Grammar+-+describing+things


 * DESCRIBING THINGS **

Here are some useful phrases: It’s a kind of [noun] It’s like a [noun] It’s made of [material] It’s used for […..ing]

The correct word order is: 1 - opinion, 2 - size, 3 - age, 4 - weight, 5 - shape, 6 - colour, 7 - where from, 8 - material
 * ADJECTIVES**

Johnny has a fashionable, medium-sized, black bag. Saber has a nice, short-sleeved, cotton t-shirt with a picture on it. Leo has a small, modern, black phone. Abdullah has a stylish, convenient, medium-sized, black bag with a handle. Asma has a small, rectangular, blue denim bag with two zips. Nathan has a big, red, rectangular basket with a white handle. It doesn’t have a cover/lid/top. It looks like a shopping basket.

Use present continuous to describe verbs (e.g. people are waiting for the bus) Use "there is / there are" to describe objects (e.g. there are two white buses) Be careful with prepositions: in the middle / at the bottom / on the right / in the bottom left corner / at the back
 * DESCRIBING PHOTOS & PICTURES **