Adjectives

1. English file
Elementary
Unit 2B – Made in America

2. • Lead in – different pictures about America (5 mins)
• Discussion questions about America / American things (10 mins)
• Colour in English discussion / spelling review (10 mins)
• Adjectives in English discussion – mini lead in (5 mins)
• Adjectives in English discussion – vocabulary building (10 mins)
• American things – what are they? Combining adjectives and nouns (5
mins)
• Grammar – presentation - adjectives (5 mins)
• Grammar – Exercises - adjectives (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – long and short vowels (15 mins) 75
• Speaking practice – describing things you have (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – different pictures finding differences (10 mins)
• Reading activity – checking new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading activity – Comprehension questions (10 mins)
• British English vs American English quiz (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (10 mins)

4. • What famous things from the USA do you know?
• ....................... are from the USA.
• What things do you like from the USA?
• I like .............., ............... and .............. from the USA.
• Is there anything you don’t like from there?
• Yes, there is. It’s .......... No , there isn’t.
• Would you like to visit the USA?
• Yes, I would. (Ask next question) No , I wouldn’t.
• Where would you go to?
• I’d like to go to ......................

5. e i e
u e

6. a e o e o a e o
i e e u e i e o
Ask your partner
How do you spell ................? It’s .........................

7. 1 2
3
4 5

8. Ask your partner
What adjectives are in picture .....?
They are .............. and ...............

9. 1. good bad
2. big small
3. safe dangerous
4. clean dirty
5. easy difficult
6. full empty
7. cheap expensive
8. the same different
9. fast slow

10. 10. high low
11. long short
12. right wrong
13. right left
14. old new
15. rich poor
16. old young
17. hot cold
18. strong weak
19. beautiful ugly
20. light dark
21. tall short

14. yellow taxis fast food French fries
White House Blue jeans hot dog

15. New York

21. 1. It’s a very hot day.
2. Is your teacher Australian?
3. That car isn’t very fast.
4. It’s a bad idea.

22. 5. Are you good students?
6. English is quite easy.
7. My brother is really strong.
8. This is a slow train.

24. short long short long
short long short long

25. blue,
new
rich,
big
easy,
cheap
black,
bad
fast,
dark
hot,
wrong
small,
short
full,
good

27. a big city
a black bag
cheap jeans
dark glasses
a good book
a grey day
new boots
an old photo
a short story

32. ?
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35. Read the article
once.
Complete it with
the headings
• Grammar
• Pronunciation
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
Spelling
Grammar
Pronunciation

36. 1. F (The differences are small.)
2. F (In American English they are vacation and ZIP code.)
3. T
4. F (It’s the American spelling. British spelling is kilometre.)
5. T
6. F (It’s easy.)