with adjectives and agreeing phrases
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 6
Choose one of the adjectives below and work together to find at least one film, TV programme, newspaper, TV channel, etc that you agree is described by it, then continue with other adjectives below.
- annoying
- astonishing
- boring
- brilliant
- charming
- childish/ juvenile
- clichéd
- confusing/ hard to follow
- depressing
- disgusting
- dreadful/ terrible
- hilarious
- low brow
- overlong
- predictable
- pretentious/ over intellectual
- ridiculous
- riveting
- sentimental
- terrific/ fantastic/ amazing
- thought provoking
- tragic
- unrealistic/ unbelievable
- very scary/ very frightening/ terrifying
- well written
When your teacher stops you, share one opinion you agreed on and see what the class thinks.
Ask about any vocabulary above you aren’t sure about, agreeing or disagreeing with opinions using those adjectives each time.
What expressions did you use to agree? What other phrases can be used to agree?
Compare your phrases with the next page.
Useful language for agreeing
- Absolutely
- Definitely
- Exactly
- I am in complete agreement
- I couldn’t agree with you more
- I wholeheartedly agree
- No kidding
- Precisely
- Right
- That’s just the point I was trying to make
- That’s just what I think
- That’s just what I was going to say
- You took the words right out of my mouth
Statements about the media agreeing practice
Read out or change and read out one of the statements below so that you get a statement of agreement from your partner. If they disagree, try to change it until they agree, or try again with a different statement
- Most horror films nowadays are disgusting rather than scary
- Films over two and a half hours long are always slow and boring
- Most of what the media produces nowadays is unbelievable (journalists making up stories etc)
- They only show bad news on TV, never good news
- There’s too much sex and violence on TV early in the evening when young children are still watching
- TV is better than it used to be
- Watching cartoons or animated movies is a sign of a childish adult
- The plots of most Hollywood films are predictable
- A movie being star studded is usually a sign of quality
- There’s nothing wrong with liking sentimental stories
- Newspapers and TV stations cover trivial stories because that is what the public is interested in
- The media is in the hands of too few people in my country
You are going to hear four people give their opinions on four of the topics above (New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module Six T6.2). The first time that you listen, just identify which topics they are speaking about.
Listen again. Do they agree, partly agree or disagree with the statements above?
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