Lesson 15: Make or Do & Everyday Adjectives vs. Strong Adjectives
This lesson will teach you the differences between 'make' and 'do' and introduce you to base adjectives and their powerful strong counterparts.
About this lesson
In this lesson, we'll explore when to use the verbs 'make' and 'do' — a distinction that trips up even advanced English learners. You'll also learn to recognise and use base (normal) and strong (extreme) adjectives, giving your vocabulary and expressive range a significant boost. We'll put this new knowledge into practice through a variety of interactive exercises.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use 'make' and 'do' correctly across a range of different contexts.
- Recognise the difference between base and strong adjectives.
- Use strong adjectives to make descriptions more vivid and expressive.
- Expand your vocabulary with new words and synonyms.
- Translate and understand sentences containing the new vocabulary.
Lesson vocabulary
- make — правя, създавам Can you make some coffee?
- do — правя, извършвам What do you do for a living?
- good — добър The weather is good today.
- excellent — отличен Her performance was excellent.
- tired — уморен I feel tired after a long day.
- exhausted — изтощен After running the marathon, he was exhausted.
- big — голям They live in a big house.
- enormous — огромен The elephant is an enormous animal.
- hungry — гладен Are you hungry?
- starving — гладуващ, много гладен I'm starving, let's get some food!
- small — малък The car is small.
- tiny — мъничък There was a tiny insect on the leaf.