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Describing Things (Adjectives)
Describing things using adjectives is the focus of this instructional activity designed for language learners. Class members play games, draw pictures, and sing songs, adding adjectives to describe animals.
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Word and Picture Match-- Verbs
The focus of this ESL worksheet is on matching verbs and pictures. Students analyze seveb pictures that depict people engaged in various activities, and match each picture to the verb that describes it.
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ESL Describing Things- Fill In the Table Worksheet
In this ESL describing items instructional activity, students describe 8 items by their shape, color, and the material they are made of. They use a word bank at the bottom of the page to help with the descriptions. They describe items...
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Match: Word and Picture Comprehension
An excellent ESL word and picture matching worksheet awaits your learners. They analyze seven pictures of body parts, and match these to the words that describe them.
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ESL: What's the Weather Like?
Beginning English learners practice describing the weather with help from eight picture clues. Questions are phrased like "How's the weather?" and "What's the weather like?" Tinker with the formatting to make it all fit on one page...
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Morning Activities: ESL Lesson, Beginning Level
What do you typically do in the morning? Phrases like wake up in the morning, take a shower, eat breakfast, and put on your shoes make up this ESL presentation, which works as a good bridge between vocabulary words and forming longer...
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Baseball Vocabulary Game: ESL Beginners
The most valuable part of this lesson is the instructions to "Vocabulary Baseball," which can be applied to any vocabulary or key terms list. The game uses word boxes and the autobiography of Roberto Clemente, which the lesson describes...
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Describing My Friends
In this describing and drawing worksheet, students describe six of their friends in two or three words and then draw a picture of each one in the frames provided.
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Describing Things
In this adjectives learning exercise, students fill in a chart by describing six objects by shape, color and material. Students utilize a word bank provided for them.
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Describing Clothes
A instructional activity all about clothing and colors, this might be a useful instructional activity for English language learners or introducing descriptive writing. After a short review of colors and clothing vocabulary, learners...
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ESL- Words That Describe Weather
In this ESL weather words worksheet, students look at 7 clip art pictures of weather scenes. They write words, in the space next to each number, that describe the weather shown in the picture.
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Adjectives 101 - Word Search
In this adjective word search, students identify adjectives. A list of approximately 65 descriptive words are provided. An answer sheet is available.
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ESL Writing: "Words for Me"
In this ESL writing practice worksheet, students trace and print a set of 10 "words for me" describing words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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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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Body Parts Word and Picture Matching
In this body parts word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict parts of the body. Students match these to the words that describe the pictures.
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Worksheet: Food Word and Picture Matching
In this word and picture matching learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures that depict different kinds of food. Students match these to words that describe the pictures.
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PREPOSITION WORD STRIPS
In this visual learning exercise, prepositions are viewed alongside an illustration which describes the preposition. This is a good activity for English-learners of all ages. Fifteen vocabulary word strips are provided.
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Classroom Objects
A word and picture comprehension worksheet is here for your ESL learners. They analyze seven pictures that depict common classroom objects, and match the pictures to the words that describe them.
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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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Morning Routines
Morning routines are the subject of this series of activities designed for language learners. Kids practice crafting questions and responses using the provided morning routine targeted vocabulary words.
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Describing Family Members
Fourth graders examine the use of possessives when describing family members. In this ESL family description lesson, 4th graders examine the role of family in their native language before looking at pictures of families assigning names...
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ESL Activity-Describe a Picture
In this ESL describing activity, students read simple sentences beneath a picture and underline the words that incorrectly describe it.
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Body Parts: ESL
In this ESL word and picture matching learning exercise, students analyze 7 pictures that depict body parts. Students match these with the words that describe them.
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Business Lesson Describing Trends
Learners practice their skills using business English. After a lecture/demo, students interpret economic graphs which are imbedded in this lesson. Then, they create their own graphs and describe them to the class.