Unit 2 Wales (27 November 24/25)

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

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Unit 2 Wales

Unit 2 Wales

Unit 2

Wales

Today:

This lesson:

• SKILLS: reading
• Grammar: comparissons (instruction + exercises)

Lesson goals

Students:

- activate and review their knowledge about the comparisons (teaching material vwo 1)

 

Answer the questions, work in pairs.

• What is a comparative? When do you use it?
• Make a sentence using a comparative?
• What is the difference between "bigger" and "biggest"?

Comparatives & Superlatives

Comparative: 

- adjective + er + than( taller, faster, smarter).

- 2 or more syllables: more + adjective + than (more beautiful than, more expensive than)

Superlative: 

- the + adjective + -est (the tallest, the fastest, the smartest).

- 2 or more syllables: the + most + adjective (the most beautiful, the most expensive.

Comparatives & Superlatives

Irregular Forms: 

• Some adjectives have irregular forms 
• good → better → best, 
• bad → worse → worst, 
• far → farther/further → farthest/furthest).
• ...

Work in pairs (5 minutes)

Create  4  sentences in total in which you use the comparatives (2) and superlatives (2) 

• Comparing people 
• Comparing places 
• Comparing animals or objects in the classroom.

Sharing your sentences...

Exercise (fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets)

1. Her dress is __________ (beautiful) than mine.
2. That movie was __________ (interesting) than the book.
3. This test is __________ (easy) than the last one.
4. My dog is __________ (friendly) than my cat.
5. The weather today is __________ (good) than yesterday.
6. This chair is __________ (comfortable) than that bench.
7. This car is __________ (fast) that one, they can both drive 160 mph.
8. John is the __________ (tall) of both boys.
9. This exam is the __________ (difficult) exam that has ever been made.
10. My room is the  __________ (good) I've ever had.

Evaluation

• How did it feel to use comparatives and superlatives in your own sentences?
• Was there anything difficult or easy in this  lesson?

TASK (choose)

1. Need more explanation on comparisons?

Study the grammar in this lessonup (slide 13 t/m 23)

2. Check your knowledge about the grammar:

Finish the questions (slide 24 t/m 30)

3. More practise:

https://engelsklaslokaal.nl/oefenen-met-grammatica/overig/trappen-van-vergelijking/

 

Work in silence!

Welk rijtje is juist?

1. Good - Better - Best
2. Good - Gooder - Goodest
3. Beautiful - Beautifuler - Beautifulest
4. Small - More small - Most small

That group is _____ the other group.

1. the more serious
2. the most serious
3. more serious than
4. most serious than

Adele is famous. Lady Gaga is _____,
Michael Jackson is _____!

1. more famous, the most famous
2. famouser, the most famous
3. famouser, the famousest
4. more famouser, most famous

My friend is ____ my brother. (fat)

It's a watermelon inside a watermelon, it's ____ thing I've ever seen! (beautiful)

She is ____ in English than her classmates. (good)

This is ____ film I've seen. (terrifying)