Friday, 29 November 2013

Giant spinning ice circle found in US river

Imagine coming across this on a walk in the countryside!

                               Really weird!


The mysterious ice whirl was discovered in a river in America.
It looks so perfect it could be man-made but apparently it occurred naturally.




From CBBC News

Describing people


To describe people physically and pshychologically we use adjectives:




or physical appearance adjectives:




Adjective order




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Let's play Hangman- Adjectives



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Thursday, 21 November 2013

Volcano causes new island to pop out of the sea near Japan

A brand new island has popped out of the sea near to Japan.



It's tiny - about 200 metres wide - and it might not last very long because it's made out of volcanic rock that erodes quite easily.
It was caused by a volcanic eruption under the sea bed which forced lava and rock to burst through the surface of the water.
The molten rock has then cooled and hardened on the water, turning it into a mini island.
It was first spotted because of massive clouds of smoke blowing out into the air, and when coastguards went to investigate they saw land that wasn't there before.
It's not been named yet because experts want to wait and see if it will stick around, but if it does it's a new mark to make on the map!
From CBBC Neewsround

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

The position and order of adjectives in the sentences

Adjective order in a sentence:

1.Opinion  An opinion adjective explains what you think about something   (other people may not agree with you).
Examples: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult, nice, rude

2.Sizesize adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little, long, short,etc

3.AgeAn age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.
Examples: ancient, new, young, old

4.Shapeshape adjective describes the shape of something.
Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular, curly, wavy, straight,etc.

5.Colourcolour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.
Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey, dark brown, light blue,etc

6.OriginAn origin adjective describes where something comes from.
Examples: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek, Portuguese,etc

7.Materialmaterial adjective describes what something is made from.
Examples: wooden, metal, cotton, paper, plastic,etc.

Examples: 
  • John is a nice (1) tall (2) young(3) slim(4) Scottish (6) boy.
  • Susan has got a small (2) old (3) white (5) Italian (6) car.
  • Brian lives in a comfortable (1) large(2) old (3) house.
  • Helen has got short (2) wavy (4) light brownM (5) hair and big (2) almond (4) green(5) eyes.
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