ALL THE FEELS
You have been waiting for a delayed flight for six hours. How might you feel?
frustrated/restless
Which word means perfect, with no mistakes or imperfections?
flawless
He sees / is seeing someone at the moment.
He is seeing someone at the moment. → is seeing
See someone here means date someone, which is an ongoing activity/situation.
The woman who is wearing the red coat is my boss.
Remove unnecessary words.
The woman wearing the red coat is my boss.
Polar bears have black skin.
True
Your friend gets something you desperately wanted. What emotion might you feel?
jealous
A room is full of objects with almost no empty space.
cluttered
He always interrupts / is always interrupting me when I speak!
is always interrupting if you want to express irritation
Combine: The woman is standing by the window. She is my teacher.
The woman standing by the window is my teacher.
Van Gogh became rich from selling his paintings during his lifetime.
True or false?
False
What Am I?
“You worked incredibly hard for something, but it failed completely. You feel extremely upset.”
our team guesses.
devastated
One Doesn't Belong
gritty — raw — bleak — playful
playful
👃 The soup smells amazing.
👨🍳 He is smelling the soup.
Why are both possible?
The soup smells amazing. → smells describes a state/quality of the soup: “It has a nice smell.” That’s why we use the simple.
He is smelling the soup. → is smelling means he is actively using his nose to check the smell. That’s an action happening now, so we use the continuous.
Combine: He felt exhausted. He went straight to bed.
Feeling exhausted, he went straight to bed.
The Mona Lisa is over two metres tall.
False
🤩🥳🙌🎉
overexcited / overjoyed
I'm realistic, rough and sometimes unpleasant. I show life as it really is rather than making it beautiful.
What adjective am I?
gritty
Normally, Jake ______(to be) very polite, but today he ______ incredibly rude.(to be)
Normally, Jake is very polite, but today he is being incredibly rude.
He is rude → that's part of his character.
He is being rude → that's how he's behaving right now.
Rewrite using a participle clause: Because she was shocked by the news, she couldn't speak.
Shocked by the news, she couldn't speak.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
TRUE. They have taste receptors on their feet.
Name 5 emotion adjectives from the unit 6 in 10 seconds.
ashamed, devastated, disillusioned, frustrated, gleeful, helpless, insecure, jealous, overexcited, overjoyed, petrified, restless, satisfied, speechless
An art critic wrote:
“This painting is nice, interesting and very good.”
🤦 Terrible review!
Replace all THREE adjectives with more precise adjectives from our vocabulary.
“This painting is evocative, elaborate and well-composed.”
Complete the sentences with THINK in the correct form:
I ______ this painting is completely nonsensical, but I ______ about buying it anyway.
I think this painting is completely nonsensical, but I am thinking about buying it anyway.
Why?
What's wrong? Walking through the gallery, the paintings impressed me.
dangling participle; it implies the paintings were walking.
Which existed first?
🌳 A. Trees
🦈 B. Sharks
🦖 C. Dinosaurs
SHARKS