Absolutely

Lead-in

  • What responsibility would you gladly give up? Why?
  • What would you not give up? Why?
  • What do you think about when you hear the word “Responsability”?
  • What about the following words? 

Presentation

Pre

  • What’s the one thing you’re absolutely certain of? Why?

Top Down

  • Do you know this song from Christina Aguilera? Read it and find all the adjectives from the text.
  • Find the adjectives.
  • Wonderful
  • Insecure
  • Ashamed
  • Beautiful
  • Delirious
  • Undone

Every day is so wonderful
Then suddenly it’s hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain, I’m so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can’t bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring me down… Oh no
So don’t you bring me down today

To all your friends you’re delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is?

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can’t bring you down…oh no
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring you down, oh, no
So don’t you bring me down today

No matter what we do
(No matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(No matter what we say)
We’re the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go
(And everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(The sun will always, always shine)
And tomorrow we might wake on the other side

We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won’t bring us down, no, no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring us down, oh, no
So don’t you bring me down today

Oh, yeah, don’t you bring me down today, yeah, ooh
Don’t you bring me down ooh… today…

Bottom Up

  • True or False?
  1. The song is about not listening to bad things others say.
  2. “Doom” means an unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
  3. The composer describes a mistake as a beautiful thing.
  4. The composer says that a person needs to be good and at least try to avoid making mistakes in order to be a better person.
  5. One of the main messages of the song is that tomorrow can be a better day.
  1. The song is about not listening to bad things others say. True.
  2. “Doom” means an unpleasant or disastrous destiny. True.
  3. The composer describes a mistake as a beautiful thing. True.
  4. The composer says that a person needs to be good and at least try to avoid making mistakes in order to be a better person. False.
  5. One of the main messages of the song is that tomorrow can be a better day. True.

Post

  • What would you say, or do, to a friend of yours if this friend were feeling like he or she is not enough? 
  • Have you ever been in this situation?

Target Language

Intensifiers + Adjectives

Regular adjectives

Very + adjective

  • She is very beautiful.

Strong adjectives

Absolutely + adjective

  • She is absolutely stunning.

Both regular and strong adjectives

Really + adjective

  • She is really pretty.

List of regular adjectives

  • Angry
  • Bad
  • Small
  • Clean
  • Thin
  • Hungry
  • Tired
  • Wet
  • Tasty

List of strong adjectives

  • Furious
  • Awful
  • Tiny
  • Spotless
  • Gaunt
  • Starving
  • Exhausted
  • Soaked
  • Delicious

Controlled Practice

  • Match the adjectives to the meanings.
  1. Soaked
  2. Starving
  3. Spotless
  4. Gaunt
  5. Awful

(   ) Very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger.

(   ) Absolutely clean or pure; immaculate.

(   ) Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible.

(   ) To become weak or die because there is not enough food to eat.

(   ) Extremely wet; saturated.

  1. Soaked
  2. Starving
  3. Spotless
  4. Gaunt
  5. Awful

(4) Very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger.

(3) Absolutely clean or pure; immaculate.

(5) Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible.

(2) To become weak or die because there is not enough food to eat.

(1) Extremely wet; saturated.

Freer Practice

  • What intensifier should you use before each of the following adjectives?
    • Gaunt – Wet – Clean – Spotless – Furious – Tasty
  • What about the adjectives from the “Top Down” exercise? Can you guess?

Production

  • Talk a little bit about your house. Make at least 5 sentences using the Target Language.

Homework

Fill the gaps with “absolutely” or “very”.

Example: I am ____ gorgeous. < I am absolutely gorgeous.

  1. This house is _______ tiny.
  2. My living room is _______ small.
  3. Her office is _______ spotless.
  4. She is _______ gaunt!
  5. Those kids are _______  bad.
  1. This house is absolutely tiny.
  2. My living room is very small.
  3. Her office is absolutely spotless.
  4. She is absolutely gaunt!
  5. Those kids are very bad.

Match the adjectives with their strong equivalents.

  1. Angry

  2. Bad

  3. Small

  4. Clean

  5. Thin

  6. Hungry

  7. Tired

  8. Wet

  9. Hot

  10. Tasty

(   ) Exhausted

(   ) Gaunt

(   ) Soaked

(   ) Tiny

(   ) Furious

(9) Boiling

(   ) Delicious

(   ) Starving

(   ) Spotless

(   ) Awful

  1. Angry

  2. Bad

  3. Small

  4. Clean

  5. Thin

  6. Hungry

  7. Tired

  8. Wet

  9. Hot

  10. Tasty

(7) Exhausted

(5) Gaunt

(8) Soaked

(3) Tiny

(1) Furious

(9) Boiling

(10) Delicious

(6) Starving

(4) Spotless

(2) Awful

Complete the sentences with a strong adjective.

Example: This room is too small! It is absolutely _______. < This room is too small! It is absolutely tiny.

  1. I was hungry an hour ago, now I’m absolutely _______.
  2. Go and clean your bedroom! Just stop when it’s absolutely _______.
  3. I knew he was funny, but yesterday he was absolutely _______.
  4. I went to Canada and it was more than cold! It was absolutely _______.
  5. Can you check the tea? Be careful, it is absolutely _______.
  1. I was hungry an hour ago, now I’m absolutely starving.
  2. Go and clean your bedroom! Just stop when it’s absolutely spotless.
  3. I knew he was funny, but yesterday he was absolutely hilarious.
  4. I went to Canada and it was more than cold! It was absolutely freezing.
  5. Can you check the tea? Be careful, it is absolutely boiling.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: is / funny / he > He is funny.

  1. is  / It / spotless./ absolutely 
  2. is / She / hilarious. / absolutely 
  3. very / bathroom / My / is / clean.
  4. That / very / dog / smart. / is 
  5. My / cooking / hot. / and / kitchen / the / is / friend / absolutely / is / boiling 
  1. It is absolutely spotless.
  2. She is absolutely hilarious.
  3. My bathroom is very clean.
  4. That dog is very smart.
  5. My friend is cooking and the kitchen is absolutely boiling hot.

Complete the sentences with an adjective and the proper intensifier.

  1. They are _______. (Nice)
  2. We are _______. (Hilarious)
  3. Sookie is _______. (clean)
  4. Rory is _______. (Stunning)
  5. Meggan is _______. (Tired)
  1. They are very nice.
  2. We are absolutely hilarious.
  3. Sookie is very clean.
  4. Rory is absolutely stunning.
  5. Meggan is very tired.

Writing

Think about ways of describing your friends using the target language. Write a short text about them.

Example: One of my friends is absolutely hilarious…