Academic Level: First Bac Level (High School ) Age range: 15 - 17 Integrated Lessons: Participial adjectives Unit 4: Entertainment

1. INTRODUCTION TO UNIT 4
BY: MS.AZZAMOURI ASMAE
UNIT 4: LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
LEVEL: 1ST YEAR BACCALAUREATE

2. WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LEISURE TIME?

3. WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LEISURE TIME?
Outdoor activities:
 Gardening
 Playing soccer
 ……
Indoor activities:
 Watching TV
 Reading
 Playing chess
 Swimming
 Playing musical instruments

4. OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:
Sandboarding
Skiing

5. bungee jumping
Skydiving

6. Kayaking
Camping

7. WHICH ONES OF THOSE ACTIVITIES DO YOU FIND MOST...
 Interesting?
 Boring?
 Tiring?
 Enjoyable?
 …….?

8. WHY DO YOU LIKE TO PRACTICE THESE ACTIVITIES?
Do you feel Bored?
To feel relaxed?
To feel amused?
….?

9. COMMON PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
Verb ~ing adjective ~ed adjective
bore boring bored
interest interesting interested
excite exciting excited
confuse confusing confused
surprise surprising surprised
tire tiring tired
annoy annoying annoyed

10. “ADJECTIVE+ING” DESCRIBES SOMETHING THAT CAUSES A FEELING:
 It was a boring movie. The movie was boring.
The movie is the cause of the feeling.

11. “ADJECTIVE+ED” DESCRIBES THE PERSON (OR ANIMAL) THAT IS AFFECTED BY
THE FEELING:
 She was a bored girl. The girl was bored.
the girl is the one who feels the feeling.

12. BE CAREFUL!!! PEOPLE CAN CAUSE FEELINGS
 Carol had a date with John. John was boring. Carol was bored,
so she left.
John is the one who CAUSES the feeling (boredom)
Carol is the one who AFFECTED by the feeling (boredom)

13. PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
 “Adjective+ing” describes something that causes a feeling:
It was a boring movie
 “Adjective+ed” describes the person (or animal) that is affected by
a feeling:
She was a bored girl.
Be Careful!!! People Can Cause Feelings

14. Verb ~ing adjective ~ed adjective
To tire tiring tired
To annoy annoying annoyed
To motivate Motivating Motivated
Examples:

15. EXERCISE: Complete the sentences with correct form of the
adjectives:
 This grammar lesson bores me. I am……………… because grammar is ……………...
(bored/boring)
 My job is …………….. (exhausted/exhausting). When I get home from work, I go to
sleep.
 Yesterday, my teacher tried to explain participial adjectives. I was ……………..
(confused/confusing). I was …………………. (surprised/ surprising) that everyone
understood it but me.

16. HOMEWORK: FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE BELLOW, SAYS HOW YOU FEEL
ABOUT A CERTAIN SCHOOL SUBJECT AND GIVE A REASON WHY.
Issam: “we feel bored and
detached in Mathematical classes
because we find it very
challenging.”