EVALUATING AN EXPERIENCE

Describing and giving opinion of an event.

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A dialogueRobert: 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 dialogueRobert: 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

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