MODUL AJAR

BAB 1 : GREAT ATHLETES

Descriptive Text

Definition of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text is a text that explains and describes a person, place, or thing. It uses
adjectives and adverbs. It aims to describe a person, place or thing. It consists of the
identification of a person, place or thing and their description.
So, it can be said that this descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or
an object is like, whether its form, its properties, its amount and others. The purpose of the
descriptive text is clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an object, either
abstract or concrete.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory)
for our writing to be true. The arrangement is:
1. Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be
described.)
2. Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by
describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.

Purpose of Descriptive text

1. To describe person, thing or place in specific
2. To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text

1. Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one).
for example: Kuta beach, my house, Borobudur temple, Uuncle Jim
2. The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach,
a handsome man, the famous place in Bali, etc.
3. The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it
tells the fact of the object described.
4. Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc…)
Example of Descriptive Text about ‘Great Athlete’

Neymar Jr

Neymar Jr or as we usualy called him as Neymar is one of the best young

football player in the world. His full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, that
is the reason why he has “Jr” in his short name. He is a Brazilian professional
footbal player who was born in Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil on February
5th 1992. He is 25 years old by now. His birthday is the same with Cristiano ………….
Ronaldo’s birthday. His father is Mr. Neymar da Silva Sr. and his mother is Mrs.
Nadine Santos. He used to play for Santos FC before he moved to his current
club, FC Barcelona. He is very rich with his salary as a football player that reach
9.18 million EUR (2016). His appearance as a cameo in Hollywood movie xXx:
Return of Xander Cage released on January 2017 make him even more famous
this year.

His zodiac is Aquarius. He can play various position on the field start
from midfielder, winger and also forward, but most of the time he plays as
forward in the team. His back number is 11in FC Barcelona and 10 in his
national team. He is really good at acceleration, dribbling, and finishing with ………….
both feet. These skills helped him to reach so many achievement such as:
Brazilian Golden Ball (2011), FIFA Puskas Award (2011), Top Scorer Copa do
Brazil (2010), Top Scorer Copa Libertadores (2012), Top Scorer UEFA
Champions League (2014-2015), and many others.

Neymar Jr has an athletic body with the height of 175 centimeters and
weight 65 kilogram. He has black tattoo on his left lower arm. His skin color is
tan brown skin. His face is round with beard and earrings on both of his ear. He
has upturned eyes and the color is brown. His straight and dyed brown hair make
………….
him look cool. His favorite color is yellow. Until now I could not find any data
about his blood type. I think he is very humble person, because even if a lot of
people considered him as a skillful player, but he always said that he still want to
learn more from another football player.

Types of Questions :

Long Questions 1. Is he from Brazil?

1. Where does he come from? 2. Is he tall?
2. What are his achievements?
3. When does he get FIFA Puskas 3. Is he a good football player?
Award?
4. Who is Neymar’s father? 4. Does he have curly hair?
5. Why does he have ‘Jr’ in his short
name? 5. Does he have a beard?
Short Questions
Write your description about the athlete by completing the following sentences.

You can use the words from your Vocabulary Box in Task 1.
hazel blue was good Gerrard 
strong player him kilogram
face leader skin football
Steven George Gerrard  footballer average centimeters

1. _____________or as we usually call _____ as __________ is my favorite professional

__________.
2. He ______ born in England on May 30, 1980.
3. Gerrard has_________ build with the height of 187 ________ and weight 85 _________.
4. His _______color is bright with an oval _______ and simply cool.
5. He has great eyes and the color is __________.
6. He is a great________. As a player, he has _______in tackle and __________vision.
Kunci Jawaban
You can use the words from your Vocabulary Box in Task 1.

1. Steven George Gerrard or as we usually call him as Gerrard is my favorite professional

footballer.
2. He was born in England on May 30, 1980.
3. Gerrard has average build with the height of 187 centimeters and weight 85 kilogram.
4. His skin color is bright with an oval face and simply cool.
5. He has great eyes and the color is hazel blue.
6. He is a great leader. As a player, he has strong in tackle and good vision.