Choose one of the boxes on the last page below and draw it until your partner guesses what your sketch is. You can use numbers and symbols, but no words or letters.
Choose one of the things below and explain its appearance so that your partner can draw it and then guess what you are talking about. You might want to explain its shape, size, normal direction and positions. It might help if you draw it first somewhere your partner can’t see and then describe that drawing to them.
Language for describing drawings presentation
Draw lines across the list below to divide it into categories of language that is useful for describing buildings.
- Wall
- Top right corner
- Back
- Front
- Roof/ Top
- Entrance
- Left hand side
- Flat
- Steep
- Tiled
- Thatched
- Wide/ Broad
- Narrow
- Long
- Tall/ High
- Thin
- Thick
- Square
- Semi-circle
- Pentagon
- Right angled triangle
- Rectangle/ oblong
- Ellipse/ oval/ egg shape
- Diamond
- Much wider
- By far the tallest
- A little bit thicker
- On
- Above
- Under
- In
- In front of
- Opposite
- Behind
- Next to
- Pyramid
- Cone
- Arch
- Cut off cone
- Tube
- Cube
- Extended cube
- Hemisphere
- Spiral/ Helix
- Transparent/ Translucent
- Glowing/ Shining/ Lit up
- Reflective
- Straight
- Zigzag/ Spiky
- Parallel
- Curve/ Bend
- Bumpy/ Wavy/ Wiggly
- Sand
- Stone
- Wood
- Fabric
- Glass
- Brick
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Diagonal
- At ninety degrees
- At forty-five degrees
- Stairs
- Escalator
- Elevator/ Lift
- Ramp
Ask your partner then teacher about any of the words you don’t understand, drawing them once you understand.
Secretly draw a building that you need at least three things from the lists to describe, then explain it to your partner until they have drawn it correctly.
Choose one of the pictures on the page your teacher gives you that is easy to describe and do so until your partner has produced a reasonable picture of it.
Things to draw and describe
| (door) knob | (electrical) socket | apartment/ flat | armchair |
| balcony | bamboo | bathtub | bin/ trash can |
| blinds | bush | calligraphy | candle |
| caravan | cellar/ basement | central heating/ radiator | closet/ wardrobe |
| condominium/ condo | core | cottage | detached (house) |
| double glazing | drive/ driveway | dump truck | fireplace |
| flood/ flooding | fluorescent strip | gate | grill/ lattice |
| hedge | housing estate | hut/ cabin | ivy |
| lift/ elevator | loft/ attic | mansion | mechanical pencil/ automatic pencil |
| recess | reed/ rush/ straw | scroll | semi-detached (house) |
| shower cubicle | shutter | skyline | skyscraper |
| smoke detector | terraced (house) | studio/ studio apartment/ studio flat | suburb(s) |
| thatched (roof) | |||
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