¡A buscar! What do all these words have in common?

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1 ¡A buscar! What do all these words have in common?
Usa el diccionario y encuentra el significado de estas palabras en inglés: grande: pequeño: divertido: aburrido: What do all these words have in common? With this activity I would try to aim for pupils to realise that all those words are adjectives. This should help them to come up with a definition about adjectives for the next slides.

2 Lección 3: los adjetivos
Dictionary skills Lección 3: los adjetivos ©rh09

3 ¡A pensar! ¿Qué es un adjetivo?
Piensa con tu pareja qué es un adjetivo y escribe tu respuesta. This activity could be a brainstorm about what an adjective is. They could work in pairs and write down possible definition of adjective

4 definición Example: a big house a fun activity
An adjective is a word that gives extra information about a noun (house) or a pronoun (I, you, he/she…). An adjective generally describes how the noun is. It is a describing word. Example: a big house a fun activity In English the adjective goes before the noun

5 Encuentra los adjetivos
Highlight all the adjectives you can find! - I like to wear blue jeans and white t-shirts - My favourite meal is hot noodles. I like spicy food! - I have an older brother. He has brown hair and green eyes. - My brother is a tall boy and very strong. He is a good football player but he is very lazy.

6 Adjetivos en español In Spanish the adjectives can be masculine, feminine, singular and plural depending on the noun that accompanies. Example: Tengo un perro negro – I have a black dog Tengo una tortuga pequeña – I have a small tortoise Tengo unos perros negros – I have some black dogs Tengo unas tortugas pequeñas – I have some small tortoises I would like to think that they will be able to say the position of the adjective! What is the other difference between English and Spanish adjectives?

7 ¡A pensar! corta largo morena amarillos
Coloca los siguientes adjetivos en el lugar que corresponde corta altas largo rubios bajas negro morena pequeña amarillos Plural Alto, … Singular Femenino Masculino

8 Encuentra los adjetivos
Highlight all the adjectives you can find! Tengo el pelo largo y rizado Mis ojos son azules y muy grandes Mi hermano es alto y rubio - David Beckham es muy guapo. ¡Me encantan sus ojos verdes! Vivo en una casa grande. Mi perro se llama Colorín. Es muy simpático. Le encanta jugar a la pelota.

9 ¡A usar el diccionario! En parejas, encuentra la palabra en español para los siguientes adjetivos: white: hot: brown (hair): small (in height) easy (life): This activity aims to make pupils realise the different meanings that the same word can have. This will force them to read all the definition/translations of the word in Spanish and pick the right one.

10 ¡A escribir! Traduce las siguientes frases al español.
She has green eyes and long, blond hair. I have black hair like my dad. My brother is quite short like me. My parents are very tall. I have a brown dog and two white cats. Remember the 2 different things between English and Spanish – location of adjective and gender+number!