Sandy's ESL Chants and Exercises - Sample Unit

Sandy Offenheims
ESL Chants
Activities
CHANT! CHANT! CHANT! CHANT! CHANT! CHANT!
and
CHANT!
CHANT!
Canadian Edition
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This book is dedicated in loving memory of my dear friend Marilyn Gould.
Acknowledgements
I would like to express deep gratitude to my colleagues and students at Overland Learning Centre, Toronto District School Board, for making my years of teaching so rewarding. Thanks especially to all of my students who complained, English is a crazy language! Their very words gave me the opening line of several of my chants, and inspired me to develop the activities to go with them. Special thanks to Estelle Cohen, Grant Reimer, Lisa Kattelus, Janet Timbrell and Sandra Martin.
Thanks
to Sue Warden for asking me to write a chant using should for a medical theme in her classroom so many years ago, when I was her volunteer. That was my beginning. to Margo Brown, Ruth Grant, Joanne Page, Nellie Jacobs, Marla Lukofsky, Susan Skolnik, Elaine Rose and Clara Tobias for their input. to my husband, Harold, who painstakingly and lovingly helped me design all the games and dealt with the many computer issues that I faced.
to Thane Ladner, Canadian Resources for ESL, for working with me week after week, refining things and making this publishing experience an absolute joy.

to both Harold and Thane, whose voices add so much to the CD. to Hugo Arias, whose illustrations add humour and fun to the book. and to my kids and grandkids: Nadine, Barry, Josh, Jordan, Stephen, Linda, Ashley, Jake, and Rachel for filling my life with love and richness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sandy Offenheim is a childrens songwriter and recording artist. From 1975 until 1982, Sandy recorded her original songs on four albums.If Snowflakes Fell in Flavours, Honey on Toast, Are We There Yet? and Nicknames. with her husband, Harold, and 2 children, Nadine and Stephen. In 2000, Sandy Offenheim and Family released a compilation CD, Lets Play a Statue Game.Again to celebrate their 25th year in the music business. More than thirty-five years later, their music still sells around the world. Sandy is also an educator. She taught adult ESL from 1989 until 2006, mostly at Overland Learning Centre, Toronto District School Board. She is one of the authors of the popular ESL books, Whens the Next Holiday? Canadian Celebrations Book One and Whens the Next Holiday? Canadian Celebrations Book Two. Over her ESL teaching career, Sandy responded to her students complaints that English is a Crazy Language by using her creative abilities to develop chants and corresponding activities to make learning fun and remembering easy. They are now available in Book One and Book Two of SANDYS ESL CHANTS AND ACTIVITIES.
To contact Sandy Offenheim regarding her music: snowflakes@sympatico.ca www.sandyoffenheim.com For more information regarding her books contact: thane@eslresoources.com or visit www.eslresources.com
Introduction
In the 1970s, I began writing childrens songs and formed a musical group with my husband and two children, named Sandy Offenheim and Family. We recorded four albums for kids. In the 1990s, I became an ESL teacher for adults. Whenever an English problem area arose in my classroom, I created a chant or rhyme for my students. This form of music was an additional way to present a lesson, to make learning fun, and to help everyone remember. Once the students understood the lesson, I added activities to reinforce the concepts and provide them the opportunity to practise. Most of the activities are at the lower CLB levels, CLB 2-4 and a few at higher levels, CLB 4-5. The activities focus on reading/writing/listening/speaking. The chants in Book One focus on grammar. Book Two deals with pronunciation, spelling, and language usage. A detailed table of contents is included. This makes planning your lessons and using the book easy. Column one (on the left side) indicates the page number; column two the name of the activity; column three the activity number; column four the CD track number; column five the skills (L = Listening, S = Speaking, R = Reading, W = Writing and P = Pronunciation) and column six the CLB level. The CLB levels are included as a guide, not as an exact measure. I encourage teachers to study each activity and assess the level and suitability for their students. Also included is a detailed table of contents for the CD that accompanies the book indicating each track, activity, and page number. On the CD, you will find chants and other types of listening exercises. Initially, each chant is recorded in full. Because students often need to listen more than once, each verse is then recorded individually on a separate, numbered track. Breaking the chants into bite size pieces makes it easier to use for teachers and students. The activities that include a CD track are marked on the activity page with a CD symbol, with the track number inside, see right. Here is how I structure a lesson. 1. 2. 3. 4. Choose a chant. Play the entire chant for the class the first time. Play one verse at a time as the students learn the chant. Once the students have learned the chant, choose the activities that meet their needs.
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Each unit has a board game. Most are played with several players. The one exception is the board game for Homonyms are Everywhere, which is played with only 2 players.
Print one board game per group. Each group needs one die and each player requires a different marker. Dice and coloured beads can be purchased at any Dollar Store. Some teachers use a coin rather than a die. Flip the coin, heads equals one move, tails equals two moves. This method slows down the game and allows for more learning opportunities. Each unit has an activity for scrambled sentences. It allows students to work in groups, to talk as they move the words around, to disagree with each other, and eventually put the words in an order that make sense. Sometimes there is more than one correct answer. Print one copy of sheets #1-10. Number 10 envelopes from #1-10 as well. Cut out the words on the page, glue them on recipe cards (or just cut them and put them inside the corresponding envelope.) These lessons may be saved and used again with future classes. This saves paper and future prep time. I hope you and your students enjoy Sandys ESL Chants and Activities.
Sandy Offenheim
Table of Contents UNIT 1 - THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR

CHANTS, ACTIVITIES & ACTIVITY NUMBERS PAGE 2 3 4 5 6 7-8 9 10 11 12 13-22 23 CHANT BOARD GAME LIST THE ADJECTIVES LABEL THE PICTURES LOOK & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE FIND & UNDERLINE THE ADJECTIVES 1 2 3 4 5A-B 6 7 CD 1-8 CLB SKILLS LEVEL L, S R, L, S W W R, W R, W S R R R, W R, L, S 2-5 2-5 2-4 2 3-4 3-4 2-4 2-3 4-5 4-5 2-4
EXPRESSIONS/IDIOMS WITH ADJECTIVES 8-A CHOOSE AN IDIOM FOR EACH SENTENCE SCRAMBLED SENTENCES TEACHERS NOTES 8-B 9
24-26 ANSWER KEY
UNIT 2 - HOMONYMS ARE EVERYWHERE

PAGE 28 29 30 31 32 33 CHANT WORD LIST - COMMON EVERYDAY HOMONYMS - SPELLING BOARD GAME 1 CHANTS & ACTIVITIES CD 9-12 SKILLS LEVEL L, S R R, L, S 13-22 L, W 13-22 L, W R, W R, L, S 2-4 2-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-4
LISTEN & WRITE - TEACHERS TRANSCRIPT 2-A LISTEN & WRITE READING & WRITING 2-B 3 4
34-43 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 44-45 ANSWER KEY
UNIT 3 - PREPOSITIONS
PAGE 47-48 CHANT 49 50 51 WORD LIST BOARD GAME PREPOSITION RAP - LISTENING & MOVEMENT LISTEN AND DRAW - TEACHERS TRANSCRIPT AND ANSWER KEY LISTEN AND DRAW STUDENT HANDOUT DIALOGUES MAGGIE THE DOG - TEACHERS TRANSCRIPT LISTEN AND WRITE - MAGGIE THE DOG COMPREHENSION - TRUE OR FALSE WHAT IS MAGGIE THE DOG DOING? 1 2 30-37 CHANTS & ACTIVITIES CD 23-29 SKILLS L, S R R, L, S L, S CLB LEVEL 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-4
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3A
38-48
3-4
53 54 55 56 57 58
3B 4 5A 5B 5C 6 7AB 8 9AB 10 49 50-60 50-60 51-60
L L, S L, W L, W R, L W W
3-4 2-3 2-3 2-4 2-4 2-3 2-3
59-60 WRITING - WHERES MAGGIE?
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TAKING CARE OF MAGGIE
R, W R, W
2-3 4-5
62-63 EXPRESSIONS/IDIOMS USING PREPOSITIONS 64-73 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 74-76 ANSWER KEY
R, L, S
2-3
UNIT 4 - SHOULD SHOULDNT

PAGE 78 79 80 81 82 83-74 85 86 87 88-97 98-99 CHANT BOARD GAME - GIVING ADVICE INTERVIEW GIVING ADVICE DIALOGUES TONGUE TWISTERS 1 2 3 4 64 65 CHANTS & ACTIVITIES CD 61-63 SKILLS L, S R, L, S L, S L, S L, P CLB LEVEL 2-5 2-3 2-3 2-4 2-5
WALKING DICTATION - SANDYS ADVICE 5A-B SAFETY TIPS OOPS! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER I AGREE, I DISAGREE SCRAMBLED SENTENCES TEACHERS NOTES 6 7 8 9 66 67
L, S, R, W 2-3
L, R, W L, R, W R, L, S R, L, S
3-4 3-4 3-4 2-4
100-102 ANSWER KEY
UNIT 5 - I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE
PAGE 104-105 CHANT 106 BOARD GAME 1 2 3A 3B 4 5 6 77 78 CHANTS & ACTIVITIES CD 68-76 SKILLS LEVEL L, S R, L, S R, L, S L, R, W L, R, W R R, W R, L, S 2-5 2-3 2-3 3-5 3-5 3-5 3-4 3-4
107-116 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 117 118 119 120 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS AS OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION - LISTENING #1 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS AS OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION - LISTENING #2 READING & MATCHING FIX THE MISTAKES
121-130 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS - SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 131-132 TEACHERS NOTES 133-134 ANSWER KEY
UNIT 6 - BORROW LEND

PAGE 136 137 138 139 140 CHANTS & ACTIVITIES TEACHERS NOTES CHANT I WOULD BORROW, I WOULD NEVER BORROW I WOULD LEND, I WOULD NEVER LEND DIALOGUES 1A 1B 2 3A-B 4A 4B 5A 5B-D 85-90 6 84 79-83 L, S S S L, S R, W S S, W R L, R, W R, L, S 2-5 2 2 2-4 4-5 2-4 2-4 3-5 3-4 2-4 CD SKILLS CLB LEVEL
141-143 IDIOMS ABOUT MONEY 144 144 145 DISCUSSION BRAINSTORM MONEY & JOBS
146-148 READING & LISTENING 149-158 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 159 ANSWER KEY
UNIT 7 - PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER!

PAGE 161-162 CHANT 163 164 165 WORD LIST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS BOARD GAME PAST TENSE REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS FILL IN - PATTERNS/EXCEPTIONS 1 2 3A-B CHANTS & ACTIVITIES CD 91-96 SKILLS LEVEL L, S R R, L, S R, W R, W 2-5 2-3 2-3 2-4 3-5
166-167 PAST EXCEPTIONS LISTENING LESSON & TEACHERS TRANSCRIPT 168 169 PAST - EXCEPTIONS PATTERNS EXCEPTIONS REMEMBER
4A 4B 5
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L W R, L, S
2-4 2-4 2-4
170-179 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 180 ANSWER KEY
CD TRACKS
TRACK # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 TITLE THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - CHANT - COMPLETE THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 1 THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 2 THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 3 THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 4 THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 5 THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 6 THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - VERSE 7 HOMONYMNS ARE EVERYWHERE - CHANT - C0MPLETE HOMONYMNS ARE EVERYWHERE - VERSE 1 HOMONYMNS ARE EVERYWHERE - VERSE 2 HOMONYMNS ARE EVERYWHERE - VERSE 3 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - INSTRUCTIONS HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 1 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 2 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 3 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 4 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 5 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 6 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 7 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 8 HOMONYMNS - LISTEN AND WRITE - 9 PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATION- CHANT- COMPLETE PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATIONVERSE 1 PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATIONVERSE 2 PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATIONVERSE 3 PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATIONVERSE 4 PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATIONVERSE 5 PREPOSITIONS SELDOM TAKE A VACATIONVERSE 6 PAGE 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 28 28 28 28 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 31-32 47 47 47 47 47 48 48
CD TRACKS
TRACK # 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 TITLE PREPOSITION RAP - CHANT - COMPLETE PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 1 PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 2 PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 3 PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 4 PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 5 PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 6 PREPOSITION RAP - VERSE 7 LISTEN AND DRAW - INTRODUCTION AND 2 EXAMPLES LISTEN AND DRAW - #3 LISTEN AND DRAW - #4 LISTEN AND DRAW - #5 LISTEN AND DRAW - #6 LISTEN AND DRAW - #7 LISTEN AND DRAW - #8 LISTEN AND DRAW - #9 LISTEN AND DRAW - #10 LISTEN AND DRAW - #11 LISTEN AND DRAW - #12 DIALOGUES - INSTRUCTIONS & 1-8 MAGGIE THE DOG - INTRODUCTION MAGGIE THE DOG - #1 MAGGIE THE DOG - #2 MAGGIE THE DOG - #3 MAGGIE THE DOG - #4 MAGGIE THE DOG - #5 MAGGIE THE DOG - #6 MAGGIE THE DOG - #7 PAGE 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 52-53 54 55-56 55-56 55-56 55-56 55-56 55-56 55-56 55-56
CD TRACKS
TRACK # 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 MAGGIE THE DOG - #8 MAGGIE THE DOG - #9 MAGGIE THE DOG - #10 SHOULD SHOULDN'T - CHANT - COMPLETE SHOULD SHOULDN'T - CHANT - 1 SHOULD SHOULDN'T - CHANT - 2 DIALOGUES - INSTRUCTIONS & 1-6 TONGUE TWISTERS - INTRODUCTION AND 1 12 SAFETY TIPS - INTRODUCTION AND 1-10 OOPS! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - CHANT- COMPLETE I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 1 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 2 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 3 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 4 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 5 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 6 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 7 I-ME-DO-DILLY-DEE - VERSE 8 LISTENING LESSON LISTENING LESSON BORROW LEND - CHANTS - COMPLETE BORROW LEND - CHANT 1A BORROW LEND - CHANT 1B BORROW LEND - CHANT 2A BORROW LEND - CHANT 2B DIALOGUES - INTRODUCTION AND 1-7 TITLE PAGE 55-56 55-56 55-56 78 78 78 81 82 85 86 104-105 104-105 104-105 104-105 104-105 104-105 104-105 104-105 104-105 117 118 137 137 137 137 137 140
CD TRACKS
TRACK # 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 READING - A READING - B READING - C READING - D READING - E READING - F PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER! - CHANT- COMPLETE PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER! - VERSE 1 PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER! - VERSE 2 PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER! - VERSE 3 PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER! - VERSE 4 PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER! - VERSE 5 PAST - EXCEPTIONS - INSTRUCTIONS AND 1-10 TITLE PAGE 146 146 146 146 147 147 161-162 161 161 161 162 162 168
Thats What Adjectives Are For

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Thats What Adjectives Are For - Chant
THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - CHANT

Talk about it. Tell us more. Thats what adjectives Are for. Adjectives tell more about A person, thing or place. Describing different details of A car. A shirt. A face. Look at cars. Theyre old. Theyre new. Theyre fast. Theyre slow. Theyre red. Theyre blue. Look at shirts. Theyre green. Theyre white. Theyre creased. Theyre stained. Theyre loose. Theyre tight. Look at eyes. Theyre brown. Theyre blue. Theyre closed. Theyre open. Bloodshot too. Then theres hair. Blond, black, grey, red. Curly. Straight. Or bald instead. Talk about it. Tell us more. Thats what adjectives Are for.
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BOARD GAMETHATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR WHAT YOU NEED.1 sheet for each group of 3-4 students, 1 die per group, different markers for each person in the group. HOW TO PLAY: Take turns and roll the die. Move your marker. When you stop, make a sentence using the ADJECTIVE in the box.
7. 3. 5. 4.
START curly straight light

2.
dark
6.
round
8.
dirty
1.
small
big
9. 10. 12. 11.
clean noisy
14.
13.
soft
quiet
cloudy
rough FINISH
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sunny
thirsty
22. 20. 21. 19.
16. 17. 18.
huge
tiny
scary sad
happy
Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #1
easy
hungry
LIST THE ADJECTIVES

Think of as many adjectives as you can to describe the noun at the top of each box. Write the adjectives on the lines under each noun.
CARS old used fast red clean rusty expensive HAIR new dirty blue speedy cheap slow
SHIRTS
EYES
ICE CREAM
WEATHER
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FOOD WATER ANIMALS
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LABEL THE PICTURES

white square old man tall building fast bike black square young man short building slow bike happy face cold day big bag short line sad face hot day small bag long line
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LOOK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS - READING & WRITING

Look at the drawing and answer the questions in sentences.
1. What is taller than the flower?
2. What is shorter than the house? 3. What is bigger than the dog? 4. What is smaller than the house? 5. What is higher than the door? 6. What is lower than the windows?
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7. What is hotter than the ice cream? 8. What is colder than the sun? 9. Who is younger than the woman? 10. Who is older than the baby?
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Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #5-A
COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES

Use with 5-B on the next page.
MAGGIE
TOBY
MAGGIE is female.
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BIRTHDAYS
TOBY is male.
January 14, 2002. WEIGHT
May 10, 2003.
70 pounds/31.75 kilograms
HEIGHT
3 pounds/1.36 kilograms
30 inches/76.2 cm. 10 inches/25.4 cm.
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Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #5-B
COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES

Use with 5-A.
Look at the drawings of Maggie and Toby on the previous page. Choose pairs of adjectives from the bottom of this page, and compare Maggie and Toby. MAGGIE Example: (height) 1. Maggie is taller than Toby. 2. (age) Maggie is ________ than Toby. 3. (weight) Maggie is _________ than Toby. 4. Maggies tail is 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Tobys tail is Maggies ears are Tobys ears are Maggies teeth are Tobys teeth are Tobys paws are Maggies bark is Tobys bark is Maggies nose is Tobys nose is
taller shorter bigger smaller longer shorter older younger
TOBY
Toby is shorter than Maggie. Toby is ________ than Maggie. Toby is ________ than Maggie. than Tobys. than Maggies. than Tobys. than Maggies. than Tobys. than Maggies. than Tobys. than Maggies. than Tobys. than Maggies. than Tobys. than Maggies.
lighter heavier higher deeper
Maggies paws are
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I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE - SPEAKING

Play in small groups.
Each student in the group has a turn. The first student looks around the classroom or out the window and says, I spy with my little eye something that is _________. The first student fills in the blank with an adjective. Someone in the group might ask, Is it Sams shirt? Answer: Yes, it is. or No, it isnt. If the answer is NO, students continue asking until someone gets it right. More examples: Example: I spy with my little eye something that is green.
I spy with my little eye something that is round. I spy with my little eye something that is shiny. I spy with my little eye something that is bright. Now students make their own sentences. I spy with my little eye something that is Other adjectives students might use: Colours: yellow, brown, red, blue, white, black Shapes: round, square, rectangular Patterns: striped, plaid, solid, floral Others: old, new, messy, neat, clean, dirty, beautiful, tiny, large, tall, short Write More Adjectives:
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FIND AND UNDERLINE THE ADJECTIVES - READING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
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The yellow tablecloth has red spots on it. The weather has been hot, sunny, and humid all week. Ramona is tall, slim, and blonde. Jonas never wears expensive clothing or designer shoes. The cake was lumpy, but it tasted delicious. High winds blew down old trees during the dangerous storm. Fried foods are not healthy every day. She had a terrible headache and a sore throat.
Stop when the light is red and go when it is green.
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Most people think that English is a very difficult language. A Jaguar is a wild animal or a luxurious car. Max is a brilliant man with a prestigious job at the university. Most parents think that their own child is intelligent and beautiful.
The new puppy was adorable, playful, and cuddly.
Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #8-A
EXPRESSIONS/IDIOMS WITH ADJECTIVES

Match the expressions/idioms with their meanings.
Example: 1.
big hearted
very calm and cooperative
2.
once in a blue moon
important assistant constantly wanting things to be tidy and clean warm, kind, very generous not a gossip, able to keep a secret, very private rarely
3.
sick as a dog
4.
closed-mouthed
5.
right hand man/woman the cold shoulder (usually used with give) happy go lucky
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F G to enjoy a lot of sugary foods H ignore someone
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8.
easy going
9.
neat freak
always laughing and joking
10.
have a sweet tooth J very ill
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Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #8-B
CHOOSE AN IDIOM FOR EACH SENTENCE - READING

To use with the previous page. Challenge: You have to change the grammar in number 8*.
I know that Nadine wont tell anyone what I just told her. Shes very _____________________. Peter had a stomachache last night. He was _______________________ ______________________________. Mahmoud is always happy to help others. He is extremely _____________ _________________________. Susanna is always tidying her purse and her apartment. She is a _______ _____________________. Cheng works for the president of ABC Clothing Company. He is the presidents ___________________________________. Li Hua is very cooperative with people and she never seems to get angry. Shes quite _______________________________________. Rachel is friendly. She always smiles and says hello to everyone in the hallway at school. She never gives anyone ________________________
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Rosa enjoys eating chocolate, cake and cookies. She*_________________ ___________________________________. Bella doesnt spend much money on eating meals out. She only goes to a restaurant _______________________________________.
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Aleks is always laughing and joking. Hes a _____________________ man.
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Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-1
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES - #1
TEACHERS: BEFORE CLASS: Write the numbers from 1-10 on ten envelopes. Print one copy of sheets 1-10. Cut out the words from each sheet, glue on recipe cards, and place in corresponding envelopes. (#1 in envelope #1 etc.) IN CLASS: Form groups of 3-6 students, depending upon class size. Hand out one envelope to each group. Students work together to unscramble the words from their envelope, and then write that sentence in their notebook. PUT THE NUMBER BESIDE EACH SENTENCE. As soon as everyone in a group has finished writing, they re-scramble the words, and switch envelopes with the teacher until they have completed all 10.
Hint: Teachers! Keep at least 3 extra envelopes to give to groups that are ready for the next scramble.
and candies green
like I
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yellow
delicious and is
cake sweet the
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birthday
her Sara is
angry very at
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friend
today
car last a
new bought Milo
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week
silver
a very boy little
is Peter happy
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in vase the
flowers put pretty the
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please
a Mara beautiful dress
is blue wearing
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movies Maria to
watch like scary
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doesnt
red are turning tall
on the tree the leaves

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wearing a shirt
is red and striped Joe
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white
Thats What Adjectives Are For - Teachers Notes
THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR, TEACHERS NOTES

Other linking verbs: In English, an ADJECTIVE usually comes BEFORE the NOUN. Feel, look, sound, taste, smell, appear, seem, become, get Jose drove an old car. Fariba drives a red car. I get sick every winter. Dimitri feels sick. EXCEPTION: When you are using a LINKING VERB, the ADJECTIVE does NOT They look happy. Simone appears tired. come before the NOUN. It comes after the VERB. Pedro seems busy. The music sounds beautiful. TO BE is a LINKING VERB. My ice cream tastes delicious. This new carpet feels soft. Faribas car is red. Joses car was old.
USING ADJECTIVES TO COMPARE TWO NOUNSCOMPARATIVE tall taller
For most one syllable adjectives, add er.

old older Pierre is older than Maria.
light lighter
If the adjective has one syllable and ends with one vowel and one consonant: Double the consonant and add er.
big bigger
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thin thinner Nadia is bigger than her dog. Except: w (slower) y (greyer) .
fat
fatter
If the adjective ends with a consonant and y, change y to i and add er.
happy happier busy busier funny funnier Traffic is busier today than yesterday.
If the adjective ends in an e just add r.
EXCEPTIONS: good.better bad.worse
large larger rare rarer blue My brothers shoes are larger than my shoes.
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Thats What Adjectives Are For - Answer Keys
ANSWER KEY Activity #2, List the Adjectives Suggestions: Shirts: old, new, dirty, clean, creased, stained, large, medium, small, striped, plaid, solid, floral Eyes: black, blue, brown, grey, green, bloodshot, open, closed, big, small, round, oval, tired, bright, itchy, teary Hair: straight, curly, wavy, braided, black, brown, red, blond, grey, white, dirty, clean, shiny, matted, dyed, coloured Ice Cream: cold, delicious, sweet, melted, frozen, yummy, chocolate, vanilla, spoiled, sticky Weather: sunny, cloudy, freezing, cold, cool, hot, humid, wet, dry, rainy, snowy, comfortable, breezy, windy, icy Water: hot, cold, boiled, polluted, clean, clear, wet, refreshing, slippery, soapy Animals: wild, tame, cute, dangerous, soft, cuddly, scary, huge, tiny, big, small, trained, playful, comforting Activity #3, Label the Pictures 1. tall building 2. short building 3. cold day 4. hot day 5. white square 6. black square 7. happy face 8. sad face 9. old man 10. young man 11. long line 12. short line 13. big bag 14. small bag 15. slow bike (bicycle) 16. fast bike (bicycle) Activity #4-A Look and Answer the questions 1. What is taller than the flower? tree, mother, girl, dog, house, baby, stroller 2. What is shorter than the house? flower, mother, girl, baby, stroller, dog 3. What is bigger than the dog? tree, mother, house 4. What is smaller than the house? dog, flower, mother, girl, baby, stroller 5. What is higher than the door? windows, tree, sun 6. What is lower than the windows? door, grass, flower, dog, mother, girl, baby, stroller 7. What is hotter than the ice cream? sun 8. What is colder than the sun? ice cream 9. Who is younger than the woman? girl, baby, dog 10. Who is older than the baby? girl, mother
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ANSWER KEY Activity #5-B, Comparisons with Maggie and Toby 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. height age weight longer shorter longer shorter bigger smaller bigger smaller deeper higher longer shorter taller younger heavier shorter older lighter
(longer) (shorter) (heavier) (lighter) (lower) (bigger) (smaller)
Activity #7, Find The Adjectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. yellow hot tall expensive lumpy high fried terrible red most wild brilliant most new red sunny slim designer delicious old healthy sore green difficult luxurious prestigious own adorable
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humid blonde dangerous
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intelligent playful
beautiful cuddly
ANSWER KEY Activity #8-A 1D 2F 6H 7I
3J 8A
4E 9C
5B 10G
Activity #8-B 1 closed-mouthed 2 sick as a dog 3 big hearted 4 neat freak 5 right hand man 6 easy going 7 the cold shoulder 8 has a sweet tooth 9 once in a blue moon 10 happy go lucky
Activity #9, Scrambled Sentences 1. I like yellow and green candies. I like green and yellow candies. 2. The birthday cake is sweet and delicious. (delicious and sweet) 3. Sara is very angry at her friend today. 4. Milo bought a new silver car last week. 5. Peter is a very happy little boy. 6. Please put the flowers in the pretty vase. Please put the pretty flowers in the vase. 7. Mara is wearing a beautiful blue dress. 8. Maria doesnt like to watch scary movies. 9. The leaves on the tall tree are turning red. The leaves are turning red on the tall tree. 10. Joe is wearing a red and white striped shirt.
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Homonyms Are Everywhere

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Table of Contents UNIT 1 - THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR

24-26 ANSWER KEY

UNIT 2 - HOMONYMS ARE EVERYWHERE

34-43 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 44-45 ANSWER KEY

3B 4 5A 5B 5C 6 7AB 8 9AB 10 49 50-60 50-60 51-60

3-4 2-3 2-3 2-4 2-4 2-3 2-3

59-60 WRITING - WHERES MAGGIE?

TAKING CARE OF MAGGIE

UNIT 4 - SHOULD SHOULDNT

3-4 3-4 3-4 2-4

100-102 ANSWER KEY

UNIT 6 - BORROW LEND

UNIT 7 - PATTERNS, EXCEPTIONS, REMEMBER!

2-4 2-4 2-4

170-179 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 180 ANSWER KEY

Thats What Adjectives Are For

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Chant

THATS WHAT ADJECTIVES ARE FOR - CHANT

START curly straight light

9. 10. 12. 11.

16. 17. 18.

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #1

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #2

LIST THE ADJECTIVES

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #3

LABEL THE PICTURES

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #4

LOOK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS - READING & WRITING

1. What is taller than the flower?

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #5-A

COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES

January 14, 2002. WEIGHT

May 10, 2003.

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #5-B

COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES

Maggies paws are

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #6

I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE - SPEAKING

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #7

Stop when the light is red and go when it is green.

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #8-A

EXPRESSIONS/IDIOMS WITH ADJECTIVES

very calm and cooperative

once in a blue moon

always laughing and joking

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #8-B

CHOOSE AN IDIOM FOR EACH SENTENCE - READING

Aleks is always laughing and joking. Hes a _____________________ man.

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-1

and candies green

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-2

cake sweet the

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-3

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-4

new bought Milo

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-5

a very boy little

Thats What Adjectives Are For - Activity #9-6

flowers put pretty the

Sandy's ESL Chants and Exercises - Sample Unit

Sandy's ESL Chants and Exercises - Sample Unit