Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Extreme Adjectives

Lesson Notes September 30, 2025 (Vocabulary Building)

Words & Phrases

• Wearing glasses affects my peripheral vision. (“Peripheral vision” means the things you can see at the edges of your sight, not directly in front.)

• Do you need to wear glasses?

• I only use them for reading.

• My husband has a pair of driving glasses.

• I’ve been wearing glasses since late elementary school.

• We went there by rental car.

• We rented a car and went there.

Grammar

• We say “city of ___”, “town of ___”, “village of ___” rather than “____ city”; this form is often formal, official, or descriptive

• The city of Tokyo is known for its skyscrapers.

• She grew up in the village of Stratford.

• The town of Banff attracts many tourists in summer.

• Everyday English: Usually we just say the name: “Tokyo”, “Banff”, “Stratford”.

Appropriate Language

• Trounce (verb) = to defeat someone decisively or overwhelmingly (Synonyms: defeat, beat, conquer)

• The team trounced their opponents in the championship final.

• The home team trounced their rivals 5–0 in yesterday’s match.

• She trounced all other contestants in the competition.

Extreme Adjectives

Grammar Review

• “I tried to repair the washing machine.” (This means you attempted to fix it, but you may or may not have succeeded.)

• Stopped to + verb” means you paused one activity in order to do something else.

• Stopped + verb-ing” means you quit doing an activity

• (a ton / tons) of (phrase) = a large amount or quantity of something; used informally to indicate “a lot”

• There was a ton of people at the festival.

• There were tons of people at the festival.