Negative adjectives and offers with will

Negative adjectives and offers with will

Choose one of the adjectives below and say something that is making your life difficult using it, e.g. “My cram school is boring” with “boring”. Your partner should then try to make an offer with “will” like “I’ll give you the address of my cram school. It’s not boring”. If you accept it, change roles and do the same. If not, they should try again with different offer until you accept one, or until they run out of ideas for suitable offers and give up. Then take turns doing the same.

Useful language for responding to offers Thanks. That’s a great help./ That’s very kind./ That’s just what I need./ That… Thanks for the offer, but…

 

Suggested negative adjectives to explain your difficulties with

angry                                                  annoying                                             awful

bored                                                  boring                                                  broken

cancelled                                             closed                                                 cold

dangerous                                           difficult                                     dirty

disgusting                                            dry                                                      expensive

far                                                      finished                                   hard

heavy                                                  hot                                                      humid

hungry                                     late                                                     lazy

lost                                                     loud                                                     messy

missing                                    noisy                                                   not … enough

old                                                      quiet                                                    run out

sad                                                     sleepy                                                 slow

smelly                                                 sold out                                   stupid           

terrible                                     thirsty                                                 tired/ tiring

too…                                                  unfashionable                           unhealthy

wet                                                     wrong                                                  yucky

 

Will for offers grammar presentation

Why is “will” more common than “going to” in offers like those you made to each other?

What is the difference between “Don’t worry. I’ll go to the shops and get some” and “Don’t worry. I’m going to (go to) the shops. I’ll get you some”?

Brainstorming adjectives

Without looking above, brainstorm adjectives and classify them as positive, negative and neutral/ mixed/ it depends.

Look above and brainstorm more, for example opposites of the words above.

Compare your extra ideas as a class.