InnoLab6/Adjectives

Welcome to Module 1 - Adjectives!

You know that adjectives can help you make your stories more exciting and describe situations and characters more accurately. In this module, you will learn some new adjectives to use in your project. Have fun with the following activities.

Adjectives you can use to talk about friendship (Freundschaft)

These are the new words you will learn. If you don't knwo how to pronounce them correctly, check the pronunciation with the help of an online dictionary.

liebenswert	bedeutet	amiable
hilfsbereit	bedeutet	helpful
verlässlich	bedeutet	reliable
verständnisvoll	bedeutet	understanding

bescheiden	bedeutet	humble
ehrlich	bedeutet	honest
fürsorglich	bedeutet	caring
klug	bedeutet	smart

Memo Quiz - Find the matching pairs

liebenswert	amiable
hilfsbereit	helpful
verlässlich	reliable
verständnisvoll	understanding
klug	smart
fürsorglich	caring
ehrlich	honest
bescheiden	humble

Cloze - Fill in the gaps with the correct words

1. She is such an amiable person, she has no trouble at all making friendships.

2. If you have a problem, ask your teachers. They are very helpful..

3. He will do it for you because he is reliable.

4. Look, it's not Jay's fault - you could be a little more understanding!

5. Why don't you fix it if you're so smart?

6. He is a caring father for his children. He always tries to help them.

7. To be honest, I didn't like the movie.

8. He's very humble about his success.

Find the words

Finde die englischen Entsprechungen für liebenswert, hilfsbereit, verlässlich, bescheiden, klug und fürsorglich! (Waagrecht, senkrecht und schräg)

amiable

helpful

reliable

humble

smart

caring

Which word is it?

Fill in the gaps. Write the words correctly.

I like my parents. My father is understanding and reliable, my mother is caring and amiable. My brother, to be honest, is very smart but far too humble to admit it. I can ask him anything because he is very helpful.

Task: Tell your friend what you like about her or him.

Adjectives you can use insted of nice

My brother is nice. My sister is nice. My friend is nice. Somehow everyone is nice.

Why don't you use other words instead of nice? Check the pronunciation with the help of an online dictionary.

freundlich	bedeutet	friendly
mitfühlend	bedeutet	compassionate
rücksichtsvoll	bedeutet	thoughtful
höflich	bedeutet	courteous

gutherzig	bedeutet	kindhearted
nett	bedeutet	pleasant
angenehm	bedeutet	agreeable
anständig	bedeutet	decent

Memo Quiz - Find the matching pairs

freundlich	friendly
gutherzig	kindhearted
mitfühlend	compassionate
nett	pleasant
rücksichtsvoll	thoughtful
angenehm	agreeable
höflich	courteous
anständig	decent

Do you remember the meaning?

Match the English words with the appropriate meaning!

freundlich	friendly
gutherzig	kindhearted
mitfühlend	compassionate
nett	pleasant
rücksichtsvoll	thoughtful
angenehm	agreeable
höflich	courteous
anständig	decent

c) What I always wanted to tell you

Fill in the gaps. Write the words correctly.

Your are just nice but now I can also say it differently: You are my best friend because you are friendly, kindhearted, compassionate, pleasant, thoughtful, agreeable, courteous and decent.

Adjectives with a negative meaning

You want to say that someone is a bad person. You can use these words to describe him or her.

boshaft	bedeutet	wicked	unverschämt	bedeutet	rude
unbedacht	bedeutet	thoughtless	unhöflich	bedeutet	impolite
grausam	bedeutet	cruel	hassenswert	bedeutet	hateful
unfreundlich	bedeutet	unfriendly	herzlos	bedeutet	unkind

a) Memo-Quiz - Find the matching pairs:

wicked	boshaft
rude	unverschämt
thoughtless	unbedacht
impolite	unhöflich
cruel	gemein, grausam
hateful	abscheulich, hassenswert
unfriendly	unfreundlich
unkind	herzlos

b) Multiple-choice questions

1. It is the opposite of friendly: (!brave) (unfriendly) (!gorgeous) (!hungry)

2. A pupil who uses swear words is (!friendly) (impolite) (rude) (!thoughtful)

3. Heartless witches are usually ... too. (cruel) (wicked) (!amiable) (!pleasant)

4. Which words belong to the word families of hate and cruelty? (!love) (hateful) (!unkind) (cruelty)

5. If you do something without thinking about it. (thoughtless) (!thoughtful) (!confident) (!caring)

c) I don't want to be like that

Fill in the gaps. Write the words correctly.

I hope that no one will ever say about me that I was wicked, unkind, unfriendly, hateful, cruel, impolite, thoughtless and rude.

Adjectives that express sadness

You want to say that someone is sad. You can use these words to describe the feeling differently.

niedergeschlagen	bedeutet	depresseed	unglücklich	bedeutet	unhappy
ernst	bedeutet	serious	entmutigt	bedeutet	discouraged
trist	bedeutet	gloomy	sorgenvoll	bedeutet	sorrowful
miserabel	bedeutet	miserable	traurig	bedeutet	mournful

a) Memo-Quiz - Find the matching pairs:

depressed	niedergeschlagen
serious	ernst
gloomy	trübselig, trist
miserable	miserabel
unhappy	unglücklich
discouraged	entmutigt
sorrowful	sorgenvoll
mournful	traurig

b) Find the meaning

depressed	... is the adjective of depression.
discouraged	... is the opposite of couragoeous.
sorrowful	Whoever is full of sorrow is ...
unhappy	If you are not happy, you are ....
mournful	The noun is mourning.
miserable	Swap two letters of the word miserable and you have the German word.
gloomy	Unhappy and without hope.
serious	Please don't laugh - I'm being ....

Congratulations!

This is the end of Module 1. I hope you are content, joyful and delighted. I am glad that you have learned so much. You should be proud of yourself. Use as many words as you like for your project.