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Pre-intermediate 4 (Unit 9, p75: Ordinary and extreme adjectives)

Review
1 Find seven ordinary adjectives and seven extreme adjectives in the word puzzle. Write matching pairs in the lists below. The words go: or m a t o a m a z e d z e d a n d r n m f h o t d e i a a h f a r p o x s l g s u r p r i s e d o i b o i l i n g c x t r g h l u e i e h o h i y h n n e r z e t l a r e t e r r i f i e d u e o e s t a e s p n g s d v d s i a r b z e d t z s s p l e a s e d d e g u f f r e e z i n g d t r d p o s i t i v e h m e Ordinary Extreme

pleased

delighted

2 Complete what the speaker says. Match 17 with ag. 1 She was absolutely delighted 2 Arent you freezing? 3 I worked till 10.30 last night. 4 I was amazed when he told me he 5 And then the plane dropped suddenly. 6 I love summer weather but 7 Im positive I left my mobile phone on my desk a Im totally exhausted. b but I cant find it anywhere. c this is too much. Im boiling! d Here, you can use my scarf. e was moving to Italy. f with the flowers you sent. Thanks. g I was absolutely terrified!

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Extension
3 Match the ordinary adjectives with eight new extreme adjectives. Good and bad match with two extreme adjectives each. Ordinary goodA1 (x2) badA1 (x2) largeA2 smallA1 surprisedA2 oldA1 Extreme terribleA2 tinyB1 shockedB1 fantasticA2 ancientB1 awfulB1 hugeB1 wonderfulA2

4 Complete the conversations with extreme adjectives from 3. Try to use each one once. Conversations in Anyas ofce Monday ROB How was your weekend? ANYA It was absolutely 1 ! It never stopped raining so I stayed at home and felt bored. ROB True, the weather was 2 . Tuesday ANYA Did you hear Rose is leaving the company? MIMI What! But shes got a 3 job and shes doing so well. Im 4 ANYA Well, maybe she wants to try something new. Wednesday MIMI Look! Theres a 5 spider on my desk! ANYA You mean that? I can hardly see it. Its 6 MIMI It is not! Take it away. Please!

Thursday ROB I really hate this computer. Its very, very, very slow. ANYA Its slow because its 7 . Mines the same. Id love a new one. Friday
ROB ANYA ROB

Friday at last! Any plans for the weekend? Yes. Im going cycling in the countryside with some friends. That sounds 8 ! Much better than last weekend.

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