describing clothes / order of adjectives
DESCRIPTION
This is a presentation I created to liven up my teen class. It's based on Unit 1 of the book 'Success Intermediate', SB p13. Even if you don't have the book, you could still use it for practising adjective order.TRANSCRIPT
Put each word into the correct group.Then add as many words as you can think of in three minutes!
clothes make-up footwear jewellery
(gold) chain trainers
boots
tracksuitsearrings
eyelinersweater
coat
lipstickT-shirt
What else do you have?clothes make-up footwear jewellery
sweatertracksuitsT-shirtcoat
eyelinerlipstick
trainersboots
(gold) chainearrings
Order of adjectives
• Look at the order of the adjectives describing Callum’s clothes:
opinion
trendy
style / cut
baggy
noun
top
preposition + noun phrase
with a hood
Order of adjectives
• Look at the order of the adjectives describing Callum’s clothes:
size/length
long
style / cut
baggy
(compound) noun
combat trousers
Order of adjectives
• Hannah is wearing a:
opinion
stylish
material
cotton
noun
t-shirt
preposition + noun phrase
with a design
Order of adjectives
REMEMBER…opinion
stylish
size/length
long
colour/shade
blue
style / cut
baggy
material
cotton
noun
trousers
preposition + noun phrase
with a red pocket
Order of adjectives
Can you think of your own sentence?opinion size/length colour/shade style / cut
material noun preposition + noun phrase
Order of adjectives
1.
article
an
opinion
old-fashioned
style / cut
striped
material
cotton
noun
shirt
Order of adjectives
8.
article
a
style / cut
long
noun
t-shirt
preposition + noun phrase
with a band logo on it
Order of adjectives
9.
style/cut
ripped
material
denim
noun
jeans
preposition + noun phrase
with a patch
Order of adjectives
We don’t usually use more than three
adjectives with one noun in one
sentence.
REMEMBER…
SB p10
Look at the photos of the Chavs and Goths. Choose one person.
Describe what he / she is wearing.Try and guess who your partner is
describing.
Design your perfect style.
Write a description of a person with your perfect style.
Paragraph OneMention the clothes, accessories and make-up they usually wear.
Paragraph TwoMention the kind of music they listen to.
Paragraph ThreeMention how they typically spend their free time.
200-250 words, with a picture if you want to add one (after you have finished writing!)