Describing Places ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets

Describing a Town or City

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Worksheet - Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Matching, Listing, Categorising, Error Correction, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion

In this comprehensive describing places worksheet, students learn and practice describing a town or city using singular and plural nouns and There is/are... read more

Place Detectives

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Game - Speaking: Describing, Forming Sentences, Guessing, Controlled Practice - Pair Work

In this engaging describing places game, students describe locations in and around towns and cities using specific prompts for a partner to guess. Students take turns drawing a place card and describing... read more

A Day out in Tokyo

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion

In this inventive describing places worksheet, students use a set of adjectives to describe places in Tokyo and then plan a one-day trip to the city. First, students match two adjectives from a box... read more

Guess the Country

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Game - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Guessing - Pair Work

Here is a fun describing countries game to help students practice vocabulary for describing places. In two groups, students complete descriptions of countries with words from a box. Next, students pair up with someone from the other... read more

It's a place where...

Pre-intermediate (A2) 20 minutes
ESL Describing Places Activity - Speaking: Describing, Guessing - Pair Work

In this free describing places speaking activity, students describe places in a town or city by saying what you can do there. In pairs, students take turns asking about one of the missing places on their map. Their partner then describes the place by... read more

The Place Where I Live

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Describing Places Worksheet - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Categorizing, Binary Choice, Unscrambling - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

In this productive describing places worksheet, students practice a range of vocabulary and language related to describing places in a town and city... read more

A Room with a View

Intermediate (B1) 40 minutes
ESL Describing Places Activity - Speaking and Writing: Describing, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

In this engaging describing places activity, students describe a place in half of a picture to their classmates in order to find someone who has the other half and then write a description of the place... read more

Describe the Place

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Describing Places Board Game - Speaking: Describing, Guessing - Pair Work

In this fun describing places board game, students describe places in a town or city for a partner to guess. Teams take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. If a team lands on a picture square, one student in the team picks up... read more

Ideal Holiday Destinations

Intermediate (B1) 35 minutes
ESL Describing Places Activity - Reading Exercise: Comprehension Questions - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Discussion - Pair Work

In this free talking about places activity, students describe their ideal holiday destination and find out about their classmates' holiday destinations... read more

Race through the City

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Game - Speaking: Writing Clues, Describing, Guessing - Group and Pair Work

In this useful describing places game, students use adjectives to write clues describing different places in a city and then read them to a partner who tries to guess each place. In two groups... read more

Adjective Land

Upper-intermediate (B2) 35 minutes
ESL Describing Places Games - Vocabulary and Speaking: Matching, Gap-fill, Describing, Guessing, Freer Practice

Here are three fun describing places games to help students practice adjectives that describe places. First, students play a matching game where they take turns picking up a sentence card and... read more

Places We Prefer

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Guided Discussion, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work

In this insightful describing places activity, students discuss their preferences about different places and practice adjectives that describe places. First, students complete Which do you prefer... read more

Setting the Scene

Upper-intermediate (B2) 60 minutes
ESL Describing Places Worksheet - Vocabulary and Writing Exercises: Vocabulary Search, Writing Descriptions

In this handy describing places worksheet, students learn adjectives that describe places, famous landmarks and buildings, and practice writing descriptions of places. First, students write synonyms and... read more

Town Taboo

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Game - Speaking: Describing, Guessing - Group Work

In this enjoyable describing places game, students describe and guess words related to different types of places and areas. In groups, students take turns picking up a card and describing the place-related word in bold to the other students without... read more

Describing Places Crossword

Advanced (C1) 25 minutes
ESL Describing Places Activity - Vocabulary: Writing Clues, Describing, Guessing - Group and Pair Work

In this rewarding describing places crossword activity, students define and guess adjectives that describe places. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the adjectives written on their crossword... read more