Pengertian 

Descriptive Text
Pada dasarnya penjelasan descriptive text adalah teks yang bertujuan menjelaskan,
menggambarkan, atau mendeskripsikan sesuatu. Sesuatu ini bentuknya bisa berupa apa
saja, baik itu hewan, benda, lokasi, dan lain sebagainya.
Biasanya descriptive text ditandai dengan penggunaan simple Present tense dan fokus pada
satu objek secara spesifik. Objek tersebut kemudian dibahas kembali secara lebih detail
dalam teks deskriptif tersebut. Lalu apa bedanya dengan recount text?
Sekilas kamu akan melihat contoh recount text, yang kemudian menceritakan kembali kisah
yang terjadi di masa lampau, dengan penggunaan easy past. Sementara descriptive text
menggambarkan suatu hal secara lebih detail. Descriptive text juga dapat berarti:
1. Text deskriptif memberikan informasi tentang bagaimana sesuatu atau
seseorang terlihat, text ini menggunakan kata-kata untuk menggambarkan
sesuatu atau seseorang seperti apa.
2. Text deskriptif juga memberikan fakta-fakta tentang bagaimana Bahasa
Indonesia benar-benar digunakan sesuai dengan aturan serta bagaimana
seharusnya text ini digunakan.

Maudy Ayunda is my favorite artist. She is so beautiful and smart. She has made me fall in
love with her since I first saw her on TV. My first time seeing her is when she promotes a
beauty product on a TV’s advertisement. Since then, she has played in movies and also
become a singer. Her voice is also wonderful. I have liked her song since the first time I heard
it. Maudy is also an actress that cares about her education. I hear now she is studying
somewhere at foreign university. I hope she will make new movies and songs soon.

Purpose of Descriptive text

– To describe person, thing or place in specific
– To describe a particular person, thing or place.
Language Feature of Descriptive Text
– Specific participant: has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for
example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach,
a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.
– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it
tells the fact of the object described.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc….
Descriptive Text about Person – My Best Friend, Ernesto
My best friend is Ernesto and he is my classmate. We go to school together.
Ernesto comes from an educated family. His father is a school principal and his mother is
also a teacher.
He is punctual, well-educated, and has good manners. He is really hard working. He always
does his homework. He is also well-dressed and well-behaved. All teachers have a high
opinion of him.
Ernesto has a well-built body. He is gentle but fearless. He takes part in all sports, scout,
trekking and mountaineering activities. He has a good heart. He is truthful, honest and
obedient.
He also plays the guitar, and he makes his parents very proud of him. He secures good
marks and is usually top of his class in examinations. He inspires me to work harder. He
keeps me away from bad company. I am happy to have such a friend.
Tenses
Pola Kalimat yang dipakai menggunakan Tneses Simple Present Tense dengan Pola sebagai
Berikut:
KALIMAT VERBAL
(+) S + v1 / S + v1S/es
(-) S + DON’T/ DOESN’T + v1
(?) DON’T/ DOESN’T + S + v1 …. ?

KALIMAT NOMINAL
(+) S + IS/AM/ARE + ADJECTIVE/NOUNS/ADVERB
(-) S + IS/AM/ARE + NOT + ADJECTIVE/NOUNS/ADVERB
(?) IS/AM/ARE + S + ADJECTIVE/NOUNS/ADVERB?
Worksheet 1
Find the opposite of the following adjective
No Adjective Meaning Opposite Meaning
1 Clever
2 Courageous
3 Generous
4 Friendly
5 Famous
6 Talk active
7 Happy
8 Diligent
9 Careful
10 Thin
11 Curly
12 Good looking
13 Old
14 Tall
15 Pointed
16 Confident
17 Happy
18 Faithful
19 Friendly
20 Rich

Worksheet 2
Tell about sule
No Statement Choose the correct answer
1 Sule’s hair is ________ Long Short
2 Sule’s nose is ________ pointed Flat
3 Sule’s body is ________ short Tall
4 Sule is ________ funny boring
5 Sule’s body is ________ fat Slim
6 His skin is _________ dark Fair
7 His hair is ________ blonde Black
8 Sule is _______ talented stupid
9 Sule is _______ Kind hearted Wicked
10 Sule is _______ rich poor

Good Luck