feelings vocabulary/ -ed and -ing adjectives/ arts and media vocabulary
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 6 and 7
Arrange the words below into columns by whether they are positive, negative or neutral.
Do the same by whether they are used with “I feel…” or “It is/ was…”
Take turns choosing one of the cards below or from the pack that your teacher has cut up and given you, then either:
- Make a sentence about yourself that you think your partner might agree with, and then check if that is so
- Make a sentence that you think is true about your partner and see if it is correct
Cards to cut up
| boring/ tedious | shocked | confusing/ hard to follow | pleased |
| disappointing | upset | interesting/ fascinating/ riveting | convinced |
| amusing/ funny/ hilarious | annoyed/ irritated | depressing | surprised/ astonished |
| frustrating | tired/ exhausted | worrying | embarrassed |
| superb/ fantastic/ marvellous/ amazing/ terrific | terrible/ awful/ dreadful | scary/ frightening/ terrifying | beautiful/ gorgeous/ stunning |
| relaxed | expensive | disgusted/ revolted | sentimental |
Try to agree on some of the topics below or predict your partner’s opinions (choosing any ones you like):
- being a couch potato at the weekend
- black and white films
- cartoons
- celebrity gossip
- channel hopping
- cop shows
- digital radio
- dubbing
- film soundtrack CDs
- paparazzi
- period movies (= movies set in the past)/ costume dramas
- public radio (e.g. BBC, NPR, ABC and your local equivalents)
- reality shows
- rom coms
- sequels and prequels
- shopping channels
- soap operas
- special effects
- star signs
- star studded movies
- staying in the cinema until the end of the credits
- tabloid newspapers
- terrestrial TV
- trailers
- U and PG-rated films
Discuss your opinions of these three things in your groups or as a class
- pizza
- karaoke
- clubs/ nightclubs/ discos
What do you know or what can you guess about the history of those three things?
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