in games and exercises that encourage them to use adjectives to describe people.
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Describing People Easy Crossword Puzzle
Young learners discover adjectives to match each small description provided. While this crossword is labeled easy, I would recommend having upper elementary learners help youngsters, if possible.
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Describing People: Writing Sentences
In this describing people writing sentences activity, students look at a picture of several people and then write 6 complete sentences pertaining to the picture.
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ESL Using Adjectives to Describe People
In this ESL using adjectives to describe people worksheet, students match each small clip art picture of a person to the adjective that describes him/her. They complete 8 examples using words such as tall, handsome, ugly, and short.
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Describing People: Appearance
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students discover or review terms that describe the appearance of people and then complete 4 multi-step activities using the terms appropriately.
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Describing Clothes
A lesson all about clothing and colors, this might be a useful lesson for English language learners or introducing descriptive writing. After a short review of colors and clothing vocabulary, learners answer questions regarding what...
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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People: -er -or -ar
In this er, or, and ar learning exercise, students fill in the end of the word for the person described. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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ESL Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary Worksheet- Who Would Say...? Sports Cards
In this ESL pre-intermediate sports card vocabulary worksheet, students examine cards that describe people who play sports. They use the cards to play matching games.
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Bedrooms: Beginning ESL Lesson
"Lullaby, and good night..." Using this presentation, you can help English learners identify the basic items in their bedrooms. Blankets, cribs, nightgowns, and closets are all featured in these slides, along with cute pictures and brief...
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Look at Us!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
Start off your young English language learners with this packet of materials, which covers three weeks of instructions. After completing the unit, kids will have practiced the letters K through Z, read several story books, talked with...
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Clocks and Watches
What time is it? Use this ESL presentation about clocks and watches to reinforce vocabulary for time-keeping devices. Wall clocks, stopwatches, and even cuckoo clocks make up this series of slides. Each slide features one kind of clock...
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ESL Lesson Idea: Describing People
Students practice using the proper vocabulary to provide a physical description of a person. They focus on the details that are necessary to give a complete description by participating in a teacher directed guessing game.
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ESL: Disaster Vocabulary
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a set of 10 descriptions related to disasters and determine what is being described. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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ESL: Adjectives- "How Do You Feel?"
In this ESL adjectives worksheet, students fill in blanks to describe what emotion if shown by facial expressions and choose the word that describes emotions in pictures shown.
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ESL: Unique Personality Vocabulary
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students fill in boxes with vocabulary words that express the opposite meaning of given words that describe personality. Students may click on a "check" button for immediate feedback.
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ESL: Riddle Vocabulary Activity
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a description of an item, then choose the correct item being described. Page has links to additional activities.
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Have You Seen Jack?
Students study relative clauses and appositives. In this ESL lesson, students role play. Students use relatives clauses and appositives to describe people. Students use dialogue.
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Silly Stories: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
ESL/ELD learners are provided extra support with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on silly stories by this packet of activities, exercises, and practice sets.
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Have You Seen Jill? A Business ESL Role-play
Students practice role-playing to use relative clauses and to describe people. In this ESL lesson, students use verbal expressions to describe the actions of people in an office. Students work with a partner to initiate conversation to...
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ESL Adjectives
In this ESL adjectives worksheet, students provide adjectives that can describe towns, people, or both. Students analyze the words that are given in each column and add appropriate adjectives for describing: towns, people, both.
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Who's Who?
In this ESL worksheet, students listen to 12 descriptions of different people. Students match the descriptions of people with their correct pictures.
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Emotions: describe These People
In this ESL emotions worksheet, students will analyze the emotions pictured. Students will complete 8 sentences, choosing the correct word to complete the feeling that is depicted in each photograph.
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ESL Conversation: Describing a Village
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students practice a 15 line conversation, describing a village and additional information about it to a partner.