Add descriptive details to sentences

Key Notes :

When you write, you can add details to your sentences. Details can make your sentences clearer. They can also make your sentences more interesting and fun to read.

For example, you can add details to describe how a person looks or acts:

Grinning from ear to ear, Sandy jogged across the field.

You can also add details to describe what a place or thing is like:

Grinning from ear to ear, Sandy jogged across the large grassy field.

Learn with an example

🎯 Look at the picture and the sentence.

There are four runners standing at the finish line. There is dirt all over the runners and all over the road. The runners are wearing shorts and shirts without sleeves. Each of them is holding up a bright round medal. They all look relaxed and happy.

The runners held up their medals.

Now, add a detail to the sentence so it says more about the picture.

The _______ runners held up their medals.

  • smiling, muddy
  • cold, shivering

Look at the picture.

There are four runners standing at the finish line. There is dirt all over the runners and all over the road. The runners are wearing shorts and shirts without sleeves. Each of them is holding up a bright round medal. They all look relaxed and happy.

The right detail to add is smiling, muddy. It describes what the runners look like.

The smiling, muddy runners held up their medals.

🎯 Look at the picture and the sentence.

A boy and a man are alone in a kitchen. They both look happy. The boy is adding chopped carrots to a pot on the stove. There is steam rising from the pot.

Uncle Stu and Bobby made soup.

Now, add a detail to the sentence so it says more about the picture.

_______, Uncle Stu and Bobby made soup.

  • With smiles on their faces
  • With all their friends

Look at the picture.

A boy and a man are alone in a kitchen. They both look happy. The boy is adding chopped carrots to a pot on the stove. There is steam rising from the pot.

The right detail to add is with smiles on their faces. It describes how Uncle Stu and Bobby look.

With smiles on their faces, Uncle Stu and Bobby made soup.

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