Year 7: Writing to describe

L/Q: Can I write 20 descriptive

sentences using similes, metaphors
and plenty of adjectives?
Simile or metaphor?

The cave
entrance was
a hungry
mouth
waiting to
eat us.
Metaphor or simile?

He looked like
a sheep with a
secret sorrow.
In this lesson……

You will complete 20 sentences

which will give you practice writing
descriptions for your exam.

Copy and finish the sentence.

1

I sit in this room………….to

the thrum of the projector.
It’s like………………………..
2

Through the windows, the

grass……………..like a
……………………………………………
…
3

By the door, the

clock ticks like
a…………………………
4

Around me,
students
sit, staring
at paper
like…………
5

I remember my
breakfast today.
When I bit into
the…………….it
felt as if I
was…………
6

Looking
under the
table, I notice
little bits
of……………
They’re little
monuments
to………
7

I can see my bag

beside me. My
bag is my
…………………………..
8

I’ve sat in
this room so
many times,
it feels like
I’ve……………..
9

I wonder what
my
friend……………is
doing at the
moment. Does
he feel like
he’s…………….?
10

I saw the new

teacher
yesterday. He
looked like a
………………………
11

I haven’t seen Iron

Man 3 yet. I can’t
wait. It will be
like……………………..
12

I’m thinking about next

lesson. I’ve
got………with …………

It will be like a
sandwich
of………………..and………..
13

I am so hungry !
I could sink my
teeth into a
large……… It
would
be……………
14

Only six more

sentences after
this. Writing
feels like
I’m…………………..
15

I’m thinking of
one of my
teachers the
other day. she
looked as if she’d
bitten on a
………………
16

Anyway, I saw
that programme
about 1D the
other day. They
are so absolutely,
totally, the
………..in the……….
17

Going on holiday
this year will be
………….!

It’ll be
like…………….in
a…………
18

What’s your
favourite sport?

I think that………..
is like………………..
19

My ultimate mobile
phone would be
the…………..because
it’s the……………
 20
My pencil case contains a long list of problems.

A …..that looks like a…

A ……that is a ……..