Making Descriptions Longer

Wednesday 26^th March

Hello Isabel!

How was your weekend?

Was it relaxing, amusing, disappointing?

·           Exam results can at times be disappointing. But you shouldn’t be disappointed because next time they’ll be better.

·           Challenging jobs are really interesting.

·           If you don’t feel challenged, you run the risk of feeling bored at work.

·           Holidays should be relaxing, but whenever I get back from a holiday I feel absolutely exhausted!

Remember, you feel “-ed” because something or somebody is “-ing”. Present participles, “ing” have an active meaning; whilst past participles       “-ed” have a passive meaning.

We learnt how useful adjectives, adverbs, present and past participles can be when making descriptions longer.

“A woman was sitting in her garden”

“A beautiful young woman, lost in her thoughts, was sitting in her country garden watching a bee, lazily going from rose to rose gathering honey.”

The second one is an improvement, isn’t it?

·         I’m looking forward to our next class so as to hear your extended versions of:

·         “Ann Croft, the actress, was seeing having lunch in a restaurant.”

·         “The holiday was a disaster.”

·         “A boy found a wallet in the street.”

On Wednesday, we’ll also have a listening on “Extreme experiences.”

See you!

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