Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)
Topic: Extreme Adjectives
Lesson Notes November 11, 2025 (Vocabulary Building)
Words & Phrases
Your voice sounds very hoarse today. (Hoarse (adjective) = having a rough, harsh, or strained voice, often from illness, shouting, or overuse)
‘Hoarse’ has the same pronunciation as ‘horse’: hɔːrs
If the sky is clear tonight and tomorrow, you can see the ISS in the sky.
The singers sang songs from the Showa era.
I don’t know that singer, we are from different generations. (NOT different ages)
“Different generations” is the usual way to say people were born in different time periods
I think most of the audience was from our generation.
There were some young people in the audience.
I tried to volunteer for the Deaflympics, but I can’t sign. (= I cannot use sign language)
When I was a child, on weekdays Enoshima only had locals or fishermen. Nowadays, it’s full of tourists.
My sister has a bad knee, she was worried about climbing up the stairs in my new house.
Grammar
“Some people in the audience started chanting.” (NOT some audiences)
“Some audiences” is a little unusual because “audience” is usually uncountable. It’s better to say “Some people in the audience started chatting during the concert.”
Appropriate Language
Chattering (verb) = talking quickly or incessantly, often about trivial matters; can also refer to making rapid, repeated noises
The children were chattering excitedly about their upcoming holiday.
Birds were chattering loudly in the trees at dawn.
She kept chattering on the phone while cooking dinner.
Extreme Adjectives
Vocabulary
Social skills (noun) = the abilities needed to communicate, interact, and build relationships effectively with others
As predicted (phrase) = as expected, as anticipated, as forecasted
Urgh (interjection) (ɜːɡ / URGH) = a sound or word expressing disgust, frustration, or annoyance
