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Family gift suggestions too and enough practice

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Too plus adjective and not enough plus adjective practice through giving and responding to advice on presents, including useful words for describing relationships, and adjective antonyms

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Family gift suggestions too and enough practice

with family vocabulary and adjective opposites

Ask for gift suggestions for someone you know, listen to the ideas, then try to think of a reason for saying those ideas are not so good. Then take turns doing the same.

Can you recommend a present for my

 

Can you suggest a gift for my

father/ dad?

mother/ mum?

brother?

sister?

son?

daughter?

husband?

wife?

boyfriend?

girlfriend?

grandfather?

grandmother?

uncle?

aunt?

cousin?

best friend?

How about…?

 

It’s too

It’s not… enough

 

(S)he’s too

(S)he’s not… enough

 

expensive

cheap

big/ large

small/ little

long/ tall

short

interesting

boring

spicy/ hot

bland/ tasteless

modern

old-fashioned

heavy

light

soft

hard

safe

dangerous

fast/ quick

slow

old

new

loud/ noisy

quiet

near

far

easy

difficult/ hard

thin

thick

early

late

weak

strong

dry

wet

useful

useless

fashionable/ trendy

unfashionable

sweet

salty

 

Opposites presentation

Match the adjectives on the left with the opposites on the right.

expensive

 

big/ large

 

long/ tall

 

interesting

 

spicy/ hot

 

modern

 

heavy

 

soft

 

safe

 

fast/ quick

 

old

 

loud/ noisy

 

near

 

easy

 

thin

 

early

 

weak

 

dry

 

useful

 

fashionable/ trendy

 

sweet

 

bland/ tasteless

 

boring

 

cheap

 

dangerous

 

difficult/ hard

 

far

 

hard

 

late

 

light

 

new

 

old-fashioned

 

quiet

 

salty

 

short

 

slow

 

small/ little

 

strong

 

thick

 

unfashionable

 

useless

 

wet

 

Family vocabulary presentation

Brainstorm pairs of male and female family members, then look above to check.

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