Descriptive Writing - Places

An international travel magazine has asked its readers to describe a famous city. Go to Google Photos and choose a photo of a city which is appealing to you. Download it and write your description. Hand in by: 8th March

·         When describing a place or building, your composition should include:

a. an interesting introduction mentioning the exact location of the place you describe, and the reason for choosing this place.

b. a main body where that main aspects of the place (e.g. sights, atmosphere, details about the place) should be analysed in detail.

c. a final paragraph where your feelings about the recommendation of the place or building should be mentioned.

·         Tenses: You can use a variety of tenses. The choice depends on how the question is set. You can use present tenses if, for example, you have been asked to describe a place for a touristic brochure. You can use Past tenses if you describe a visit to a place which happened some time ago. You can use conditionals if you describe your dream house, ideal city, etc.

·         Adjectives: use a wide variety of factual adjectives (huge, enormous, etc.) and opinion adjectives (fabulous, charming, etc.). Try to avoid using common ones such as good, nice, etc. This will make your composition more interesting and you will catch the reader’s attention.

·         Senses: Use your senses when you describe a building or a place to make the description more vivid (e.g. the sweet smell of cakes in the baker’s).