2M1 - lesson 18: homework check & big - bigger - biggest

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lesson 18: homework check & big - bigger - biggest

Planning

• Dilemmas
• Homework check
• Riddles
• big - bigger - biggest; what do you remember?
• Practice

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B

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B

Homework check

stickers? :) 

 ex. 1 & 2 p. 132 (getting started, chapter 3)

Riddle

Object

Riddle

a saying

big - bigger - biggest

what do you remember?

answer the questions in LessonUp

Harry Potter is ... (smart) than Voldemort

She is so beautiful. She is the ... (beautiful) woman I have ever seen!

I've heard some rumors, but do you know who is the... (tall) man alive?

That bunny is so cute. It's a lot ... (fluffy) than the other one.

Giving us so much work is ridiculous. That's the ... (bad) idea ever!

Rules?

Short words

+ er
+ est

long words:

more ...
most ...
An i-phone is expensive.
A Ferrari is more expensive.
A villa is most expensive.

ex-pen-sive

The rules

* 1 syllable: -er than / the -est

example: strange - stranger than - the strangest

* 2 syllables ending in  -le, -er, -ow, -y: -er than / the -est

example: simple - simpler than - the simplest

* 2 syllables  not ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y: more /most

example: careful - more careful than - the most careful

Superlatives

wettest

smallest

noisyest

noisiest

hottest

hotest

excitingest

most exciting

most important

importantest

wetest

small

noisy

wet

hot

important

exciting

doubling

a cheetah is  a BIG cat.
a leopard is  BIGGER.
a lion is the BIGGEST.

Y -> ier/ iest

The man in red shorts is UGLY.

The man in purple shorts is UGLIER.

The man in white shorts is UGLIEST.

My house is (big) ...
than yours.

Who is the (rich) ...
woman on earth?

This is the (interesting) ....
book I have ever read.

Practice in book

ex. 3 p. 133 

(5 min.)