compound adjectives

​Topic: compound adjectives

Descriptive adjectives

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Learning objective:

To practice descriptions​

LEVEL 5

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Descriptive Adjectives

Adjectives that are used to describe a noun.

Choose the adjective in each sentence.

Multiple Choice

I want to buy a diamond ring.

• want

• buy

• diamond

• ring

Multiple Choice

He plays with an enormous bat.

• plays

• enormous

• an

• bat

Multiple Choice

We ate some delicious food.

• ate

• some

• delicious

• food

Multiple Choice

I want to throw a surprise party for her.

• want

• throw

• surprise

• party

Multiple Choice

Don't eat from that broken plate.

• broken

• eat

• plate

• from

Multiple Choice

My friend made a scary face.

• friend

• face

• scary

• made

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

A compound adjective is a single adjective made up of more than one word. The words in a compound adjective are usually grouped together using hyphens to show it is a single adjective.

Multiple Choice

I wore a t-shirt because of the warm day.

• warm

• wore

• day

• t-Shirt

Read the following sentences, and pay attention to the underlined parts.

• The scissors are in the bottom-left drawer.

• Do you have any sugar-free cookies?

• His 11-year-old niece is coming to visit.

• It’s another record-breaking race for the Kenyan runner.

• He has an expensive-looking car.

Multiple Choice

The grass in my yard is greener than yours.

• grass

• yard

• greener

• is

Multiple Choice

The blue sky looks beautiful today.

• sky

• blue

• looks

• beautiful

Multiple Choice

That rock looks very hard.

• hard

• looks

• very

• rock

Video Response

1. From the previous slide, choose 3 compound adjectives to tell a story in three sentences. Time of preparation: 14 minutes

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​Topic: Defining relative clauses

Level 5

Teacher: Martha Isabel Díaz

Defining Relative Clauses

For People

Use defining relative clauses to give important information about the noun in the sentence.

For people, use the pronouns WHO and THAT.

Example:

Miss Malu is the teacher who teaches English.

Miss Michelle is the teacher that teaches Math.

Multiple Choice

That is the man ______ has a beautiful car.

• that

• where

• which

Multiple Select

Select all the correct answers.

Which pronouns can we use for people?

• Who

• That

• Which

• Where

Objects

To talk about objects, use the pronouns THAT or WHICH.

Example:

Scientists use lenses that/which allow telescopes to see deep into space.

Places

To talk about places, use the pronoun WHERE.

Example:

This is the city where I grew up.

Multiple Choice

This is a nice hotel ______ you can stay when you visit London.

• Who

• That

• Where

• Which

Multiple Choice

A butterfly is an insect that has mirror symmetry.

• People

• Place

• Object

Multiple Choice

India is a country where elephants live.

• Place

• People

• Object

Possession

Begin a relative clause with the pronoun WHOSE to show possession.

Example: That’s the man whose car was stolen.

Multiple Choice

That's the boy ______ website won an award.

• Who

• Whose

Multiple Choice

That's the woman whose cellphone was stolen.

• People

• Object

• Place

• Possession