W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

aim:
practising the introduced materials.
4. a)
In pairs, ask students to divide the following adjectives into positive and 
negative.
punctual, impatient, responsible, mean, funny, serious, enthusiastic, bright, 

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reliable, honest, unreliable, irresponsible, unfriendly, unable, dishonest, 
impatient.
answers:
positive
punctual, responsible, funny 
serious, enthusiastic, bright, 
reliable, honest
Negative
impatient, mean, unreliable, 
irresponsible, unfriendly, unable, 
dishonest, impatient
b)
Ask students to discuss the folowing questions in pairs. 
– Which of these qualities do you have?
– Have you ever tried to improve your negative qualities? If yes, when and how?
students' own answers.
5.
in small groups ask students to discuss the following questions.
– Have ever been in this kind of situation which Sevara had?
– Did you have to replace anybody?
students' own answers.
Grammar Time: 15 min.
aim:
introducing the prefixes 
un-, in-, il-, ir-, 
and 
dis-.
Write on the board: 
legal-illegal, happy-unhappy, responsible-irresponsible,…
Ask students to guess the meanings of the words on the board. elicit answers. 
Establish that the prefixes 
like un-, in-, il-, ir-,
and 
dis-
produce negative meaning. 
1.
Ask students to write opposite meanings by adding prefixes: 
un-, in-,-im, il-, 
ir-, 
and 
dis-
.
e.g. 
That man’s locking the door. No, he isn’t.He’s unlocking it.
1. he’s quite
 mature 
for his age. i don’t agree.i think he’s