Descriptive Writing Worksheet
� Objective:
To help beginner-level English learners describe a person, place, or object using simple
vocabulary and sentence structure.
� PART 1: What is Descriptive Writing?
Descriptive writing is when you use words to help someone imagine what something looks,
smells, feels, sounds, or tastes like.
It helps others see things clearly in their mind.
Example:
❌ Bad: My room is nice.
❌ Good: My room has yellow walls, a soft bed, and a big window that lets in sunlight.
� PART 2: Vocabulary Builder
Use these words to help describe things:
Colors: red, blue, green, yellow, white, black
Size: big, small, tall, short, wide, tiny
Feel: soft, hard, rough, smooth, warm, cold
Smell: sweet, fresh, bad, spicy, strong
Sound: loud, quiet, soft, musical, noisy
� PART 3: Describe Your Favorite Place
Choose one place that you like very much. It can be your room, your kitchen, a garden, a shop,
or a temple.
Answer these questions:
1. What place are you describing?
2. What does it look like? (Color, shape, size)
3. What do you hear there?
4. What do you smell there?
5. What do you feel when you are there?
6. Why do you like this place?
� PART 4: Write Your Description
Now use your answers to write 6–8 sentences about your favorite place.
Try to use describing words and full sentences.
(Leave space for 6–8 lines of writing.)
� PART 5: Check Your Writing – Self Checklist
Did I write about one place only?
Did I use words to describe how it looks, sounds, feels, or smells?
Did I use full sentences with capital letters and punctuation?
Did I use at least 5 describing words?
Did I try my best?