Discussing manners with -ed and -ing adjectives
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Speaking about what is good manners and bad manners to practise adjectives describing feelings and properties of things, including -ed/ -ing pairs and more irregular word formation.
Lesson Plan Content:
Discussing manners with -ed and -ing adjectives
Talk together about your feelings, experiences, etc related to good and bad manners, including asking each other questions, using adjectives like those below.
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Useful phrases for discussing manners “I feel… when…” “I would feel… if…” “I (last) felt…” “The last thing that made me feel… was…” “I’m (always/ usually/ often/ sometimes/ rarely/ never/ not) … by…” “The most… thing that someone can do is…” “… is … in my country (because…/ but I don’t know why.)” “There’s nothing… about…”
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Suggested adjectives for talking about good and bad manners
- offensive/ offended
- insulting/ insulted
- respectful/ respected
- disrespectful/ disrespected
- disgusting/ disgusted
- revolting/ revolted
- annoying/ annoyed
- irritating/ irritated
- pleasing/ pleased
- flattering/ flattered
- complimentary/ complimented
- overwhelming/ overwhelmed
- shocking/ shocked
- charming/ charmed
- infuriating/ furious
- upsetting/ upset
- impressive/ impressed
- confusing/ confused
- embarrassing/ embarrassed
- shameful/ ashamed
- perplexing/ perplexed
- bothersome/ bothered
Share one thing that you had in common with your partner, and see if that is the same for anyone else in the class.
Ask about any words above you couldn’t make questions or sentences out of, weren’t sure how to use, etc, working together to make suitable statements each time.
Without looking above, write two different adjective forms for each word below, making sure that they match the columns that they are in.
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“(I think that) it is…” |
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“I feel/ I felt…” |
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offend insult respect disrespect disgust revolt annoy irritate please flatter compliment overwhelm shock charm fury upset impress confuse embarrass shame perplex bother |
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Hints:
- 20 adjectives above should end with -ed
- 15 adjectives should end with -ing
- 3 adjectives should end with -ful
- 2 should end with –(s)ive
- 1 should end with -ary
- 1 should end with –(i)ous
- 1 should end with -some
- 1 doesn’t need to change
Check above.
Change partner and have a similar discussion about manners, but this time with your own ideas without looking above.
Share one thing that you didn’t have in common and see which side is more common in the class.
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