Gramar: comparatives
intermediate-B1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of comparatives in the context of catch them young
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of comparatives & superlatives.
Procedure (32-45 minutes)
Lead in buy asking 3 young ss to come in front or by drawing 3 young children. T elicits the the comparative words young, younger and youngest /use ss name Name the children Ala and Hana. (young) (younger) 1.T asks who is younger?Is Ala young? 2.T asks who is younger? Hana is younger? 3.who is younger? T eleicits from ss is "Hana is younger* than Ala?" ___ Hana is younger than Ala. T brings yasmin to the picture. T elicits from ss who is the youngest? Yasmin is the youngest. In case ss don't understand, T uses more elicitation by comparing two students who are tall.T elicits the words "young, younger and youngest". CCQ who is young? who is younger? who is the youngest? T CCQ
t asks ss to look at the HO . t points to the HO and asks them. Do this exercise. Write comparative and superlative form of the adjectives. Show HO. time 3 minutes. *********Check the answer.
T shows some sentences on OHP and elicits the form and phoneme. "than" is used when comparing two things or people. The figure is higher than in 1997. (d.a) +(s)+(v) + (adj)than **CCQ is the figure higher now? CCQ************** Advertisers have bigger budgets than they used to have. (s) + (v) + (adj) + (n) + than CCQ******Bigger budget now or earlier? (Meaning of budget--an estimate , often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future) (source: dictionary.com) *T drills the sentence emphasizing on "than". Brand names are more expensive than other products -------------------. (s) + (V) + (adj) + than . CCQ***********Which products are expensive? Brand names or other products? * T drills the sentence.( pronunciation) T makes negative comparisons with less + adj + than * classroom advertising is less common in Europe than in the states. (s) (v) less+ adj +than CCQ**************classroom advertising is less common in ? *Make the difference between the two things bigger or smaller with a modifier before the comparative adjective. * For big differences use much, a lot, far. For small differences use a little, slightly, a bit. *The figure is much higher now than in 1997. CCQ*********Is the figure higher now or earlier? * Advertisements are slightly longer than they used to be. CCQ************Advertisnments are longer now or earlier? *The biggest problem for school is cash. *Children are one of the most important markets for advertisers. *Make negative comparisons with the least + adjective. The least popular form of advertising is Channel One. ((less, little, least)
T points to the HO T hands out the 2 nd HO. Gap filling exercise. time: 4 mnts. check for answer from students(random) FB
T asks the students to write sentences at least 10. minutes :7 How many sentences? T HO another worksheet to write sentences. When done ask them to swap the paper from the pair sitting behind them.
T elicits or asks the word"advertisement".What did they read about advertisement in the lesson earlier? T elicits the word "fizzy" What kind of drinks do you drink? what do you call the drink with bubbles? Now you are hired to create an advertisement for a company that produces this fizzy drink. The compamny wants to sell the water to young people (16-25) as an alternative to cold and other fizzy drinks. Make a list of items that you associate with "natural" and "healthy". which image will you choose? Choose a kind of music that you want to use. Decide whether you want to use a famous the personality. Decide on the time to show the advert.