Englisch 6/InnoLab

Welcome to Module 1 - Adjectives

Do 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 new adjectives to use in your project. Have fun with the following activities.

1. Adjectives you can use to talk about friendship

These are the new words you will learn.

liebenswert	bedeutet	amiable	bescheiden	bedeutet	humble
zuversichtlich	bedeutet	confident	ehrlich	bedeutet	honest
verlässlich	bedeutet	reliable	fürsorglich	bedeutet	caring
verständnisvoll	bedeutet	understanding	klug	bedeutet	smart

a) Memo Quiz - Find the matching pairs.

liebenswert	amiable
zuversichtlich	confident
verlässlich	reliable
verständnisvoll	understanding
klug	smart
fürsorglich	caring
ehrlich	honest
bescheiden	humble

b) 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. I am confident that the next exam will be better.

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.

c) Find the words

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

amiable

confident

reliable

humble

smart

caring

d) 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 am very confident that he will become a doctor or a lawyer one day.

2. Adjectives you can use insted of nice

These are the new words you will learn.

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

a) Memo Quiz - Find the matching pairs.

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

b) 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.

3. 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) (cruel)

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.

4. You are sad

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

Crossword puzzle

<div class="kreuzwort-quiz">

{|

|-

| 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 ....

|}

</div>

5. You are happy

cheerful	heiter
joyful	freudig
satisfied	zufrieden
content	zufrieden
delighted	hocherfreut
pleased	erfreut
glad	froh
zufrieden	satisfied

|