Building your vocabulary

In- class activities

Activity1: Word buildingCorrection

achievement -achievable

addiction -addictive

avoidance -avoidable

Belief -believable

amusement –amused/ing

admission -admissible

addition -additional

acceptance -acceptable

education -educational

surprise -surprised

Activity1: Word buildingDo you agree with Zakaria H.?

achievement -achievable

addiction -addictable

avoidance -avoidble

Belief -believable

amusement -amusable

admission -admissible

addition -additional

accepting -acceptable

education -educationel

surprisement -surprised

Match the adjectives with the right preposition

Adjective Preposition

1 Bored A Of

2 Angry B Of

3 Ashamed C At

4 Accused D At

5 Amazed E With

6 Excellent F With

7 Famous G For

8 Thirsty H For

1=a/2= e/3=g/4=b/5=h/6=c/7=d/8=f

Match the adjectives with the right preposition

Adjective Preposition

1 Bored with A Of

2 Angry with B Of

3 Ashamed of C At

4 Accused of D At

5 Amazed at E With

6 Excellent at F With

7 Famous for G For

8 Thirsty for H For

Match to create collocations

Part1 Part2

1 Outstandingly A Gorgeous

2 Drop-dead B Beautiful

3 Just C Amazed

4 Completely D Cold

5 Bitterly E Fantastic

1=a/2=b/3=e/4=c/5=d

Match to create collocations

Part1 Part2

1 Outstandingly Beautiful A Gorgeous

2 Drop-dead Gorgeous B Beautiful

3 Just fantastic C Amazed

4 Completely amazed D Cold

5 Bitterly cold E Fantastic

Fill in the table with the collocations below

1. bitterly disappointed2. The banks of the river3. Radiantly happy4. Elegant façade 5. To stand as a historic monument6. The patchy fog7. The bridge crosses8. Highly excited

Describing emotion Describing a place Describing the weather

9. Agreeably surprised10. High-rise building11. Architecturally interesting12. To be steeped in history13. The cart rumbles over the cobble14. Opaque cloud15. To be hailed as masterpiece16. To flow smoothly

Describing emotion =2/5/8/11/16 /15 Describing a place=1/6/9/10/13 Describing the weather =3/4/12/14/7

Fill in the table with the collocations below

1. bitterly disappointed2. The banks of the river3. Radiantly happy4. Elegant façade 5. To stand as a historic monument6. The patchy fog7. The bridge crosses8. Highly excited

Describing emotion Describing a place Describing the weather

bitterly

disappointed

The banks of the

riverThe patchy fog

9. Agreeably surprised10. High-rise building11. Architecturally interesting12. To be steeped in history13. The cart rumbles over the cobble14. Opaque cloud15. To be hailed as masterpiece16. To flow smoothly

Practice:

Describe the following

picture, using the

vocabulary in the activities

above:

Example:When I visit London, I feel highly excited. It is outstandingly beautiful. Big Benis hailed as a masterpiece. The buildings are age-old but drop-dead gorgeous.I think what most of people dislike is the weather. The opaque clouds usuallycover the sky and it is mostly rainy and chilly cold. In brief, London is justfantastic.

Read the following essay and answer thefollowing questions:1- Does the student use the newvocabulary?2- Does the student make any spelling /grammar mistakes?3- Does the student link correctly hissentences?

London is a wonderful city . The landscape in London is outstandingly

beautiful. In fact London is known for its museums . The tower bridge in

London is another stunning place , the architect and building in London are age

old but drop dead gorgeous . The weather of the city is cold , however thesummer is warm and hot. In brief , London is just cold . (Nour)

Read the following essay and answer thefollowing questions:1- Does the student use the newvocabulary?2- Does the student make any spelling /grammar mistakes?3- Does the student link correctly hissentences?

London is a wonderful city . The landscape in London is outstandingly

beautiful. In fact London is known for its (adj) museums . (punctuation) The

tower bridge in London is another stunning place , the architect (word choice)

and building (how many are there?) in London (subject) are age - old but drop

dead gorgeous . The weather of the city is cold ( say it in English),

(punctuation) however the summer is warm and hot. In brief , London is justcold . ( the concluding sentence does not reflect the TS) (Nour)

Practice:

Describe the following

picture, using the

vocabulary in the activities

above:

Example:When I visit London, I feel highly excited. It is outstandingly beautiful. Big Benis hailed as a masterpiece. The buildings are age-old but drop-dead gorgeous.I think what most of people dislike is the weather. The opaque clouds usuallycover the sky and it is mostly rainy and chilly cold.In brief, London is just fantastic.