Delightful Descriptive Writing Exercises and Worksheets
Descriptive writing is an attempt to give a clear description of people, places, objects, or events using descriptive language and informative details. Descriptive writing exercises can include:
- brainstorming
- word sorting
- sentence writing with pictures
- transitions exercises
1 Descriptive essay outline template
This is an essay outline worksheet to help students focus on organization and planning when preparing to write essays. It helps them write clearly and logically.
Descriptive essay outline template (PDF)
2 Brainstorming for a descriptive essay about a place
This is an English language writing exercise for students to brainstorm ideas for a descriptive essay.
Brainstorming descriptive writing ideas (PDF)
3 Descriptive writing word sorting (with answers)
This is an exercise that helps students expand their vocabulary and shows them that there are many words available to help them write more creatively and with more attention to detail.
Descriptive writing word sorting (PDF)
4 Essential shapes vocabulary
This worksheet is designed to help students learning English become familiar with vocabulary for shapes. Students match the vocabulary to the pictures.
(download PDF)
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5 Descriptive sentences practice
This is an English language writing exercise for students to practice writing descriptive sentences. Students look at the pictures and try to write between two and five sentences.
Writing descriptive sentences (PDF)
6 The Weekend Market (descriptive essay transitions with answers)
This is a transitions and linking words exercise for a descriptive essay. Well placed transitions help make essays easier to read and understand.
Descriptive essay transitions exercise (PDF)
(see the video on YouTube)
7 Descriptive Paragraphs ( transitions exercise with answers)
This is an English language exercise to help students understand transitions. Students try to fill in the blanks with the words below each paragraph.
Descriptive paragraph transitions exercise (PDF)
11 Replies to “Descriptive writing exercises and worksheets”
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These have been some wonderful exercises for my students as we learn descriptive writing.
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