My superhero

Use these resources to prepare to talk about your favourite superhero. Look up the words here: LeoDictionary

1 Outfit:
star-spangled
skin-tight body suit
dark glasses
elbow pads
shoulder pads
knee pads
protective vest
mask
goggles
helmet
claws
armour
whip
shield
tights 
leotard
gloves
sword
belt
wings

Classify them in categories: head/eyes - body - weapons - feet/hands...

Describe his/her oufit: Don't forget to use colours describing the distinctive adjectives.
 Wonderwoman wears star-spangled shorts and red and white high heel boots.


2 Expressing abilities:

When talking or writing a superhero, you need to describe his/her superpowers.
Superman is able/ has the ability to regenerate within few seconds of receiving a wound.
 Comparing:

Use comparative forms to describe someone more precisely.
Superman is faster than a speeding bullet.

You may use the following adjectives: strong - agile - tough - fierce - enduring

3 Talking or writing about personalities:

Here is a list of adjectives describing superheroes' personalities:
courageous - generous - fearless - discreet - friendly - loyal - honest - resourceful - reliable - relentless

Use the Present Tense: He doesn't kill bad guys. She flies a plane.


Click here to see a list of words describing superheroes. Pick a few.

Click here to see a list of words describing villains.

Superheroes biography


Click here to learn about the Superheroes/-heroines and villains mentioned in our book More4.

Sentence Starters and Connectives

Hi Folks,

These phrases help you to improve your writing skills.
Copy and paste them, print them out and stick them in your "My Texts in English"

although nevertheless of course after all clearly still maybe // perhaps // probably it is true ... yet

obwohl, obgleich, wenn auch nichtsdestoweniger, dessen ungeachtet, dennoch natürlich, selbstverständlich nach alledem, also doch klar, deutlich und dennoch, trotzdem vielleicht, möglicherweise es ist wahr ... doch

therefore as a result consequently accordingly so otherwise in order to this is the reason why

deswegen, aus diesem Grund als Ergebnis, folglich folglich, infolgedessen demgemäß, entsprechend so, daher, folglich sonst, andernfalls um zu hier liegt der Grund für ...

but however though yet by the way (un)fortunately in general // generally usually normally probably

aber, sondern, jedoch jedoch, indes, aber obwohl, jedoch, trotzdem aber, doch übrigens, nebenbei gesagt (un)glücklicherweise Im Allgemeinen, gewöhnlich üblicherweise, normalerweise normalerweise, meistens, gewöhnlich wahrscheinlich, vermutlich

certainly indeed above all surely most important as a matter of fact no doubt // undoubtedly apparently // evidently obviously

sicher, gewiss, zweifellos in der Tat, tatsächlich vor allem, vor allen Dingen sicher, gewiss, bestimmt äußerst wichtig in Wirklichkeit, um die Wahrheit zu sagen zweifellos, wahrscheinlich augenscheinlich, offenbar offensichtlich, offenbar

now in addition in this case by no means furthermore in fact for that reason for that purpose

jetzt, nun noch dazu, außerdem in diesem Fall auf keinen Fall ferner, überdies, außerdem tatsächlich, in der Tat aus dem Grund / Anlass zu diesem Zweck