Descriptive writing is writing that describes a particular person, place or event in great detail. It uses a lot of flowery adjectives and adverbs to describe what is going on or how something appears.

Let’s have a look of the below picture, what can you say about the people in the picture?

How do you describe the man sitting on the picture? shock , angry , startled , fat
How do you describe the lady holding the scissors? wicked , tricky , blonde , greedy

You may add on some more ADJECTIVES to describe them!

Next, what is the people DOING in the scene?

In order to enhance your oral skill in English, let’s get start from the training on the IPA sounds and English pronunciation system.

Here is the chart of IPA symbols:

How to pronounce them correctly? Let’s listen to the 24 consonants and 20 Vowels and Diphthongs.

Want some more interesting and easy memorized ways for 12 vowels, watch this video at YouTube!

Do you know any more words of these sounds? Try to find some more!

How many ‘actions’ would you do before you leave home for work or school in the morning? Watch this clip to see the things you could do before leaving home in the morning.

(1) How many actions has the lady done before leaving home for work?

(2) I usually leave home in thirty minutes after I have waken up. It would be a luxury to me to do exercises and have breakfast at home in the morning. However, the lady has done a lot before leaving home. What would you do before leaving home in the morning? Why do you think there are the differences?

You can share your feelings and discuss about the books you have read with your friends in a no. of ways such as writing online or meeting with them in a reading club. You can also give ’lives’ to the books by using your imagination, just like the students joining this event “Reading Books in Action“. They shared with peers the books they have read via games and drama. What other ways do you think you can use for sharing?