TP4 Nastassia Khomich
Pre-Intermediate level
Description
Main Aims
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To provide practice and review of comparatives and superlatives.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice of using comparatives and superlatives for talking about appearance.
Procedure (33-46 minutes)
Ss compare 4 pictures of a young woman and answer the question 'How do the girl’s clothes change her appearance in each picture?'. They can use the words from the box: elegant, casual, heavy, mature, natural, pretty, serious, sophisticated, tall, young. If they do not understand the words, explain it to them through examples and CCQs. For this task they have 2 minutes. CCQs: Mature /məˈtʃʊə(r)/ Is this person sensible and behave as an adult? (Yes) What is the opposite to mature? (immature) Casual /ˈkæʒuəl/ Do you wear casual clothes at work? (No) Pretty /ˈprɪti/ Is this person attractive? (Yes)
Students listen to the recording and choose the best summary. Students work individually and submit their answers via Google Forms. Before OCFB students check their answers in pairs via private messages. Answer: B
Students listen to the recording again and complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. They work in Google slides. Students work individually and check their answers via private messages. OCFB (slide with answers). For weaker students prepare PDF with a script. For this task students have 3 minutes. Answers: 1. more serious; more mature 2. younger 3. prettier 4. the most elegant 5. better 6. taller 8. best
Meaning: Ask students to highlight superlatives and comparatives. Ask them MCQs: What form do we use when we compare two things? (Comparative form) What do we talk about the number one thing in a group? (Superlative form) Form: Students use the examples from the previous excessive and complete the table with a rule (guided discovery). Before OCFB check their answers via private messages. Students have 5 minutes to do this exercise. Check the understanding via FCQs: Comparative form The dress makes her look taller than in the other pictures. How many syllables does the word ‘tall’ have? (1) How do we form a comparative form? (We add -er) The glasses make her look much more serious. How many syllables does the word ‘serious’ have? (3) How do we form a comparative form? (We add more) Superlative form Vanessa has got the longest hair. How many syllables does the word ‘long’ have? (1) How do we form a superlative form? (We add the … -est) That tracksuit isn’t the most elegant outfit in the world. How many syllables does the word ‘elegant’ have? (3) How do we form a superlative form? (We add the most) Encourage students to match the beginning of the sentences in A with the endings in B to make sentences. Notice the prepositions use. Ss work individually. Before OCFB check their answers via private messages. Answers: She's older than me. The best in the world. It's the same as mine. It's similar to this one. They're different from the others. She looks like me. Ss have 3 minutes to do this exercise. Pronunciation: Ask students to underline the stressed words in a sentence: *. * *. * * I think she looks prettier in Picture A, to be honest. Ask students to pay attention how we kink words together: The dress makes her look taller than in the other pictures. /ðənin/ Drill chorally and individually.
Encourage students to complete the sentences about them and their family in Google Slides. Compare their answers in OC. For this task students have 4-5 minutes. a. _______ is the youngest person in my family. b. I look very different from _______. c. My hair is _______ my _______. d. People often say I look like _______. e. My eyes are _______ than _______. f. My mother is _______ person in the family. g. I'm more _______ than my brother / sister / cousin. h. My father is the _______ person in the family. i. In my family, my _______ has the most _______.
Encourage Ss to tell their partners about the differences between between them and their family. Ss work in small groups in BOR. For this task they have 7 minutes. After OCFB give DEC