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Why dont you tell me about the place you live in?
Take five minutes to write about it in your
handbook.
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Learning Objectives
Grammar Vocabulary
Adjectives Located, Close, Far
Adverbs Population,
Community
Cold, Hot, Foggy,
Rainy
Beautiful, Famous
Big, Small, Tall,
Very, Too, Many
The Todas are a tribal Tipu Sultan was once the ruler of
community that live in Mysore. He is known as The Tiger of
Ooty. Mysore.
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Describing a Place - Climate
Climate: Climate describes the weather of a place over a long time
period. You can describe a place by its climate by saying It has a cold
climate.
Tourist Attractions: The tourist attractions of a place are the things that
a place is famous for. You can describe a place by saying It is known for
its flower gardens.
Look at the picture given below. The description for the picture is
incomplete. Fill in the blanks in your handbook with the words given here.
For example:
In the above sentences, 'yellow', 'fast' and 'long' are adjectives as they
describe the nouns 'scooter' and 'distance' respectively.
Form pairs.
Read the sentences carefully and identify the category where
each sentence should belong. You have 7 minutes for this.
As soon as the time is up, read out your answers to your
partner.
After all the students have read their answers, the facilitator
will read out the correct answers.
The students should make corrections in the notebook,
wherever necessary.
Remember, you need to identify if the description is based on
location, people, climate or tourist attractions.
Tourist
Location People Climate
Attractions
2. One person from each group will step forward and describe their
hometown or neighbourhood.
4. At end of the activity, the team should share the best answers
with the other groups in the room.
Time: 10 minutes
The _____ sun was shining all I was _____ tired after climbing
day the hill.
Bright How
Sunny Very
Confused Much
Brightly Two
The cricket match was ___ good. The Taj Mahal is the ____ popular
Three tourist attraction in India.
Two Very
To More
Too Most
Much
Utility building is the ____building in
Bangalore. New Delhi is ___ than Agra.
Tall Bigger
Taller Biggest
Tallest Big
Short Very Big
Think of all that you have learnt in this class, and apply it in everyday situations.
Maintain a diary and show your progress to your teacher.
Keep practising!