Structure

1. A DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE
Paragraph 1
The location, when you went and who you went with
Paragraph 2
A description of the place
Paragraph 3
A description of other places nearby
Paragraph 4
A summary and recommendation
Useful expressions
…..is one of the most….places I’ve ever visited.
It’s famous for…
It’s full of…
For me, …. Is a magical / stunning / marvellous place.
It has something for eerybody.
It’s well worth visiting.
List of Descriptive Words
In order to take away the potential of such a list to become overwhelming, let's
first break them down by parts of speech.
Adjectives
When people hear the phrase "descriptive words" they tend to think
of adjectives. Adjectives modify nouns to describe their specific characteristics.
Remember all adjectives are descriptive words, but not all descriptive words are
adjectives.
 Adorable
 Adventurous
 Acclaimed
 Accomplished
 Acrobatic
 Brave
 Bright
 Brilliant
 Composed
 Concerned
 Concrete
 Conventional
 Delirious
 Demanding
 Flustered
 Focused

2.  Foolhardy
 Gregarious
 Grim
 Handsome
 Handy
 Intelligent
 Intrepid
 Joyful
 Jubilant
 Keen
 Kooky
 Lanky
 Lazy
 Limp
 Luxurious
 Mediocre
 Mellow
 Miserable
 Nocturnal
 Organic
 Ornate
 Ordinary
 Powerless
 Practical
 Precious
 Puzzled
 Questionable
 Quirky
Adverbs
An adverb is a word or phrase that is used to modify or qualify an adjective,
verb, other adverb, or word group. Adverbs can be used to describe concepts
such time, place, circumstance, manner, or degree.
 Angrily
 Apathetically
 Amusingly
 Assertively
 Begrudgingly
 Blissfully
 Coolly
 Dutifully
 Eagerly
 Faintly
 Frivolously
 Greedily
 Hastily
 Intelligently
 Kindly
 Lazily
 Meagerly

3.  Methodically
 Neglectfully
 Normally
 Pointlessly
 Quickly
 Rapidly
 Rashly
 Seriously
 Tactfully
 Tragically
 Vacantly
 Vividly
 Weirdly
 Zealously
Gerunds
A gerund is a word that is derived from a verb, but functions as a noun. In
English, gerunds end in -ing. Gerunds can be descriptive words because are
often used to describe the actions of an individual.
 Baking
 Biking
 Cooking
 Crying
 Diving
 Driving
 Eating
 Getting
 Hammering
 Hiking
 Joking
 Jumping
 Laughing
 Nailing
 Making
 Mixing
 Painting
 Preparing
 Running
 Swimming
 Swinging
 Talking
 Trying
 Walking
 Writing