DESCRIBING THINGS

The following are words to describe the materials of things.

plastic steel fiber

fabric iron aluminium

wood wax leather

The following are words to describe the materials of things.

soft fluffy fragile

soft
rough fluffy
flexible fragile
useful

rough
smooth flexible
strong useful
beautiful
How does this bracelet look?

It is beautiful.

It looks shiny.

It looks expensive.
How does this house look?

It looks cozy.

It is simple.

It is small.
How does the bag look?
My New Backpack
I have a new backpack. Its colours are red
and grey. I always bring it when I go to
school. It is made of strong fabric.
There are some parts of my
backpack. The first is the pocket. I put my
money and my card library card in the
pocket. The second part is the main part. I
put my books and pencil case in this part.
The third part is a small pocket at the left
side of the backpack. I keep a bottle of
water in this pocket.
Description
A description is a text which
describes a particular
person, place, or thing. The structure of a
description:
1.Identification
Descriptions usually use 2.Description
simple present tense.
My New Backpack I have a new backpack. Its colours are
red and grey. I always bring it when I Identification
go to school. It is made of strong
fabric.
There are some parts of my
backpack. The first is the pocket. I put
my money and my card library card in
the pocket. The second part is the
main part. I put my books and pencil Description
case in this part. The third part is a
small pocket at the left side of the
backpack. I keep a bottle of water in
this pocket.
What are identification and
description consist of?
Identification identifies the
thing to be described.

Description describes
parts, qualities,
characteristics of the
person or something that
is described.
Possession
Whose book is it? It is mine.

Whose bag is it? It is his.

Whose bracelet is it? It is hers.

Possession
To ask the owner of things, you can use the following patterns.

1.Whose + noun + be + pronoun + ?

2.Who + do/does + subject + belong to + ?
Example:
To ask the owner of things, you can use the
following patterns.
Whose book is it? It is mine.
Who does the book belong to? It is hers.
It is his.

Whose books are they? They are ours.

Who do the books belong to?
Possession
Subject Pronouns Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

I my mine
we our ours
you your yours
he his his
she her hers
they their theirs

Example
1.This is my book. The book is mine.
2.Those are our books. Those are ours.
3.Whose book is that? That is hers.
1. A descriptive text consists of the topic and the detailed information.
2. Information to describe people: name, job, age, personality, physical
appearance, behavior
3. Information to describe things: color, size, parts of things
4. Information to describe pets: name, kind of animal, body parts of
animal, quality/character, behavior
5. We describe people, animals, or things to introduce, identify, or
express good or bad things about them.