Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

9c Villains
Date:
Can do (tick ✓)
I can categorize information from a reading text.
I can talk about crime in my country.
I can use adjectives in a description with the correct modifying adverb.
I can use a set of words related to crime and criminals.
Did you know
The world’s most prolific cannibal was the Fijian chief
Ratu Udre Udre who is believed to have eaten as many as
900 people during the 19th century.
Gradable & ungradable adjectives
Which of these adjectives are gradable (G) (i.e. can be used with very, quite, etc.) and which are
ungradable (U) (i.e. can be used with absolutely, etc.)
horrendous nasty despicable wrong mean disgraceful
A Chicago man was
wanted for stealing
jewellery. He was
finally arrested
after throwing a
brick at a plexiglass
window. The brick
bounced back, hit
him on the head and
knocked him out. He
was still unconscious
when the police arrived.
Stupid criminals
Do you know about any stupid criminals
What did they do
Favourite villain
Who is your favourite fictional villain Why
‘ ’
In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences
are smarter today. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
Alfred Hitchcock (British film director, 1899–1980)