Essay of Description : A Day at the Beach

It is a beautiful warm afternoon, and the sun is shining brightly. The wind is
blowing, yet it is not cold. There are a lot of people at the beach today. Janice is at the
beach with her friends Susan, Tom, and Joey.
There is a lot of activity on the beach. Many people are taking sunbaths. Janice and
Joey are too. Some sunbathers are listening to the radios, and others are reading and
sleeping. A fat man is watching a football game on his portable*television set. There is also
a group of people playing volleyball. Both teams are yelling and hitting the ball over the
net. Everybody is playing hard to win.
There is a lot of activity in the water too. Many sailboats are sailing in the distance.
Closer to shore, some people are windsurfing on the boards with colorful sails. Susan and
Tom are in the water. They are swimming to the floating dock. * Some swimmers are
sitting on the dock, and others are diving into the water. There are children playing near
the water. Some of them are building sand castles. Others are getting their feet wet.
Everyone is having a good time.
It is one o’clock. Some people are starting to leave, for the weather is beginning to
change. The sun isn’t shining, nor is the wind blowing gently now. The wind is getting
stronger, so it feels cold. Tom and Susan are swimming back to the beach. It is time to go
home.
In conclusion, people are enjoying themselves at the beach today, for there are many
things to do.
Oshima, Alice and Ann Hoque. 1983. AcademicWriting. California: Addison-
Wesley-*Publishing Company, Inc.
 Summary :
Essay of Description : A Day at the Beach
It is a beautiful warm afternoon, and the sun is shining brightly. The wind is blowing, yet
it is not cold. There are a lot of people at the beach today. Janice is at the beach with her friends
Susan, Tom, and Joey. There is a lot of activity on the beach. Everybody is playing hard to win.
There is a lot of activity in the water too. Many sailboats are sailing in the distance. Closer to
shore, some people are windsurfing on the boards with colorful sails. Susan and Tom are in the
water. Some people are starting to leave, for the weather is beginning to change. The sun isn’t
shining, nor is the wind blowing gently now. The wind is getting stronger, so it feels cold.
Pharafrase:
Essay of Description : A Day at the Beach
It is a beautiful warm afternoon, and the sun is shining brightly. The wind is blowing, yet
it is not cold. There are a lot of people at the beach today. Janice is at the beach with her friends
Susan, Tom, and Joey.
There is a lot of activity on the beach. Many people are taking sunbaths. Janice and Joey
are too. Some sunbathers are listening to the radios, and others are reading and sleeping. A fat
man is watching a football game on his portable television set. There is also a group of people
playing volleyball. Both teams are yelling and hitting the ball over the net. Everybody is playing
hard to win.
There is a lot of activity in the water too. Many sailboats are sailing in the distance.
Closer to shore, some people are windsurfing on the boards with colorful sails. Susan and Tom
are in the water. They are swimming to the floating dock. Some swimmers sit on the dock and
dive into the water. There are children playing near the water. Some of them build sand castles.
Others get their feet wet. Everyone is having a good time.
It is one o'clock. Some people start to leave, because the weather starts to change. The
sun does not shine, nor the wind which gently now. The wind is getting stronger, so it's cold.
Tom and Susan go back to swim on the beach It's time to go home.
In conclusion, people are having fun at the beach today, there are plenty of things to do.

Oshima, Alice and Ann Hoque.

1983.
AcademicWriting.
California: Addison-Wesley-*Publishing Company, Inc.