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Word on the Street
Notting Hill Scene 1 –
Language Focus
Exercises
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Activity 1
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Put the words into the correct categories.
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angry
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small
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tired
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hot
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cold
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interesting
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boring
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Choose the sentences that are correct.
Verb
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1. a) I hated my maths class. My
teacher was absolutely boring.
b) I hated my maths class. My
teacher was absolutely tedious.
2. a) I failed my maths exam because I
didn’t study. My mum was very
angry.
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Activity 3
big / look / house / beautiful / eat / work /
dress / man / happy
Adjective
big
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Match the strong adjectives with the weak
adjectives.
fascinating / enormous / freezing /
exhausted / boiling / tiny / furious / tedious
4. a) Wow! Your costume is absolutely
amazing!
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Activity 2
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b) I loved my history class. It was
very fascinating.
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3. a) I loved my history class. It was
really fascinating.
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b) I failed my maths exam because I
didn’t study. My mum was very
furious.
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b) Wow! Your costume is absolutely
good.
5. a) I went on safari and saw an
elephant. It was absolutely
enormous.
b) I went on safari and saw an
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elephant. It was very enormous.
b) When I finally finished work, I
was very tired.
6. a) When I finally finished work, I
was absolutely tired.
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Answers
Activity 1
Adjective: big, happy, beautiful
Verb: eat, work, look
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Noun: house, dress, man
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Activity 2
enormous
furious
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angry
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big
tiny
tired
exhausted
hot
boiling
cold
freezing
interesting
fascinating
boring
tedious
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l.o
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Activity 3
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small
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1. b) I hated my maths class. My teacher was absolutely tedious.
2. a) I failed my maths exam because I didn’t study. My mum was very angry.
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ne
4. a) Wow! Your costume is absolutely amazing!
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3. a) I loved my history class. It was really fascinating.
5. a) I went on safari and saw an elephant. It was absolutely enormous.
h
lis
6. b) When I finally finished work, I was very tired.
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