The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!

Nouns	Adjectives
elephant	circular, striped, enormous
face	Multi-coloured, round, cheerful,
building	wild, blue, red, chubby,
water	Large, medium-sized, cold

Dictionary Work

By the end of the journey, we had run out of drinking water.

Look at the verb run out of in this sentence. It is a phrasal verb: it has two parts, a verb and a preposition or an adverb. Phrasal verbs often have meanings that are different from the meanings of their parts.

Find these phrasal verbs in the story.

Write down the sentences in which they occur.

Consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.

Noun Phrase

Read the following sentence.

I took out a small black tin box.

● The phrase in italics is a noun phrase.

● It has the noun – box – as the headword, and three adjectives preceding it.

● Notice the order in which the adjectives occur - size (small), colour (black) and material (tin) of which it is made.

● We rarely use more than four adjectives before a noun and there is no rigid order in which they are used, though there is a preferred order of modifies/adjectives in a noun phrase, as given below.

In groups discuss whether wars are a good way to end conflicts between

countries. Then present your arguments to the whole class.

What kind of presents do you like and why? What are the things you keep in mind when you buy presents for others? Discuss with your partner. (For example, you might buy a book because it can be read and re-read over a period of time.)