InnoLab6/Adjectives

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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


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


Memo Quiz - Find the matching pairs
wicked boshaft
rude unverschämt
thoughtless unbedacht
impolite unhöflich
cruel gemein, grausam
hateful abscheulich, hassenswert
unfriendly unfreundlich
unkind herzlos


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)


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


Memo Quiz - Find the matching pairs
depressed niedergeschlagen
serious ernst
gloomy trübselig, trist
miserable miserabel
unhappy unglücklich
discouraged entmutigt
sorrowful sorgenvoll
mournful traurig


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.