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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
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:
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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