INTRODUCTION TO UNIT 4

BY: MS.AZZAMOURI ASMAE

UNIT 4: LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT LEVEL: 1ST YEAR BACCALAUREATE

WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LEISURE TIME?

WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LEISURE TIME?

Outdoor activities:

Gardening Playing soccer ……

Indoor activities:

Watching TV Reading Playing chess Swimming Playing musical

instruments

OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:

Sandboarding Skiing

bungee jumping

Skydiving

Kayaking

Camping

WHICH ONES OF THOSE ACTIVITIES DO YOU FIND MOST...

Interesting?Boring?Tiring? Enjoyable?…….?

WHY DO YOU LIKE TO PRACTICE THESE ACTIVITIES?

Do you feel Bored?

To feel relaxed? To feel amused?….?

COMMON PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES

Verb ~ing adjective ~ed adjective bore boring bored

interest interesting interestedexcite exciting excited

confuse confusing confusedsurprise surprising surprised

tire tiring tiredannoy annoying annoyed

“ADJECTIVE+ING” DESCRIBES SOMETHING THAT CAUSES A FEELING:

It was a boring movie. The movie was boring. 

The movie is the cause of the feeling.

“ADJECTIVE+ED” DESCRIBES THE PERSON (OR ANIMAL) THAT IS AFFECTED BY THE FEELING:

She was a bored girl. The girl was bored.

the girl is the one who feels the feeling.

BE CAREFUL!!! PEOPLE CAN CAUSE FEELINGS

Carol had a date with John. John was boring. Carol was bored, so she left.

John is the one who CAUSES the feeling (boredom)

Carol is the one who AFFECTED by the feeling (boredom)

PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES “Adjective+ing” describes something that causes a

feeling:It was a boring movie

“Adjective+ed” describes the person (or animal) that is affected by a feeling:

She was a bored girl.

Be Careful!!! People Can Cause Feelings

Verb ~ing adjective ~ed adjective To tire tiring tired

To annoy annoying annoyedTo motivate Motivating Motivated

Examples:

EXERCISE: Complete the sentences with correct form of the adjectives:

This grammar lesson bores me. I am……………… because grammar is ……………... (bored/boring)

My job is …………….. (exhausted/exhausting). When I get home from work, I go to sleep.

Yesterday, my teacher tried to explain participial adjectives. I was …………….. (confused/confusing). I was …………………. (surprised/ surprising) that everyone understood it but me. 

HOMEWORK: FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE BELLOW, SAYS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A CERTAIN SCHOOL SUBJECT AND GIVE A REASON WHY.

Issam: “we feel bored and detached in Mathematical classes because we find it very challenging.”