Comparatives superlatives
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Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Speaking
Subsidiary Aims
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Vocabulary
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Grammar
Procedure (50-75 minutes)
Start with a quick discussion: • “What’s more important to you: money or happiness?” • Write down some of the students’ ideas on the board and introduce comparative language (e.g., “Happiness is more important than money”).
Write some examples on the board and discuss the rules. A. Vocabulary Introduction • Write key adjectives on the board: important, exciting, difficult, easy. • Use examples to show the meaning of each adjective. B. Grammar Focus • Explain how to form comparatives and superlatives: • Comparatives: add “-er” (e.g., “easier”), or use “more” (e.g., “more interesting”). • Superlatives: add “-est” (e.g., “easiest”), or use “most” (e.g., “most interesting”). After all ask them to give some examples with the written adjectives
Comparative and Superlative Workshee • Distribute a worksheet with sentences that need completing with comparatives or superlatives I want them to read their answers
I will write 2 questions on the board and want them to discuss about them in pairs • “Which is more important: time or money?” Which one do you prefe: to have fun of to work hard? Why?
I will give them a reading passage from their own book to read and answer the comprehension questions
I’ll play a listening file for them and want them to fill in the blanks in their book with correct answer
I have designed a game to make sure they have understood everything.
A. Review • Quickly review the key points of comparatives and superlatives. Ask students for one sentence using a comparative and another with a superlative. B. Homework (2 minutes) • Assign a short writing task: “Write a paragraph comparing two things that are important to you. Use at least three comparatives and one superlative.”