Unit 5/6 - Y3 - Lesson 6

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Unit 5/6

Test in the next testweek
(17-05 till 21-05)

In class today:

Unit 6 - How do they do it?

Vocabulary: gradable & non-gradable adjectives

Kahoot: present passive

Vocabulary

Adjectives

Gradable vs. extreme

Match the gradable adjectives (1-5) with the extreme adjectives (a-e)

1. good

2. funny

3. happy

4. big

5. small

a. hilarious

b. delighted

c. enormous

d. tiny/minute

e. wonderful

Gradable vs non-gradable

Gradable	Non-gradable
Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can have different levels of that quality. For example, you can be a bit cold , very cold or extremely cold . We can make them weaker or stronger with modifiers.	Some adjectives are non-gradable. For example, something can't be a bit finished or very finished. You can't be a bit dead or very dead. These adjectives describe absolute qualities . To make them stronger we have to use modifiers like absolutely, totally or completely .
Examples of gradable adjectives: angry, big, boring, cheap, cold, expensive, frightening, funny, hot, interesting, old, pretty, small, tasty, tired, etc. Examples of modifiers to use with gradable adjectives: Very, really , a little bit, a bit, pretty, quite, extremely	Examples of non-gradable adjectives: acceptable, dead, destroyed, finished, free, impossible, necessary, perfect, ruined, unacceptable, etc. Examples of modifiers to use with non-gradable adjectives: absolutely , totally, completely, really

In which option(s) is "very" used correctly?

1. very funny
2. very hilarious

In which option(s) is "absolutely" used correctly?

1. absolutely small
2. absolutely tiny

In which option(s) is "really" used correctly?

1. really good
2. really amazing

Which option(s) is/are correct?

1. very tiny
2. very enormous
3. absolutely delighted
4. absolutely funny

Which option(s) is/are correct?

1. really tiny
2. really enormous
3. really delighted
4. really funny

Complete the text with the correct adjectives.

minute

enourmous

fantastic

delighted

funny

huge

sad

Kahoot

present passive

End of this class

To practice vocab you can use the quizlet wordlist

Click here for the unit 5 list.
Click here for the unit 6 list.

(You can also download the wordlist there)