The... the... comparatives

The... the... comparatives

How it is made... (describing a process, using passive voice)

is pasted

printed

are made x 2

was made

is set

dried

is built up

coated

is  / being repeated

applied

is imparted

A place where history ___always ________

60,00 globes ____ every year

The first known globe _______ in 1492

Around a solid ball of wood ______ a hollow shell of stiff paper which is then ____ with plaster

9 separate layers of plaster are ______

A fine smooth surface _________ to the world in miniature

Once the globe _____ and ____ it passes to another department where the covering map _____ on.

90% ______ for export

They ______ in all languages

Watch:

How Globes Were Made

Practice

Further practice - do exercises 7, 8 and 9

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

I STIL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR

By U2

I have _____ the highest mountains
I have _____ through the fields
Only to ___ with you
Only to ___ with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to ____ with you

But I still haven't ______ what I'm looking for
But I still haven't ______ what I'm looking for

I have ______ honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like _____
This burning desire

I have spoken with the tongue of angels
I have _____ the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was _____ as a stone

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

I believe in the _______ come
Then all the ______ will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes I'm still running

You ______ the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Oh my shame
You know I _______ it

 

1. Find all the pps (past participles)

2. Find the verbs which are in Past Simple

3. Find the verbs that are in infinitive

4. Find Present Perfect + superlative

5. Find a rhyme

6. Find the plurals

7. Find the linking words

 

What’s the song about?

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

 

Easier:

For and Since

 Practice here

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (1)

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (2)

More challenging:

Present perfect or past simple?

Adjectives

 

 

Regular Adjective

angry

bad

big

clean

cold

crowded

dirty

funny

good

hot

hungry

interesting

old

pretty

scary

small

surprising

tired

ugly

 

Opinion	Size	Other	Age	Shape
Colour	Pattern	Origin	Material	Purpose

Practice using different types of adjectives

dark green
pitch black
bright yellow
freezing cold
warm (and) sunny
wet (and) slippery
burning hot
young (and) attractive
cheap and nasty
huge global
painful and arduous
slow (and) painful
lightning fast
fresh (and) healthy

Regular Adjective	Extreme Adjective
angry	furious
bad	awful, terrible, horrible
big	huge, gigantic, giant
clean	spotless
cold	freezing
crowded	packed
dirty	filthy
funny	hilarious
good	wonderful, fantastic, excellent
hot	boiling
hungry	starving
interesting	fascinating
old	ancient
pretty	gorgeous
scary	terrifying
small	tiny
surprising	astounding
tired	exhausted
ugly	hideous

Match regular with extreme adjectives

Use extreme adjectives in a sentence

Betty Botta

 Betty Botta bought some butter;

“But,” said she, “this butter’s bitter!

If I put it in my batter

It will make my batter bitter.

But a bit o’ better butter

Will but make my batter better.”

Then she bought a bit o’ butter

Better than the bitter butter,

Made her bitter batter better.

So ’twas better Betty Botta

Bought a bit o’ better butter.

Crosswords and word games

B1 personality 

B1 describing people

B1 food and drink

Link to crosswords for different levels

B2 level crosswords

B1 Level crosswords and printable worksheets

Multiple levels

Double letters

a__ent

d__p

le__er

sk__ng

m__n

a__ept

s__n

pla__ing

bu__er

ye__ow

wri__en

su__er

ha__y

e__

jo__ing

pa__ion

ki__

ki__

Race

In teams write

6 words with a double l

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double m

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double c

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double p

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double s

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double o

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double e

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double d

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

6 words with a double r

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Letter limit

think of a 6 letter word to fit the following categories 

bird

colour

a city

a female name

a month

a country

think of a 6 letter word to fit the following categories 

a day of the week

a metal

a member of the family

a number

a season

an animal

think of a 6 letter word to fit the following categories 

a vegetable

a sport

a shape

a male name

a job

a fruit

think of a 7 letter word to fit the following categories 

a country

a month

an animal

a member of the family

a greeting

a verb

think of a 7 letter word to fit the following categories 

a vegetable

a sport

a shape

a male name

a part of the body

a fruit

Scattergories (difficult!)

Worksheet for classrooms...

B1 Level

Turning words verbs and adjectives into NOUNS

Cleft Sentences

Clefts, inversion and auxiliaries

Kahoot!

Pseudo Clefts



To practice this, use the following exercises on this website:

Emphasis - cleft sentences

Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 6

1.	I really enjoy a long walk in the country.
	It's .
	What .
	(is) A long walk .
	(That's) A long walk in the country. .
2.	I dislike his rudeness the most.
	What .
	(what) His rudeness .
	It's .
	(That's) His rudeness. .
3.	His sense of irony makes me laugh.
	(what) His .
	(That's) His sense of irony. .
	It's .	.
	What .