Descriptive Writing

Worksheet 2

i) Worksheet 1: Describing nouns

a) The horse went over the bridge

The majestic blue eyed handsome horse leaped over the sturdy and high bridge without any effort.

b) The (ADJECTIVE) horse (ADVERB) [went over] the (ADJECTIVE) bridge

The remarkably handsome, blue eyed horse effortlessly went over the lofty bridge.

c) Extension: In order to make the sentence more vivid, add a simile to the end of the
sentence in the box below.
The remarkably handsome, blue eyed horse effortlessly went over the lofty bridge like a gazelle

ii) Worksheet 2: Creating smiles

1. Freedom is like a trick; you always fall for it but then get sucked back to reality.
2. Marriage is like a ticking time bomb since it’s generally bound to explode if messed with.
3. Home is like the color purple because of the meaning BTS attached to it.
4. A friend is like a foreign language because of her lack of experience in that area.
5. Fashion is like a dictionary because of its vastness and lack of bounds.
6. An exam is like a game of chess since you need to be quick-witted and intuitive in order
to ace it.
7. Life is like a football match because it’s unpredictable.
 8. The future is like a computer since it keeps getting upgraded sometimes with the
addition of new features and the removal of old.
9. A coward is like a burglar because they always work behind the scenes and hide in the
shadows.
10. Bad advice is like winter since it’s bitter and icy.

iii) Worksheet 3: Simile Spiders

1. Rushed forward like his life was on the line
2. Rushed forward like an antelope getting chased by leopards
3. Rushed forward like his life was trivial
4. Rushed forward like an idle Koala
5. Rushed forward like his pants were on fire
6. Rushed forward like the ground would eat him up
7. Rushed forward like a clumsy penguin
8. Rushed forward like he had escaped the ravenous mouth of death

Extension:

2. The man was an antelope when he rushed forward

8. The man escaped the ravenous mouths of death as he rushed forward

5. The man was an idle koala as he rushed forward

7. The man was a clumsy penguin as he rushed forward

iv) Worksheet 4:

The man rushed forward like he had escaped the ravenous mouths of death into the darkness he
plunged into dangers more gory than the ones he had experienced. Falling, falling, falling until he
finally came to a cold hard crash with the cobblestone floor sprinkled with sharp jagged edges that
had grazed his skin in multiple places resulting drops of blood seeping out and staining the grimy
floor. The chambers (as he decided to call them) reeked of mold and another odor wafting around
which he couldn’t identify. Gathering the strength he slowly managed to stand up, stumbling on his
steps as he tried to get a better a view of that place. Looking around, a horrified expression was
plastered on his face as he had identified the unidentifiable smell; the odor of rotting bodies and
skeletons.