Unit 5 Pets

Unit 5 – Interesting Pets (Adjectives)

Grammar Model

A-18 Listen and complete the dialogue.

Scott:
Great! Here it is—Pet World. Wow, it’s a very (1) ________ store.

Hana:
Yeah. Come on. Let’s go inside.

Scott:
OK, so where are the snakes? I want to buy one so I can scare my (2) ________ older brother.

Hana:
You’re (3) ________! I want to find a (4) ________, cute pet. You know, like a hamster.

Scott:
Hamsters are (5) ________. Why don’t you get an (6) ________ pet?

Hana:
You mean like this?

Scott:
Agggh! It’s a (7) ________ monster!

Hana:
It’s not a monster. It’s just a (8) ________ little lizard!

B. Answer the questions.

How does Hana describe the lizard?

How does Scott describe his brother?

How do Scott and Hana describe hamsters differently?

Grammar Skill
Adjectives

Adjectives give more information about nouns and pronouns. They usually come right before a noun or after the verb be. When you use more than one adjective, there is an order to follow.

Statements

Questions

Order Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Condition → Color → Origin → Material → Noun

Examples:

• handsome young Korean man
• large round orange plastic ball
• cute little cuddly rabbit

Practice
Circle the correct answer.

1. Look at the goldfish. I think __.
   a. cute
   b. they are cute
   c. it interesting
   d. they interesting
2. Oh, this one __! It’s a beetle.
   a. great is
   b. is great
   c. is the great
   d. the great
3. The __ hamsters are cute.
   a. nice small furry
   b. nice small
   c. small furry
   d. small
4. So, are you going to buy that __ rabbit?
   a. is cuddly
   b. big is
   c. big cuddly
   d. big cuddly is
5. I think this guinea pig is __.
   a. cute is cuddly
   b. cute and cuddly
   c. cute cuddy
   d. cuddly is cute
6. That lizard looks like an __ monster!
   a. very ugly
   b. ugly monster
   c. very ugly little
   d. little ugly

D
Draw an arrow to where the highlighted word should go in each sentence. Then listen and check your answers.

Hey Chin-Mae,

I have new a pet snake! It has tiny eyes black and a long scary tongue. It makes strange sounds and angry looks when it’s moving. I’ve named it Monty the Monster.
My big brother was when he saw Monty terrified. His face was all white, and his wide eyes were and scared. Now when my rude brother is to me, he will get a surprise visit from Monty!

Scott

E
Work with a classmate. Describe each animal using some of the words given.

Useful words: hairy, furry, unique, tiny, dangerous, smelly, colorful, cuddly, cute, interesting

F-20 Complete Ken’s email using the words given. Then listen and check your answers.

Word Bank:

• loud
• long
• sharp
• new
• scared
• big

Ken’s Email:

Hi Madison,
My brother Scott has this (1) _______ pet snake. I’m not (2) _______ at all, but he hides it in my bedroom all the time. I want to teach him a lesson. I’m going to get my own pet—maybe a (3) _______ dog with a (4) _______ bark and (5) _______ (6) _______ teeth. What do you think?
Ken

G-21 Listen and complete Madison’s voice message to Ken.

Hi, Ken. I’m sorry to hear about that (1) _______ snake! But I don’t think you should get a (2) _______ dog. You need to get a pet that will make you (3) _______ . You know, something like an iguana. I heard they are very (4) _______ pets to have. They like to eat (5) _______ food like green salads and fruit. I think that’s a much better idea! Bye!

H Work with a classmate. Describe your ideal pet using as many adjectives as you can.