Teacher Guide
Teaching adjectives in opposite pairs is a simple way to keep it fun and more memorable. Use gestures to act out new vocabulary.
It can be helpful to circle all the adjectives and first help the students to find the opposite of each.
The students should read the sentences out loud when they've completed them. Check that they've noticed that the verb 'to be' changes depending on if the subject is singular or plural.
05mins - Introduction: Beginner questions - What's your name, age and where are you from? Describe your favourite animal. Is it big/small? Fast/slow? Friendly/ferocious? If you had this animal as a pet, what would you name it?
10mins - Game: Adjective Match It: Students choose adjectives cards from a deck, aiming to find four adjectives that describe their animal picture. The student who finds four correct adjectives first is the winner.
15mins - Worksheet: 04 adjectives and opposites
10mins - Game/Activity: Adjective spelling bee - The students must compete to spell adjectives correctly. The student must correctly spell the word, and use it in a sentence.15mins - Test: 04 reading practice - part 3
05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time!
00mins - Homework:
Possible answers:
- small
- fast / snails
- Grandparents
- night / work
- Pencils / expensive
- white / stones
- Tigers
- far / the ground
- check to make sure the sentence includes an adjective and it's opposite.
- check to make sure the sentence includes an adjective and it's opposite.
- check to make sure the sentence includes an adjective and it's opposite.