Trainers' Trainers' name: Alicja Alicja Bartosiewicz Level: B1/B2/ Aim: to practise emphasized adjectives and to distinguish between neutral and inormal words! To practise intonation and strong and wea" orm o #was$ and #were$! Timing: 1%&1 minutes (can be done done as a warm&up) warm&up) *aterials +eeded: one cop, o activit, per teacher -tages: 1! .ill in the missing words group wor" or whole class activit,! 2! 0ractice: teachers wor" in pairs! ne as"s the uestion3 e!g! 4as it cold5 The other replies replies with an e6aggerated e6aggerated intonation7 8old5 9t was .;;<9+=> .;;<9+=> This can be later turned turned into an e6ercise e6ercise to memorize memorize the vocabular, vocabular, one teacher tests the other3 whose wor"sheet is ace down! Then change o roles! ?! .ollow up: whole class activit, a ctivit, to identi, inormal words (e!g! complete nuts3 utter rubbish3 downright weird3 hopping mad)!
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Contributed by Alicja Bartopsiewicz
© The British Council, 2012
