Welcome to today's lesson, which is all about describing nouns
Today we're going to describe some transportation nouns.
This activity will help improve your listening and speaking skills.
These nouns are more or less at an advanced level.
However, we'd encourage all learners to participate. And who knows: perhaps you'll learn some new vocabulary words!
For this activity, Ioana will describe six nouns to you.
Each of these nouns is about transportation. You will have ten seconds to guess the answer.
Remember, this activity is to improve your listening and speaking skills.
I know you're listening, but you need to speak.
Before we start, let's see an example.
Ioana will describe a word to me, and I will guess the answer. Here's the word:
Are you ready for this? It's a tough one.
I was born ready.
Ok... here we go! This is a type of boat, like a rowing boat.
It's long and narrow. You see these on very calm waters, mostly canals.
People will sit in this boat, and traditionally someone will stand behind them and paddle.
Venice has a lot of them.
I'm pretty sure it's a kayak.
There are no kayaks in Venice!
It's a gondola, obviously!
Oh, well they're kind of the same thing...
No they're not. This is a gondola,
and this is a kayak. Very different.
I was about to say gondola, but the time ran out. You believe me, don't you?
You were not ready.
Now that you know how the activity works, let's begin.
Ioana will choose a noun and describe it to you, and you will need to guess that noun.
Remember to say your answers out loud. After we finish all six words, I'll go over the answers with you.
Ready? Let's get the clock up there:
This is a boat for very very very very rich people,
It's a really big boat, it has bedrooms, it has a kitchen, many rooms for different functions,
it's very luxurious. Do you know what this is?
This is something people use in the snow.
You go really fast, they're a lot of fun, they're a lot of fun, they're entertaining.
usually only one person would ride it, but you could put two people on there.
This is like a motorcycle that you use on the snow... kind of
This is a car for children. It's motorized. Kids drive it around the neighborhood, have contests, race each other.
Some of them can go very fast.
You can find these at amusement parks.
This is like a small boat you find on the water, usually in rivers,
it's inflatable, there's no motor so people have to paddle.
Usually small groups of people can fit in this
Can you guess what it is?
This is a means of public transportation in many cities.
It runs on tracks, but it's not a train. Sometimes there are cables running above it.
It just runs within a city. What do you think this is?
This is something people use on the water, on the ocean or at lakes.
People ride it for fun. They go very fast, it kind of skips over the water.
It holds just one or two people.
It's a little like a motorcycle on water.
Hopefully you were able to give an answer to all of those and you got them right and not wrong like I did.
Feel free to do the activity again if you'd like to try it one more time before I tell you the answers.
You can just pause the video and go back to the start of the activity.
But before I reveal the answers to you, I'll replay some of the key words that Ioana used to describe the nouns.
It's a really big boat. It has bedrooms, it has a kitchen. It's very luxurious.
A big luxurious boat is a yacht.
This is something people use in the snow. You go really fast. This is like a motorcycle that you use on the snow.
Snowmobile is the answer that we were looking for.
This is a car for children. It's motorized, kids drive it around the neighborhood
The answer is a go-kart.
This is like a small boat. You find it on the water, usually in rivers. It's inflatable, there's no motor so people have to paddle.
Raft is the answer we were looking for.
This is a means of public transportation in many cities. It runs on tracks. Sometimes there are cables running above it.
This type of transportation is a tram.
This is something people use on the water, on the ocean, or at lakes. People ride it for fun, they go very fast, it kind of skips over the water.
The answer is a jetski.
That was easy, right? But now we're gonna switch roles and it's your turn.
I'll show you two nouns, and you will describe them to Ioana and she will guess the nouns that you are describing.
Make sure you speak up, use complete sentences, be creative, and most importantly, have fun!
Ready? Here's your first word:
I know that! That's a hot air balloon!
Ready for the second word? Here it is!
Oh, that's a sled!
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We also hope it wasn't too difficult, but you can let us know which ones you had trouble with in the comments below.
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We'll see you next time!