EVALUATING AN EXPERIENCE Describing and giving opinion of an event. VY_32_INOVACE_13-11
A dialogue Robert: How was the weekend? Did you do something interesting? Tara: Yes, we went to the theatre with my best friend. We had a trip to Prague and we went to the National Theatre there. Robert: Interesting. What was it like? Tara: It was brilliant! I love drama, and this play was just excelent! Robert: Really? And what did you like best about it? Tara: Everything. The action was wonderful and the actors were awesome! Robert: It sounds great. Tara: And the male lead was the best of all. He was such a brilliant actor. You should come with us next time we go. I ´m sure you´d like it. Robert: I´d love to.
A dialogue Robert: How was the weekend? Did you do something interesting? Tara: Yes, we went to the theatre with my best friend. We had a trip to Prague and we went to the National Theatre there. Robert: Interesting. What was it like? Tara: It was brilliant! I love drama, and this play was just excelent! Robert: Really? And what did you like best about it? Tara: Everything. The action was wonderful and the actors were awesome! Robert: It sounds great. Tara: And the male lead was the best of all. He was such a brilliant actor. You should come with us next time we go. I ´m sure you´d like it. Robert: I´d love to.
Evaluating adjectives Positive Amazing Attractive Awesome Beautiful Brilliant Fantastic Great Incredible Superb Wonderful Negative Annoying Appalling Atrocious Awful Boring Dire Dreadful Silly Terrible/ horrible
So, such, such a There are several evaluating strucutres to use: To be + so + adjective It is so boring! Verb + so + adverb They acted so brilliantly! Such + adjective + noun (plural or uncountable) They had such wonderful costumes. Such + a/an + adjective + noun He´s got such an amazing voice.
Practice Work in pairs. Prepare a similar dialogue to the sample one evaluating a cultural event that you´ve seen recently and was either very good or very bad. Act out your dialogue to the class.
Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Petra Navrátilová Zdroje obrázků: sada Microsoft Office, kliparts