Gabriel’s Handout

Lesson 1
TASK 1. Sharing.
1 – What is the first characteristic you see when you meet people?
2 – Ask three good things and three bad things about your friend.
3 – Do you agree with your friends’ description?

TASK 2. Match the pictures with the adjectives.

Then match the adjectives in the box with their opposites.

KAY S. & JONES V. 2008 American Inside Out Evolution Student’s Book Elementary - Macmillan Publishers Ltd (page 63)

A._____ big ≠ _________________ I._____ happy ≠ _____________

B._____ boring ≠ ______________ J._____ long ≠ _______________
C._____ cheap ≠ ______________ K._____ loud ≠ _______________
D._____ difficult ≠ _____________ L._____ lucky ≠ ______________
E._____ dirty ≠ _______________ M._____ rich ≠ _______________
F._____ early ≠ _______________ N._____ ugly ≠ _______________
G._____ fast ≠ ________________ O._____ young ≠ _____________
H._____ good ≠ _______________

Opposites

bad beautiful old poor quiet clean easy expensive

interesting late sad short slow small unlucky
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Lesson 1

TASK 3. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions and give examples.

What’s the opposite of

young?
Old. Queen Elizabeth is old.
And what is the opposite of poor?

TASK 4. Plan a magazine article describing TWO famous people with different
characteristics. Talk about personality and physical appearance.

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