Judgement Adjectives 5q1e3b

Ranking Adjectives

PLEASE DON’T WRITE ON THIS SHEET It will be reused. PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR TEACHER AT THE END OF THE LESSON. 1. Start a new page in your CLASSWORK book, title ‘RANKING ADJECTIVES’. 2. Choose THREE of the following adjective groups. Note: you can’t choose ‘HAPPY’ because that’s the example I’ve done!) 3. In your book, draw three diagrams (see examples) which rank your choice of SEVEN words from STRONGEST to WEAKEST for each group. Use pictures and colour to make it more interesting! big huge large enormous tall gigantic humongou s immense jumbo monster monumen tal gigantic colossal massive monstrous sizeable staggering jumbo

small tiny baby bitty short little undersize d mini minature miniscule petite microscop ic teeny infinitesi mal puny insignifica nt

sad unhappy depressed blue cheerless disconsola te down gloomy sorrowful upset bleak joyless sullen wretched

beautiful gorgeous attractive pretty lovely pleasing alluring fetching glamorous cute goodlooking endearing foxy dazzling delightful comely

ugly unattracti ve unsightly hideous grotesque gruesome ghastly repulsive revolting beastly foul nauseatin g plain unseemly

bad crappy horrible not good terrible appalling unpleasan t inferior abysmal severe grave despicabl e horrendou s horrid catastrop hic vile

happy content pleased glad joyful cheerful blissful in high spirits exultant cheery jovial jolly merry ecstatic

ecstati c! exultant blissful cheerful pleased glad content

good excellent great awesome epic pimped fantastic fabulous superb splendid cool first class favourabl e fine satisfacto ry okay wonderfu l groovy

exultant joyful merry happy jovial cheery okay

Ranking Adjectives (M)

NAME: _______________________________________________________ DATE: __________________ GLUE ME IN NOW, PLEASE For each group of adjectives (describing words), RANK the words from STRONG to WEAK just like in the example. After, COLOUR the pyramids in to show the strength of the words.

ecstati c! exultant

beautiful

blissful cheerful pleased glad content gorgeous, attractive, dazzling, pretty, lovely, cute, beautiful exultant, glad, content, cheerful, blissful, ecstatic, please

ugly bad

grotesque, unattractive, gruesome,

horrible, horrendous, unpleasant,

beastly, plain, ugly, hideous

bad, despicable, not good, appaling

A Useful list of Evaluation and Judgement Words GLUE ME IN NOW Please! Colour the positive  words one colour (maybe green). Colour the neutral  words another (maybe yellow). Colour the negative  words another (maybe red). Circle words you don’t know. abysmal adorable aggravating agonizing alluring amusing annoying appalling astonishing attractive awesome awful awkward beastly beautiful bitter bleak blissful blue catastrophic cautious

cheerful cheerless colossal comionate confident confusing dazzling delightful depressing desirable despicable disappointing discouraging disgusting distressing disturbing dreadful edgy embarrassing endearing enlightening

enormous enthralling epic excellent exhilarating fabulous fantastic favourable ferocious first class foul frightening frustrating ghastly gigantic glamorous gloomy gorgeous groovy grotesque

gruesome hideous hopeless horrendous horrid humiliating humongous hysterical immense infatuating insignificant irritating jovial joyous massive microscopic miniature miniscule mischievous miserable monstrous

monumental nauseating optimistic outrageous overwhelming repulsive revolting ridiculous satisfactory shameful sizeable splendid staggering superb terrible unattractive undersized unpleasant unsightly woeful wonderful

Choose three words you circled and look them up (using a dictionary or thesaurus). Word

Meaning

In your classwork book (TITLE: Judgement Words), write a

‘but’

sentence for each of

the following which evaluates it – that is, it tells us whether you think it’s a good thing or a bad thing, using positive and negative judgement words (avoid neutral words, unless you feel ‘ambivalent’ about it). For example: ‘My best friend has an embarrassing laugh – it’s so loud – her for her mischievous sense of humour.’ 1. Your Mum (or Dad, or Grandma or Caregiver). 2. Your pet. 3. Your best friend. 4. The car you’ve always wanted to drive.

6. 7. 8. 9.

but I really love

Today’s weather. A recent sports game you went to. A movie you’ve just seen. Someone you used to know but didn’t like. 10. Someone from TV.

5. Millicent.

A Useful list of Evaluation and Judgement Words (M) GLUE ME IN NOW Please! Colour the positive  words one colour (maybe green). Colour the neutral  words another (maybe yellow). Colour the negative  words another (maybe red). Circle words you don’t know. adorable amusing annoying attractive awesome awful beastly beautiful blissful catastrophic

cheerful confusing dazzling despicable disappointing disgusting disturbing dreadful embarrassing enormous

epic excellent fabulous fantastic frightening frustrating gigantic gloomy gorgeous groovy

gruesome hideous horrendous humongous infatuating irritating massive mischievous miserable monstrous

monumental outrageous revolting ridiculous superb terrible unattractive unpleasant woeful wonderful

Choose three words you circled and look them up (using a dictionary or thesaurus). Word Meaning

Write a ‘but’ sentence for each of the following which evaluates it – that is tells us whether you think it’s a good thing or a bad thing, using positive and negative judgement words (avoid neutral words, unless you feel ‘netural’ about it). For example:

‘My best friend has an embarrassing laugh – it’s so loud –

b I really love her for her fabulous sense of ut style!

My mum/dad/Grandma/caregiver ….

b ut

My pet, My best friend Today, the weather is I saw the movie … recently and it …

b ut b ut b ut b ut

abysmal adorable aggravating agonizing alluring amusing annoying appalling astonishing attractive awesome awful awkward beastly beautiful bitter bleak blissful blue catastrophic cautious

cheerful cheerless colossal comionate confident confusing dazzling delightful depressing desirable despicable disappointing discouraging disgusting distressing disturbing dreadful edgy embarrassing endearing enlightening

enormous enthralling epic excellent exhilarating fabulous fantastic favourable ferocious first class foul frightening frustrating ghastly gigantic glamorous gloomy gorgeous groovy grotesque

gruesome hideous hopeless horrendous horrid humiliating humongous hysterical immense infatuating insignificant irritating jovial joyous massive microscopic miniature miniscule mischievous miserable monstrous

monumental nauseating optimistic outrageous overwhelming repulsive revolting ridiculous satisfactory shameful sizeable splendid staggering superb terrible unattractive undersized unpleasant unsightly woeful wonderful

abysmal adorable aggravating agonizing alluring amusing annoying appalling astonishing attractive awesome awful awkward beastly beautiful bitter bleak blissful blue catastrophic cautious

cheerful cheerless colossal comionate confident confusing dazzling delightful depressing desirable despicable disappointing discouraging disgusting distressing disturbing dreadful edgy embarrassing endearing enlightening

enormous enthralling epic excellent exhilarating fabulous fantastic favourable ferocious first class foul frightening frustrating ghastly gigantic glamorous gloomy gorgeous groovy grotesque

gruesome hideous hopeless horrendous horrid humiliating humongous hysterical immense infatuating insignificant irritating jovial joyous massive microscopic miniature miniscule mischievous miserable monstrous

monumental nauseating optimistic outrageous overwhelming repulsive revolting ridiculous satisfactory shameful sizeable splendid staggering superb terrible unattractive undersized unpleasant unsightly woeful wonderful