Opposite Adjectives

Generally speaking, students in the first class know few adjectives.

The purpose of the following  lesson, which we did yesterday, is to help them get to know some more adjectives.
Of course, I had to focus on a topic and give them  the adjectives relating to that topic.
Our topic is one they like very much: SMARTPHONES.

I gave each of them a piece of paper where they could read an adjective. Another student in the class had the opposite one. Their first task was to find the student having the opposite adjective.Then they were asked to build up a sentence where they could use the word smartphone and the  adjective.
Given the following adjectives:

Great                                                                                 Awful

Helpful                                                                              Useless

Convenient                                                                        Inconvenient

Amazing                                                                            Ordinary

Expensive                                                                         Cheap

Beautiful                                                                           Ugly

Big                                                                                     Small

New                                                                                   Old

Up-to-date                                                                        Old

The students created the following sentences:

My smartphone is really up-to-date

My smartphone isn't old

I've got an awful internet connection on my smartphone

 The cover of my smartphone is amazing

My smartphone is ordinary. It isn't great.

That smartphone is inconvenient, because it's expensive

That smartphone in the shop is very convenient

My smartphone is really helpful, because it may do lots of things

My smartphone is useless because it's broken

I can use my smartphone very well, because it's user-friendly

I can't use my smartphone very often because it's difficult to use

My smartphone has got an ugly design

My smartphone has a beautiful design

My smartphone is old

My smartphone is new

My smartphone is cheap, because it's small

That smartphone is expensive, I'll not buy it! 

Each student dictated his /her sentence to the other classmates.

So, you could say that this was a writing activity, but at the same time it was a listening activity, as well.

In addtion, they learnt new words like up-to-date,cheap, awful and user-friendly. 

Next time, we'll focus on smartphone addiction.