Descriptive Text by Fikri Dermawan

​At the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to:

• Identify the definition, structure, and language features of a descriptive text.

• Differentiate the structure of the identification and description section in descriptive text.

• Implement language features in descriptive text properly and correctly.

• Arranging descriptive text according to the structure and language features properly and correctly.

• Do you know this person?

• What does he looks like?

A descriptive text is a text that aims to explain or describe something. This can take any form, be it an animal, object, location, etc.

Identification:

Explain the topic or identify what or who wants to be described.

The structure of Descriptive Text

Description:

Explain the detail of the topic: describing parts, qualities, and characteristics.

The simple present tense is one of several forms of the present tense in English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.

Simple Present Tense

Language Features of Descriptive Text

(-) S + don't/doesn't + Verb + Obejct ...

(?) Do/does + S + Verb + Object?

We play badminton

He doesn't like badminton

Is he play badminton?

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how often. Adverbs of time are invariable.

Adverb of Time

Language Features of Descriptive Text

• Soon

• Always

• Often

• Weekly

• Atul always has blueberry cheesecake from Glen’s Bakehouse.

• The teacher asked the students to fill in the consent forms immediately.

• Weekly

• Annually

• Immediately

• Quarterly

Adjectives describe the aspects of nouns. When an adjective is describing a noun, we say it is "modifying" it.

Adjective

Language Features of Descriptive Text

• Sweet

• Good

• Clever

• Beautiful

• Confident

• Ambitious

• Brave

• Elegant

• She is good singer

• He is very ambitious to achieve his goals