bam sat 10-unit 16 - lieu backan

Knowledge: comparatives and superlative of adjectives.. Compararives *Short adjectives: adj_er Eg: tall taller Short shorter *Long adjectives: more + adj Eg: Beautiful more beautiful Dan

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Time: 45 minutes

I OBJECTIVES:

1 Educational aim: Students review and practice more exercises on making comparisons.

2 Knowledge: comparatives and superlative of adjectives.

3 SKILLS:

II METHODS: Integrated, communicative approach

III TEACHING AIDS: handouts.

IV PROCEDURES:

I Grammar

1 Compararives

*Short adjectives: adj_er

Eg: tall taller

Short shorter

*Long adjectives: more + adj

Eg:

Beautiful more beautiful

Dangerous more dangerous

2 Superlatives

*Short adjectives: the adj_est

Eg: tall the tallest

Short the shortest

*Long adjectives: the most + adj

Eg:

Beautiful the most beautiful

Dangerous the most dangerous

3 Some other cases

Adjectives Compararives Superlatives

happy happier/ more The happiest/

- Listen to the teacher and take notes in their notebooks

happy the most happy yellow yellower/ more

yellow

The yellowest/

the most yellow simple simpler/ more

simple The simplest/ the most simple tender tenderer/ more

tender The tenderest/ the most tender

II Practice

Exercise 1 Complete these sentences by

using suitable forms of comparatives and

superlatives for the adjectives in the

brackets

1 My suitcase is LARGER (large) than your

suitcase

2 This scarf is MORE BEAUTIFUL (beautiful)

than the one in the window

3 The palace Hotel was MORE

EXPENSIVE(expensive) than the Grosvenor

4 John is a BETTER (good) gardener than

Stuart

5 They are not going to the WORST(bad)

hotel

6 The palace is the MOST EXPENSIVE

(expensive) hotel

7 John is the BEST (good) gardener

8 These are the MOST BEAUTIFUL

(beautiful) colours

9 Mr.Smith is WORSE (bad) today than

yesterday

Exercise 2 Complete these sentences by using

suitable forms of comparatives and superlatives

for the adjectives in the brackets

1 Jeremy is 10 years old Julie is 8 years old

Jeremy is (old) Julie

2 The Alps are very high They are (high)

mountains in Europe

3 An ocean is (large) _ a sea

4 A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money A

Twingo costs less money

Sts get handouts from the T Sts do this exercise in pairs Sts give their answers

Sts get handouts from the T Sts do this exercise in pairs Sts give their answers Suggested answers

1 older than

2 the highest

3 larger than

4 More expensive than

5 worse than

A Rolls Royce is (expensive) a

Twingo

5 John's results were bad Fred's results were

very poor Fred's results were (bad) _

John's

Homework: (2 minutes)

Exercise 2 (cont)

6 This exercise is not difficult It's (easy)

I expected

7 The weather is not good today - it's

raining I hope the weather will be (good)

_ next week

8 People are not friendly in big cities They

are usually (friendly) in small towns

9 In the government of a country, the

President is (important) person

10 People say that Chinese is (difficult)

to learn than English

Sts copy exercise into their notebooks Sts do this exercise at home

Suggested answers

6 easier than

7 Better than

8 more friendly

9 the most important

10 the most difficult