Language Upgrade Lesson 1. Extreme Adjectives

We all know that out students need a little help when it comes to improving on their language. an extensive vocabulary is what makes someone proficient in a language, in my opinion.

The first steps to doing this can be taken very early in a language learners quest to be understood. It's also something that turns into a bit of a battle the closer students get to their B1 and B2 exams.

I created this worksheet because I was bored of hearing my students refering to something as a good idea over and over and over again. I decided that I needed to do try to help my PET students get to grips with some extreme adjectives and with the hope they might start in incorporate them into, not only thier writing but their speaking as well. This was the first step.I ask questions focused on the use of these adjectives at the start of each class by way of reinforcement. I've been doing this over the last couple of weeks and it seems some of my students are using these adjectives almost naturally.

A gradable adjective is one which can vary in size. Eg. The dog was quite big. Or maybe your bedroom is usually extremely clean.

Extreme adjectives, on the other hand, can’t be graded. It can’t be very freezing outside in winter it can be freezing or absolutely freezing. Using extreme adjectives adds interest to both written and spoken language.

The full printable is available here. Look for extreme adjectives.

1.       Match the extreme adjectives in box 1 with the normal adjectives in box 2.

EXTREME ADJECTIVES

Gigantic/Enormous BIG

Filthy_____

Boiling______

Freezing______

Hideous______

Gorgeous/Stunning______

Amazing/Fantastic______

Spotless______

Furious_______

Starving______

Stuffed_______

Terrible______

Tiny_______

 Normal/Gradable

Full

Ugly

Beautiful

Good

Bad

Cold

Hot

Angry

Clean

Dirty

Hungry

Big

Small

  

2.       Circle the correct answer.

a.       The dining room was very/absolutely big.

b.      After I cook the kitchen is usually a bit/absolutely filthy.

c.       Seville is absolutely/very boiling in the summer

d.      When I get home from school I’m usually quite/absolutely hungry.

e.      The view from my balcony on holiday was absolutely/a bit stunning

3.       Write some sentences using both gradable and extreme adjectives.

Eg. My brother is quite good at football but I’m absolutely amazing.

a.       Enormous________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b.      Furious__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c.       Stuffed__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d.      Starving_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e.      Tiny____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

f.        Boiling__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

g.       Hideous________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

h.      Gorgeous________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

i.         Amazing_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

j.        Filthy___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.       Finally I’d like you to write a short piece about your last holiday. Make sure you use at least 5 extreme adjectives and 3 gradable adjectives.

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Guardians of the Galaxy

As it's coming up to Christmas and students are getting a little ragged i decided to bow to their pressure and put a film on over a couple of classes. Obviously, I had to find a film appropriate to their age group and one which I would still be able to enjoy. I plumped for Guardians of The Galaxy.
It really is a wonderful movie.
Anyway, after the first class of watching the film I got students to go away and write 10 words that they related to the film. the next class I got them to predict the ending then after the last 20 minutes of the film we set about writing our reviews.
I decided that spoon feeding them some ideas first, using the words they'd provided, would help things run a little more smoothly.
So here are the materials below. There is a short gap fill, using words from a wordsearch. the solution is attached too. If you want the printable just look here for Guardians of The Galaxy Review. You'll find most of my other materials in and around that area too. Or just do the copy paste thing.

Christmas homework is going to be students writing their own movie review from any of the films they watch over Christmas. Let's see how they do.

USE THE WORDS FROM THE WORDSEARCH BELOW TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW

You might think that Guardians of the Galaxy is just ___________ Marvel superhero action movie.____________, unlike Spiderman, Avengers and each one of the seemingly _______stream of X-men films that have been pumped out by Marvel this masterpiece has something a little bit __________.

Set in the not too distant future in _______space this exceptional film turns comic-book cinema on its head.  It ________Chris Pratt as a Junker in his mid- thirties ______ Peter Quill.

Quill finds _______ in possession of a hugely powerful orb which leads him to all manner of trouble and him having a huge bounty put on his head.  Luckily for him those who are chasing him at first turn out to be those keep him _______.

My favourite ________ in the film is ________Rocket, voiced by Bradley Cooper. He is a genetically modified Raccoon with a very bad attitude and a love for money and _______weapons. I find him is absolutely _________ and his unlikely relationship with the treeman Groot is a great addition to the comedy of the film.

I would_________ it to people of all ages because it is full of action and is also really funny.  I give Guardians of the Galaxy 4.5 out of 5.

NOW WRITE YOUR OWN REVIEW BELOW

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Solution

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