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Words in action Let's add depth to language
1 Let's add depth to language a) Label the pictures with the words: a bee, a bat, a kitten, a clam, a bug, coal, a monkey. What adjectives can you think o f to describe each picture?
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49 G b ) Complete the following sim iles with the words in a). Listen to the recording and check.
cute a s.... as busy a s ... as snug a s.......in a rug as blind as .... as happy a s.... as agile a s ... as black a s ...
c) Match the sim iles with their explanations
as agile as a monkey comparing someone's level of energy to a fast-flying bee as black as coal comparing someone who is very cozy to how comfortable a bug can be in a rug as happy as a clam implying someone can move as well as a monkey does as snug as a bug in a rug comparing the color of something dark to the very-dark coal color cute as a kitten indicating that the person cannot see any better than a bat as blind as a bat comparing someone's happiness to the contentment of a clam as busy as a bee someone looks to the way a kitten looks
2 Classification Put the words in the correct columns. Some words may go in more than one column.
audition • lyrics • composer • playwright • observant • booking office • act • chapter • cover • book review • orchestra • arrogant • conflict • program • curtain • literary critic • soundtrack • action • plot • album • best-seller* instruments • interval • voice • loyal • passion • horror • fantasy • make-up «detective story* paperback • cast • fable* loving •
