3.

1PORTRAITS
Unit Goals
1. To describe things and places
using gradable and absolute
adjectives.
2. To talk and read about
traditional painted portraits.
SPEAKING & READING
Look at the pictures. Answer the questions.

Where are these people?

What is happening?
3b Discuss the questions.

In what ways are the two artists similar?

In what ways are they different?

Which portrait do you prefer (if any)?

Why?
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
GRADABLE & ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
 GRADABLE ABSOLUTE
ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES
Show that something can Do not have different
have different degrees degrees.

angry interesting excited strange furious wonderful freezing delicious

annoying noisy funny special awful fantastic thrilled impossible

bad difficult good surprised horrible brilliant hilarious tiny

beautiful pleased hot tasty terrible fascinating excellent incredible

big silly hungry tired huge ridiculous great stunning

cold small nice loud enormous exhausted amazed unique

 GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
We can make them weaker or stronger.

Modifier + Gradable adjective

WEAKER STRONGER That’s a pretty small

statue.
pretty very

fairly extremely It’s an extremely big

statue.
 ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
We can’t make them stronger or weaker.

Modifier + Absolute adjective

ADD EMPHASIS Thailand is an absolutely

wonderful place.
totally absolutely

completely She is completely

exhausted this week.
GRADABLE & ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
Use “really” to add information about both.

Really + Gradable/Absolute adjective

That problem is really I always have a really

difficult to solve. healthy breakfast.
 3a Work in pairs. Look at the pictures (pages 22-23). Write a
sentence about three of the pieces of art, with adjectives and
modifiers in 1 and 2.

It is a very stunning painting.

 3b Work in another pair. Read your sentence out loud.
Can your partners guess which piece of art you’re
describing?

It is a very stunning painting.

I think you are describing picture …

 Extra Think about the pieces of art you like the most.
Write sentences about them.
Using adjectives and modifiers.
GRADABLE ADJECTIVES ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
angry interesting excited strange furious wonderful freezing delicious
annoying noisy funny special awful fantastic thrilled impossible
bad difficult good surprised horrible brilliant hilarious tiny
beautiful pleased hot tasty terrible fascinating excellent incredible
big silly hungry tired huge ridiculous great stunning
cold small nice loud enormous exhausted amazed unique

WEAKER STRONGER ADD EMPHASIS

pretty very totally absolutely

fairly extremely completely

SPEAKING
Discuss
1 Work in pairs. Look at the different examples of
graffiti on page 41 and discuss the questions.

Who do you think

painted them?

Why do you think they

painted them?

Which do you think has a personal meaning?

Which has a political message? Why?

Which could be viewed as art and which as an

act of vandalism? Why?
 Is there a lot of graffiti in your neighborhood?
If so, where is it? What kind of graffiti is it?

Do you think graffiti should be legal or illegal in your

country?
Picture References
Slide 1 Portrait: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/03/12/12/32/woman-3219507_960_720.jpg
Laptop: https://c.pxhere.com/photos/48/b9/4k_wallpaper_apple_devices_blur_cellphone_close_up_coffee_cup_computer_depth_of_field
Slide 2
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Slide 4 Speaking: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/28/22/14/speech-icon-2797263_960_720.png

Slide 5 Speaking: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/28/22/14/speech-icon-2797263_960_720.png

Slide 6 Student writing: https://images.pexels.com/photos/210661/pexels-photo-210661.jpeg

Small statue: https://images.pexels.com/photos/52718/angel-wings-love-white-52718.jpeg
Slide 8
Big statue: https://images.pexels.com/photos/3731615/pexels-photo-3731615.jpeg
Thailand: https://images.pexels.com/photos/1007657/pexels-photo-1007657.jpeg
Slide 9
Exhausted person: https://images.pexels.com/photos/3767411/pexels-photo-3767411.jpeg
Math: https://images.pexels.com/photos/167682/pexels-photo-167682.jpeg
Slide 10
Breakfast: https://images.pexels.com/photos/216951/pexels-photo-216951.jpeg
Slide 11 Complete sign: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/02/04/02/46/pen-3128958_960_720.png

Slide 12 Complete sign: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/02/04/02/46/pen-3128958_960_720.png

Slide 13 Complete sign: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/02/04/02/46/pen-3128958_960_720.png

Slide 14 Graffiti: https://images.pexels.com/photos/2119706/pexels-photo-2119706.jpeg

Slide 15 Speaking: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/28/22/14/speech-icon-2797263_960_720.png

Slide 16 Graffiti: https://images.pexels.com/photos/1137752/pexels-photo-1137752.jpeg