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3 Reading and Vocabulary

Very good, absolutely awesome
1 Match the regular adjectives (1–12) with the strong adjectives (a–l) with similar meanings.
1 bad a starving
2 beautiful b exhausted
3 big c terrible
4 cold d boiling
5 funny e ancient
6 good f ridiculous
7 hot g gorgeous
8 hungry h freezing
9 old i tiny
10 silly j awesome
11 small k enormous
12 tired l hilarious

2 Write sentences using eight of the adjectives from Exercise 1 with suitable modifying adverbs.
The weather on Saturday was absolutely gorgeous, so we went to the beach with my cousins.
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Instructions and Answer key
2.3 Reading and Vocabulary – Very good,
absolutely awesome

Materials: One worksheet for each pair of students

Language: Regular and strong adjectives, modifying
adverbs

• Tell students that they are going to work in pairs to match

adjectives with similar meanings. One adjective will be a
regular adjective (e.g. good) and the other will be a strong
adjective with a similar meaning (e.g. awesome).
• Hand out a worksheet to each pair and tell them to
complete the matching exercise (Exercise 1). Elicit the
answers.
• Then tell pairs to work together to think of and write
eight sentences for Exercise 2, using adjectives from
Exercise 1 with suitable modifying adverbs, e.g. really tiny,
completely exhausted.
• When the pairs have finished, invite them to share some of
their sentences with the class. Make sure they have used
suitable adverbs to modify their adjectives.
Answers:
1c 2g 3k 4h 5l 6j 7d 8a 9 e 10 f
11 i 12 b