Unit 9
3 Find the adjective in each sentence. 1 The frog lived by a lovely lake. 2 He was happy.
3 He enjoyed the cool shade. 4 The heron had long legs. 5 It ate a big fish. 6 The frog ate a tiny fly.
4 Think of an adjective of your own to describe each of the pictures on this page.
5 Think of a place you and your partner know well. • Think of three adjectives to describe the place. • Think of what you see there and what you hear there.
6 Write a description of your place.
Word work: opposites
Tall is as different as possible from short. Tall and short are opposites .
1 What are the opposites of these words? You will find the opposites in the story on page 65. horrible sad dull ugly
• Exercise 4, extension: Point to an object in the classroom and ask individual pupils to suggest an adjective to describe it. Demonstrate that there is usually more than one way of describing a thing. Encourage pupils to ask themselves: How old? How big? How many? What shape? What colour? What is it made of? • Language, Exercises 5 and 6: Point out to pupils that describing something or somebody is not just about listing adjectives. When describing a place, they should say what they see and hear there.
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