Objectives
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Adjective order revision
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Vocabulary stretching game
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Life in Level 2 psychology & grammar exercise
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Presentations ideas
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Using Prezi
- Opinion: beautiful, ugly, nice, etc.
- Size: big, small, medium, etc.
- Age: old, new, young, etc.
- Shape: round, square, etc.
- Colour: black, blue, white, etc.
- Origin: French, Chinese, etc.
- Material: leather, wooden, plastic, etc.
- Purpose: planting, fishing, riding, etc.
GENERAL opinions are adjectives that can be used to describe almost any noun while SPECIFIC opinions are adjectives that can only describe certain nouns.
General opinion:
attractive, awful, bad, beautiful, good, excellent, lovely, nice, strange, cute, best, big
Specific opinion:
brilliant, delicious, comfortable, intelligent, mean, dedicated, polite, confident
In addition, there are some adjectives that can only be used in front of a noun. Some examples are:
Adjectives of direction: north, south, east, west
+ indoor, outdoor, countless, occasional, eventful
#She lives in the affluent western part of the city.
There are occasional problems with the computer system.
class notes
jot verb [T usually + adv/prep]
UK /dʒɒt/ US /dʒɑːt/ (-tt-)
fluent adjective
UK US /ˈfluː.ənt/
dismantle verb
UK /dɪˈsmæn.tl̩/ US /-t̬l̩/
cosmopolitan adjective
UK /ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/ US /ˌkɑːz.məˈpɑː.lɪ.t̬ən/ usually approving
cosmopolitan
Different words for colours:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_blue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_red
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_orange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_green
3 minute presentations
Family holidays should be paid for on the National Health | |
For | Against |
Better mental health | Holidays are stressful |
People are happy | Too expensive |
Save people money | Expensive for the govt |
New experiences |