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File 3A
Intermediate 1
• Make a quiz on U.S. information.
• Learn vocabulary of adjectives.
• Use and position of adjectives.
• Describe people and things using adjectives.
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How to use adjectives
Remember...
adjectives
Big
Small
Short
Tall
slow fast
Old
New
short
long
cheap
expensive
beautiful ugly
good-looking
ugly
adjectives: match the opposites
• big
• old
• fast
• good
• cheap
• long
• tall
• easy
• safe
• happy
• fat
• expensive
• new
• short
• small
• dangerous
• slow
• bad
• sad
• short
• difficult
• thin
Which is correct?
a) That’s a car new.
b) That’s a new car.
What’s the rule?
Which is correct?
a) Laptops and cellphones are expensives.
b) Laptops and cellphones are expensive.
What’s the rule?
Adjective order
• Adjectives go AFTER the verb be:
• This house is very big.
• My books are old.
• My brother is tall.
Adjective order
• Adjectives go BEFORE nouns:
• E.g. A beautiful girl.
• E.g. An English dictionary.
• E.g. An orange coat.
adjectives
LOOK AT THESE EXAMPLES
Using adjectives
• Try these:
1. A red/Italian/big car.
2. A green/small/nice umbrella.
3. An English/old/ orange bag.
exercises
LET’S WORK
COMPLETE
WITH AN
ADJECTIVE
• THIRSTY
• PRETTY
• FUN
• BUSY
• QUIET
• SAD
• SMALL
• RED
• SLEEPY
• SHINY
• OLD
• SMELLY
EXERCISE
GO TO PAGE 127
WRITE SENTENCES
READING

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