Date of preparation: Date of teaching: Period: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES Time: 45 minutes I. OBJECTIVES: 1. Educational aim: Students review and practice more exercises on making comparisons. 2. Knowledge: comparatives and superlatives of adjectives. 3. SKILLS: II. METHODS: Integrated, communicative approach III. TEACHING AIDS: handouts. IV. PROCEDURES: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 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 . 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/. 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. 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