7BSO Gender Roles

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 6

Gender Roles 

What will you learn today? 

By the end of this lesson...

You will be able to use adjectives and compound adjectives to give more information about a noun (in a word web + in a sentence).

Compound nouns

• usually written as one or two words

→ washing machine

→ boyfriend

→ haircut

*mother-in-law

 Find examples in the text p. 84-85

 (highlighted words in pink and blue)

compounds nouns

Adjectives... 

• add information about a noun (modify a noun)
• tell us more about:  size, shape, age, color,  origin, material, personality, feelings, condition….  

(D)OSASCOMP 

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Add information about the apple.
Write one sentence.

Compound adjectives 

The movie takes two hours.

Maria and John have been dating for three years. They both live in different countries. 

The population in the city of London is very dense.

=>usually spelt with hyphens (-)

It is a two-hour movie. 

They are in a long-distance relationship. 

London is densely-populated. 

a fierce-looking woman 

a blonde-haired superhero

a brown-eyed young lady

The deodorant lasts very long (24 hours). The deodorant is ___________.

The man has blonde hair.
He is a _____________ man.

(compound)
adjectives

Workbook 

Ex. 1 + 2 (p.53)

You may work in pairs!