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Lesson Plan April 14, 2023

Topic: Adjectives & Adverbs 01

In this lesson we will practise using adjectives and adverbs.

Section A: Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives describe or modify nouns and pronouns. They usually come before nouns, but can be used after linking verbs such as be, become, feel, get, look, smell, sound and taste.

• Amy has a lovely house.

• Tamara has blonde hair.

• Paulo is sleepy

• Be careful!

• I’m tired and I’m getting hungry.

• You look tired.

• Dinner smells delicious.

• This coffee tastes a bit strange.

Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. Many end with -LY.

• Tim walked slowly.

• Amelia talks loudly.

• Jo worked hard to pass her exams.

• Drive carefully!

• Susan plays the piano very well.

Section B: Fact & Opinion Adjectives

Sometimes we use tow or more adjectives together.

• My brother lives in a nice new house.

• In my kitchen there is a beautiful large round wooden table.

Adjectives like new / large / round / wooden are fact adjectives. They give us factual information about age, size, colour etc.

Adjectives like nice / beautiful / are opinion adjectives. They tell us what somebody thinks of something or somebody.

Opinion adjective + Fact adjective + Noun

• I had a nice long summer holiday.

• I met an interesting young man.

• My son made a delicious hot vegetable soup.

Section C: Order of Adjectives

Sometimes we use two or more fact adjectives together. Usually, but not always, we put fact adjectives in this order

(1)How big? —> (2)How old? —> (3)What colour? —> (4)Where from? —> (5)What is is made of? —> NOUN

• a tall young man (1 + 2)

• big blue eyes (1 + 3)

• a small black plastic bag (1 +3 + 5)

• an old red Japanese ceramic vase (2 + 3 + 4 + 5)

• an old white cotton pillowcase (2 +3 + 5)

When there are two or more colour adjectives, we use and

• A black and white dress

• The national flag is red, white and green.

NOTE: We typically do not use and with other adjectives before a noun

• She wore a long black dress to the party. (NOT long and black dress)

• It’s a small round yellow and pink flower. (NOT small and round and yellow and pink flower)

Lesson Notes

• “I can't eat this. I've just tried it and it tastes awful”

• means that the speaker tried the food recently and it still tastes bad right now. They are describing the taste as awful in the present

• "I can't eat this. I've just tried it and it tasted awful”

• means that the speaker tried the food recently and it tasted bad at that time, but they are not saying whether it still tastes bad now or not. They are describing the taste as awful in the past, without mentioning the present.

• No point;  used to indicate that something is not worth doing or is without purpose or benefit

• "There's no point in continuing to argue. We're not making any progress.”

• "I decided there was no point in going to the store since it's already closed.”

• "He realized there was no point in trying to fix the broken vase, as it was beyond repair.”

• Adjectives of size and length (big / small / tall / short / long etc) usually go before adjectives of shape and width (round / fat / thin / slim / wide etc)

• A man with a small thin face

• A long wide tree-lined avenue

• A big fat orange and black cat (= more orange than black)

• A big fat black and orange cat (= more black than orange)