Ministry of Education

ELT. General Supervision

Scholastic Year 2017-2018

Descriptive Writing

ELT. General Supervisor

Mrs. Suzan Al-Bashiti

Level (5) Index

Family & Friends ( 1 - 5 )

Describing Places 1 ( 1 - 7 )

Describing Places 2 (1 - 8 )

Describing A Day (1 - 7)

Describing a day

Describing a day

Reading

1. Read this passage about Laila's day .

Laila has a long day at work. she wakes up at 4:45 and gets up at five. She has a shower 15

minutes later. She has breakfast and watches morning news at 5:45. She usually leaves her

house an hour later. She starts work at eight and finishes it at 4 o'clock. She usually has lunch at

the office with her colleagues around half past one. She goes home at half past five. Laila

usually has dinner at 8:15 and then she watches television. She goes to bed at half past nine.

Write the topic sentence in the paragraph:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

My day

2. Now look at these pictures and complete the paragraph :

Salem is writing about his day :

I always............………………………….. at seven o'clock. I usually

…………..………………breakfast with my wife at 7:20 .I …………………. start

my work at 7:30 and finish it at 3 o'clock. I ……………………home at 5 o'clock. I

…………………lunch at half past 5 . I …………… a book from 8 :00 to 9:00. I

have dinner at half past nine and then I go to bed at 10:00.

5:30 8:15

7:00

3. Paragraph writing

Rewrite the paragraph about Salem using the 3rd person singular:

Salem always............…………… at seven o'clock. He usually

…………..……breakfast with his wife at 7:20. He …………………. his work at

7:30 and ……………………… his work at 3 o'clock. He ……………………home

at 5 o'clock. He …………………lunch at half past 5. He ……………a book from

8 :00 to 9:00 and then he goes to bed at 10:00.

4. Read the paragraphs about Laila and Salem.

- Now look at the information below about Laila and Salem:

Laila Salem

gets up five o'clock Seven o'clock

has breakfast 5:45 7:20

starts work 8 o'clock 7:30

finishes 5 o'clock 3 o'clock

has lunch half past three Half past five

arrives home half past five 5 o'clock

has dinner 8:15 half past nine

goes to bed half past nine 10:00

5. Now complete the table with information about your classmate . Ask

him/her these questions:

Laila Student

gets up five o'clock

has breakfast 5:45

starts work 8 o'clock

finishes 5 o'clock

has lunch half past three

arrives home half past five

has dinner 8:15

goes to bed half past nine

1 - When do you get up?

2 - When do you have breakfast?

3 - When do you start work?

4 - When do you finish work?

5 - What time do you have lunch/ dinner?

6 - When do you arrive home ?

7 - When do you go to bed ?

Now write a paragraph about your classmate:

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6. Imagine that you are the person in the pictures. Describe your day

according to the pictures :

Now Write the paragraph:

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Describing Places 1

1. Hamad is writing about a city in the United Kingdom. Read it

carefully then answer the questions below:

London is a big city in the United Kingdom (UK), but travelling around it is

very easy. You can go on the black taxis, the red buses or the underground

which is called "The Tube" by the Londoners.

You can visit many places in London. If you travel to London, don't forget

to visit the Hyde Park, London Zoo, London Eye, and of course enjoy shopping at

Harrods.

1- Write the topic sentence in each paragraph.

Paragraph 1: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Paragraph 2: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

We use capital letters for the names of towns, cities, villages and countries.

Describing Places

2. Read a passage about (Egypt) then complete the table:

Egypt is a big and beautiful country in Africa. There are about

100.000.000 people. The capital of Egypt is Cairo. There are many interesting

cities in Egypt like Alexandria, Sharm-Elsheikh, Luxor and Mansoura. Visitors

enjoy lots of things in Cairo like the Nile River, the pyramids, the Egyptian

Museum and Khan El-Khalili bazaar.

Country: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Capital city: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Location: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Population: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Famous for: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Describing Places

3. Look at the table and the map below then complete the paragraph:

Country: Oman

Capital: Mascut

Location: Arabian Gulf - Asia

Population: about 5.000.000

Famous for: mountains – old forts – Omani halwa

Interesting places: Salalah – Dhofar - Suha

………………………………………….…… is one of the countries that lies on the

…………………………………………………. The capital city is ………………………………………………….. .

It has about …………………………………………….. people. There are many interesting

places like …………………………………. , ………………………………… and ……………………………………… .

Tourist travel to Oman every year to climb the ……………………………………………… , visit

the ……………………………………………. And enjoy eating ……………………………………………………… .

Describing Places

4. Paragraph Writing:

Write a paragraph about (France). Use the table and the map below:

Country: France

Capital: Paris

Location: Europe

Population: 65,023,662

Famous for: Cheese – art – shopping – horse racing

Interesting places: Eiffel Tower – Disney Land – Louvre Museum

Write here

France

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Check list

Read your paragraph again then answer these questions:

a) Does every sentence begin with a capital letter? …………………………………

b) How many full stops are there? ……………………………………

c) Do the names of places begin with capital letters? …………………………………

d) Does each sentence have a verb? ……………………………………

5. Write about the city you live in. First complete part (A) of the

table below:

A B

Name:

City:

Country:

Location:

Famous for:

Interesting places:

Now exchange your paper with a partner. Make sure your partner hasn't

written about the same place. Complete part (B) in the table above with

information from his/her table.

Describing places 2

1. This is street 1 in Al Jahra City. Read the paragraph and put the names of

the buildings on the map

You are at the park. Go straight on .The bus stop is on the right side. The park is on the left. On

the right there is a police station at the back of the hotel. On the left next to the park ,there is

building 1.The library is between the bakery and building 1. Next to the bakery, there is a coffee

shop. There is a club at the back of the bakery.

-How many sentences are there?

-underline the verbs.

-Where is the coffee shop?

-Where is the library?

Guided paragraph

2. Look at the plan of Salem Al Mubarak Street in Salmiya. Complete this

paragraph with : at- in - next to- opposite -between.

I want to tell you about my visit to Salem Al Mubarak Street. First I parked my car ….. the car

Park. The restaurants are…………………… the car park.------------------to the restaurants there

are clothes shops where I bought some clothes. I went to the bank to get money. The bank is

………………..the travel agent and the supermarket. I had lots of fun………… Salem Al

Mubarak street.

3. Now write a paragraph about the street in the map below:

As you enter the street ____________________________________________________

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4. Draw a map of your street or a street that you know

Write a paragraph about it

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5. Read about Youssef’s house in Hawalli. Write the names of the rooms on the

plan below:

Hello I’m Youssef. I want to tell you about my house. When you enter the house, You find

yourself in a hall leading to the living-room. Next to the living-room, there is bathroom 1.

Bathroom2 is between bedroom 1 and bedroom 2. Bedroom 2 is next to the kitchen. There is a

big dining room in front of the kitchen. I like my house.

a) Which room is in front of the kitchen?

b) Where is bedroom 1?

c) Where is the living room?

6. In a flat or a house we can have these rooms: bedroom, living room, dining

room, bathroom, toilet, kitchen and sitting room. Make a list of the rooms in

your house

For example 2 bedrooms

Room Number

7. Look at the plan of Malak’s flat in Al Farwaniya City. Complete this

paragraph

I live in a flat in the center of the town. When you walk in, you are in the hall. There is a long

____ in front of you, and some doors on the right and the left. The first door on the right is the

________, and then there is the _____. The dining room is the largest part of the flat. The doors

on the left are for the two bedrooms, one big and one small. My parents sleep in the larger and

the smaller is for me. There is a ______ between the large and the small bedroom. My flat is my

castle. I feel home here, safe and happy.

8. Look at this plan of a house .Write a paragraph about it. Begin with :As you

enter the hall…

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9. Draw a plan of your house or flat. Write a paragraph about it.

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Now exchange your paragraph with your partner’s. Try to draw a plan of his/her house.

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Descriptive writing

Reading

1. Read the following text and answer the questions:- I have a small family. I live with my mum, my dad, my brother and my elder sister. We live in Bayan. My

mum's name is Dalal. She speaks Arabic and English. She's an Arabic teacher. She's short and Slim. She's got long,

brown hair and black eyes. My dad's name is Ali. He is tall and a little fat. He's got brown hair and blue eyes. He

works in a bank. My brother Jaber is 25 years old. He's a pilot and he likes reading books. He's tall like my dad. My

sister Sara is 30 and she likes listening to music. She is an engineer. She's got brown hair and green eyes like me. I've

got long hair, too. We've got a pet dog, Brandy. It's black and white and very friendly.

a) How many full stops are there?…………………………………………………….

b) How many sentences are there?………………………………………………….

c) How many capital letters are there?……………………………………………...

d) Circle two nouns and underline two adjectives ………………………………………

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2. Read the text then complete the table about the writer’s mother and uncle:-

Mother Sister

Name Name

age Age

Job Job

Place of work Place of work

Married/single Married/single

Children Children

hobbies Hobbies

Language Language

3. Family Tree

a) Look at the writer’s family tree, complete the following sentences about her relatives with

words from the list:-

( husband- wife - uncle - aunt –grandfather - grandmother- sister - brother- son )

Hamad Dana Dalal Ali

Saleh Shahed

Talal Abdullah

Laila Hanan

Sara Jaber Fatma

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a) Fatma's —————- is called Hamad

b) Fatma’s —————- is called Shahed.

c) Fatma’s—————- is called Sara.

d) Fatma’s—————- is called Jaber.

e) Shahed’s —————- is called ———————— .

f) Hamed’s—————- is called ————————.

g)Fatma’s—————- is called ———————— .

h)Hamad’s—————- is called ————————.

Sentence Building

4) Use the table below to make sentences:-

Who Verb What? Where?

My

aunt

is

a Actress in Kuwait Airways.

Grandfather Teacher in a theatre

Uncle an Pilot in a high school .

Sister accountant in KFH.

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Now write sentences about these people:-

Mohammed Salma Jassim

e) ————————————————————————

f) ————————————————————————

g) ——————————————————————

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5. Make sentences about people you know, use the following verbs:-

a) ( lives / works)

Example

who Verb where

My cousin Lives in Kuwait City.

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b) ( speaks / likes )

Example

who Verb what

Badr speaks French

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Write sentences about people you know:-

h) ————————————————————————

I) ———————————————————————-

j) ————————————————————————

6) Join the following sentence with and or but:

a) Mostafa is Kuwaiti. Mostafa lives in Bayan.

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b) Batool is married. Batool has two children.

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Guided Paragraph:

7. Complete this paragraph about Ahmed with these verbs :

( has - is - likes - lives - speaks - works )

Ahmed …………35 years old. He is a friendly and hardworking lawyer ……………… in

an office in Salmiya. He is married. He………..…two handsome sons. He doesn’t have any

daughters. He ………………. in a nice house in Salwa with his family. He ………………many

languages. He ……………. playing basketball with his friends. Ahmed visits his aunt every

Thursday. She is the nicest person they know. She makes tasty chocolate cakes. She is kind and

generous, too. Ahmed and his children like to spend the weekend with her.

Now Fill in the table below :

Paragraph writing :

8. Here's some information about Nadia :

Name Nadia

Age 32

Job Nurse

Place of work Mubarak Hospital

language English

hobbies Reading

Write a paragraph about Nadia, using the information above:

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Name Ahmed

Age

Job

Place of work

Children

hobbies

Name Ahmed

Age

Job

Place of work

Children

hobbies

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