4 March 09 - 3ºI

• Remember that we have class tomorrow! We will start at 18.00. See you tomorrow!
• Courtney - Pictionary + Fashion show...
• Oral presentation - Jesús
• Grammar - Adjective order

...a very attractive jacket - Adjectives go before nouns....different ways - Adjectives are never plural

...much longer - The comparative of long (and other one syllable adjectives) is longer, not more long /more longer. Much is an extra intensifier here

....the most beautiful boots - The superlative form of long adjectives is the most + adjective.as nice as - The othe way of expressing a comparative is (not) as (+) adjective + as

...too tight - We use too + adjective, too much + uncountable nouns.

B.

a long checked dressing-gown

a new cotton t-shirt

• Grammar bank - p. 136.

1. long fair hair
2. huge dark eyes
3. a gorgeous Italian silk scarf
4. hideous suede shoes
5. a lovely old house
6. a short wool skirt
7. a tight purple sweater
8. an expensive Japanese laptop
9. a black and white striped tie
10. a second-hand sports car

Further practice...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/ask_about_english/080624/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1428_adjectives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode42/quiz.shtml

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/adjective_order01.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?quiz=1131_quiznet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGLzFuwxI&mode=related&search=

• Communication - Fashion show - Describe the models and find the differences...
  

A. Male model: short curly blond hair, blue jacket, red striped tie, loose trousers, black and white striped trainers.
B. Male model: short blond hair, black jacket, red checked tie, tighter trousers, plain white trainers.
A. Female model: short brown hair, blue scarf, long-sleeved pink top, short black skirt, short black boots.
B. Female model: long brown hair, grey scarf, short-sleeved pink top, longer black skirt, long black boots.

• Reading - Clothes to die for...(literally)
  

A

1. a. wide dresses in Victorian times - b. corsets
2. corsets and high-heeled shoes
3. zinc-based make-up
4. Isadora Duncan
   

B.

1. linen flu
2. wigs
3. a. Oxford bags - b. platform trainers
4. 1865

D.

Paragraph 1: whereas / banned
P. 2: led to/ put out
P. 3: put up with / cut to pieces
P. 4: kneel down
P. 5: trip over / strangle
P. 7: it's worth it

• Grammar - the sooner, the better - Comparative.
• Speaking 8 - The definite article

1. - / -
2. - / the
3. -
4. -
5. the
6. - / the

HOMEWORK

Grammar Bank- p. 136.

Vocabulary Bank - p. 152 - Men and women...
Workbook - pp. 34-36.