Descriptive
adjectives
VOCABULARY
LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE
Beginner A1_1035V_EN English
Goals
■ Can describe someone's
physical appearance in very
simple terms.
■ Can form a simple
sentence that includes a
predicative adjective
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My grandparents are old, my children
are young and they all have dark hair.
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old
My grandfather is old.
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young
My son and daughter are young.
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tall
My brother is tall.
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short
My sister is short.
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small
Babies are small.
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Describing family
My son is small.
His grandchildren are young.
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Match the picture to the sentence
1. She is old.
2. The baby is small.
3. He is tall.
4. She is short.
A B C D
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What’s the opposite?
young _______________
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What’s the opposite?
short _______________
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Match the sentence halves
1. My grandfather is a. baby.
2. I have a small b. brother.
3. My nephews are c. old.
4. I have a tall d. young.
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brown
She has brown eyes.
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bright
She has a bright smile.
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red
She has red hair.
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dark
He has dark hair.
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long
She has long hair.
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Describing friends and family
Her hair is long and dark.
He has short hair and a bright smile.
They have brown eyes.
They have dark hair.
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Odd one out
long dark
hair bright
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Use these words to describe yourself
tall
old long
bright
short
eyes
small
dark young
hair
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Complete the sentences
1. My hair is _______________.
a. young and small b. long and dark
2. He has _______________ eyes.
a. brown b. tall
3. My grandmother is _______________.
a. old and short b. old and young
4. She has a _______________ smile.
a. dark b. bright
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slim
They are slim.
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fat
I think I’m fat.
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beautiful
Babies are beautiful.
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pretty
My daughter is pretty.
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ugly
He is ugly.
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Healthy living
She is beautiful.
She eats healthy food. She is slim.
He is fat.
He eats unhealthy food.
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Use new words
Describe yourself Describe a friend
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Describe the family
Use words from the lesson.
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Find the odd one out
bright
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Unscramble the letters to find the word
D S F B L G U V N
Find the words!
I H B U E I D D X
1. lod
H O Q L T I A L I
A R A V O C R U D
2. allt
B T A L L O K F R
3. ostrh
Y G W C D M T I K
4. utfebalui
L V B R I G H T L
5. goynu G U E C N Y Q U I
6. hrbtgi U P A X C K J A Y
7. akdr W Y O U N G P E C
8. ygul L K C D A T V B L
M U Z O F J E C B
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Reflect on the goals
Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check
if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.
yes no
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Reflect on this lesson
Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.
What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?
+ _______________________________
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+ _______________________________
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– _______________________________
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– _______________________________
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If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again
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Exercise p.10
1. B – 2. C – 3. A – 4. D
Exercise p.11
old
Exercise p.11
tall
Exercise p.13
1. c – 2. a – 3. d – 4. b
Exercise p.20
hair (because hair is a noun and the other words are adjectives)
Exercise p.22
1. b – 2. a – 3. a – 4. b
Exercise p.31
eyes (because eyes is a noun and the other words are adjectives)
Answer key
Answer key
A S A H L O D D
Find the words!
B H A N A D D A D
1. old
Y O U G S A A L S
B R A L O L R U L
2. tall
E T A L L O K F B
3. short
Y I I L D D L I L
4. beautiful
L N B R I G H T F
5. young G U E I N A L U A
6. bright U O A G M B G A L
7. dark L Y O U N G R E T
8. ugly I O T L O G E B R
F U I O L O D G E
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Homework
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Put words in the correct list
hair tall smile bright
is have eyes long
old has grandfather are
Adjectives Nouns Verbs
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Vocabulary lists
Check the last five words of the lesson.
Sort them into two lists.
Give your lists a name.
List 1: _____________ List 2: _____________
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Vocabulary lists
Check the words of this lesson again: are there more nouns,
verbs, adjectives or adverbs?
Can you find three words for each list?
Nouns Verbs Adjectives or adverbs
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My favourite words
Choose five words from the lesson and note them in
your list of My favourite words.
Word one
Word two
Word three
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My favourite words
Write a sentence for each word you have
just written in your list of My favourite Words.
• Word one:
Sentence one
• Word two:
Sentence two
•…
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Sentences about myself
Choose five example sentences from this lesson.
Copy them and write them about yourself.
Examples:
Hello! My name is …
→ Hello! My name is John.
I like apples
→ I like bananas
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Exercise p.37
Adjectives: old – tall – bright – long
Nouns: hair – eyes – smile – grandfather
Verbs: is – are – have – has
Homework answer key
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