Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Extreme Adjectives

Lesson Notes December 16, 2025 (Vocabulary Building)

Words & Phrases

• The best time to go through and get rid of clothes and household goods is during the end of year cleaning.

• The afterschool program has games and activities for the kids.

• Language arts (noun) = the study of a language, including reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and sometimes speaking and literature.

• I enjoy language arts because we get to read interesting stories.

• My language arts teacher gave us a project on creative writing.

• Language arts class helps improve both writing and speaking skills.

• I had to make a reservation to renew my driving license online. I had to take a screenshot of my appointment to check in for my appointment at the police station.

Extreme Adjectives

Unit 13 Section 4 Talking About a Film

• He isn’t a brilliant actor, I could barely catch half his lines, he mumbles a lot.

• Mumble (verb) = to speak quietly and unclearly, often so that it is hard for others to understand (Synonyms: mutter)

• He tends to mumble when he is nervous.

• She mumbled something under her breath and walked away.

• Stop mumbling and speak clearly so everyone can hear you.

• The movie showed health ministry staff working hard to solve the problem.

• DMAT stands for Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

• The movie is about a rich person who can’t move by himself.

• Paralysis; he general condition of being unable to move part or all of the body.

• Paraplegia; a person with paralysis affecting the lower half of the body (legs and sometimes lower torso).

• Quadriplegia; someone who has paralysis in all four limbs (both arms and legs)