DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT

Example..
MY BEST FRIEND
I have a lot of friends in my school, but Dinda has been my
best friend since junior high school. I first met her at junior high
school orientation and weve been friends ever since.
Dinda is good-looking. Shes not too tall, with fair skin and
wavy black hair that she often puts in a ponytail. At school, she
wears the uniform. Other than that, she likes to wear jeans,
casual t-shirts and sneakers. Her favourite t-shirts are those in
bright colors like pink, light green and orange.
She is always cheerful. She is also very friendly and likes to
make friends with anyone.

Social Function/Purpose:
To describe a particular person,
thing, or place specifically.

Generic Structure:
Identification:

Introduce a particular
thing, person, or
place.
Description:

Describing physical
appearance, quality,
and behavior.

Language Features:
Using Simple Present
Tense
Using adjective
Using has/have

Another
Example
I Have a Cat
Janu is a funny male Persian cat with full
of curiosity. He eats cat food every single
hour, so he has a big belly. He moves his tail
when he finds something exciting. But, he
always moves his tail slowly when I call his
name. He always sleeps beside me in every
night. A good thing I like about him, Janu
doesn't mind if I touch and tickle his fat
belly.

Another Example..
My School
My school, State Junior High School 8 of
Yogyakarta, is at 20 Jl. Diponegoro, in the
centre of the city.
My school is big. It has 18 clean
classroom,
ten
clean
toilets,
three
laboratories, a big library, a teacher room,
and a headmaster room.
The computer room is next to the library
and the sports hall is behind the computer
room. There is a large parking area beside
the sports hall. There is also a beautiful

Lets have a practice!

Complete these sentences by adding
be (is, am, are), has or have!
I ___________ a cat.
She ____________ a teacher.
It ______________ two feet.
Rafi ___________ oval face.
The sky __________ blue.