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Key Features

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Warm-up
focus on core essentials
Choose the correct plurals for these nouns. and emphasis
on conceptual

boxs boxes understanding
Bunnys bunnies leafes leaves • page 8 • page 10
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interesting explanations and puppys puppies
exercises designed to stimulate caries cars duckes ducks • page 41 • page 46
When there are more than one adjective in front of a noun, we follow an order. • page 53 • page 63
learner’s interest and help
Adjectives usually come in this order. grasp the concepts better tomatos tomatoes children childs
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Quantity Value/ Size Age Shape Colour Origin • page 129 toyies toys
Material
Opinion

pencils penciles lilys lilies
five good big old round bright Indian wooden watchs watches
When a noun stands for one person, animal or thing, we say that it is in the singular.
ten beautiful small new square green Chinese silk When a noun stands for more than one person, animal or thing, we say that it is in
Friend B: Planet Wars? The famous series? Wow!
the plural. meet the stars? 29 (you, go)
Identify the adjectives and add appropriate punctuation marks. Friend A: Yes, we (do)! And I (get)
some autographs as well from them.
1. I want to buy a wonderful, antique, dark, Kashmiri table. C. Look at the pictures, Using the phrases make sentences (declarative, negative
opinion age colour origin and yes/no interrogative) in the simple past tense.
Let’s Play
2. I found a big square steel box.
Form two groups.
3. It was an old navy blue nylon bag. One group

4. I saw a large new red plastic bucket. describes a thing 1. draw a landscape 2. watch television 3. buy many things
using three or
5. We bought a beautiful old vase yesterday.
four adjectives.
6. I bought a beautiful new green cotton sari. Then, the other

7. This is an excellent round antique wooden table. group guesses 4. have some fun 5. drink milk 6. run a race
activities that foster 21st century skills
the thing and puts
such as, communication, teamwork
8. I love that big vintage green car parked on the street. the adjectives in
and collaboration
9. A Buddhist monk gave us a fantastic old Tibetan souvenir. the correct order. challenging question types that
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promote inquiry, discovery and analysis
10. I bought some lovely small Kashmiri carpets and rugs. 7. swim in the sea 8. build sandcastle 9. eat food
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• If we have more than two adjectives in a sentence, we use commas after each
adjective except the last one. (I have a big, red Mexican hat.) 10. meet a friend 11. teach English
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• If there are only two adjectives to describe the noun, we do not put a comma
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between the adjectives. (I bought some colourful Kashmiri carpets.)
• Adjectives help us to draw ‘word pictures’ for readers. This makes the sentence
more interesting and descriptive.
• It is not necessary to use adjectives in every sentence and with all nouns. Doing
that would only clutter your writing.

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