How to Describe in English 🖍️
3ème Année Collège – English Lesson
“Master the art of description and bring your words to life!” ✨🇬🇧
1. The Basics of Description 📝
Essential elements:
- Adjectives (before nouns) 🎨
“A blue car” 🚙 - Verbs “to be” / “to have” 🤔
“She is tall” / “It has wheels” - Prepositions (location) 📍
“The book on the table” 📚
💡 Tip: Use your 5 senses! 👀👂👃🤚👅
2. Describing People 👨👩👧👦
Physical Appearance 👤
- Height: tall, short, medium-height 📏
- Hair: curly, straight, blond 💇♀️
- Special features: glasses, beard 👓
Personality 💭
- Positive: kind, funny, smart 😊
- Negative: shy, lazy, rude 😒
- Hobbies: sporty, artistic ⚽🎨
Example Description:
“My best friend is medium-height. She has long curly hair and wears glasses. She is very kind and loves drawing.”
👩🎨 = 📏 + 💇♀️ + 👓 + 😊 + 🎨
3. Describing Places 🏞️
Key elements:
- Location: “next to”, “between” 🗺️
- Size: big, small, huge 📏
- Atmosphere: noisy, peaceful 🔊
- Features: modern, old 🏗️
Example:
“My school is big and modern. It has a large playground. There are many trees around it.”
🏫 = 🏗️ + ⚽ + 🌳
4. Describing Objects 📱
📏
Size
small, huge, long
🎨
Color
red, striped, shiny
✋
Material
wooden, plastic, metal
Description Game:
1. Choose an object in the classroom 🖍️
2. Describe it in 3 sentences without naming it
3. Classmates guess what it is! 🤔
Practice Activity 🎯
“Describe and Draw”
- Work in pairs 👥
- Student A describes a picture 🖼️
- Student B draws based on the description ✏️
- Compare with the original! 😄
Example Picture: A house with 2 windows and a red door 🏠
📝 Description Cheat Sheet
👤
People:
BE + HAVE
🏠
Places:
THERE IS/ARE
📱
Objects:
ADJECTIVES
Remember: Adjectives before nouns! 🎨🚗
