Comparing people and things

Degrees of comparison
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This lesson contains 32 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Degrees of comparison
                                                                        Comparative + superlative                                        adjectives

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Lesson aim
At the end of this lesson you will be able to 
1. recognise and use the comparative adjective in a sentence.
2. recognise and use the superlative adjective in a sentence.

Slide 2 - Slide

Comparing people and things
Listen to the songs on the following slide
Take down at least 10 words: ending with -ER (example: hardER) OR words that have MORE/MOST + adjective (example: MOST interesting).

Slide 3 - Slide

Write 4 adjectives that you heard

Slide 4 - Mind map

Slide 5 - Video

timer
1:30
In your own words, what are comparative + superlative adjectives?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Nikki is as … as Jeroen.
A
cooler
B
cool
C
funnier
D
coolest

Slide 7 - Quiz

Kayleigh is … than Senne.
A
more studious
B
happy
C
sweet
D
louder

Slide 8 - Quiz

Ronald is the … man of them all.
A
weirder
B
most handsome
C
strict
D
greatest

Slide 9 - Quiz

Positive degree
A comparison of equals 

Combined with 'as'
'as' prior to and following it
Nikki is as cool as Jeroen. 

Slide 10 - Slide

Comparative degree
Between two persons or things
Use of Comparative Degree
Add -er -> most one syllable adjectives 
Kayleigh is louder than Senne.
Use of Positive Degree
Add 'more' or 'less' -> adjectives three or more syllables 
Kayleigh is more intelligent than Senne.

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Form
pattern: Noun (subject) + verb (is/are/was/were) + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).
Jimmy (noun) is (verb) taller (adjective) than Nasser (object).

We use adjectives to compare differences between nouns. 

Slide 12 - Slide

Superlative degree
Between three or more people or things
Use of Superlative Degree 
Add -est -> most one- and two- syllable adjectives  
Ronald is the greatest man of them all.
Use of Positive Degree 
Add 'most' or 'least' -> adjectives three or more syllables  
P.e. Ronald is the most handsome man of them all.

Slide 13 - Slide

Shannon's dog is … than Femke's cat
A
lazyer
B
bigger
C
lazier
D
biger

Slide 14 - Quiz

Yanni's panda is the … of them all.
A
lazyiest
B
bigest
C
laziest
D
biggest

Slide 15 - Quiz

Warning
-y after a consonant 
-> -ier  in comperative degree
 -> -iest in superlative degree

Lazy: Shannon's dog is lazier than Femke's cat.
Yanni's panda is the laziest of them all.

Slide 16 - Slide

Warning
Double the consonant after a short vowel
Shannon's dog is bigger than Femke's cat.
Yanni's panda is the biggest of them all.

Slide 17 - Slide

Sanne is … than Jarni.
A
purer
B
wiseer
C
wiser
D
pureer

Slide 18 - Quiz

Severine is the … of them all.
A
wisest
B
wiseest
C
pureest
D
purest

Slide 19 - Quiz

Warning 
-e 
 -> -er in comparative degree
-> -est in superlative degree

Sanne is wiser than Jarni.
Severine is the wisest of them all.  

Slide 20 - Slide

Warning
irregular form:
Good: good, better, best
Tom is better in English than Daan, but Ronald is the best.
Bad: bad, worse, worst
Tom is worse in French than Daan, but Ronald is the worst of them all.

Slide 21 - Slide

Tom is … in English than Daan.
A
better
B
gooder
C
worse
D
badder

Slide 22 - Quiz

Ronald is the … teacher of them all
A
goodest
B
best
C
worst
D
baddest

Slide 23 - Quiz

Comparative of LOUDLY:
He talked ... than the other students.
A
most loudly
B
more loudly
C
loudlier

Slide 24 - Quiz

What are the comparative/superlative of "happy"?
A
happier - happiest
B
happyer - happyest
C
happyr - happiest
D
more happy - most happy

Slide 25 - Quiz

Comparative of 'HARD'

She worked ... than the other students.
A
more hardly
B
more hard
C
harder

Slide 26 - Quiz

Make a sentence with the adjective "good" in the comparative and superlative form (2 sentences)
timer
1:00

Slide 27 - Open question

Slide 28 - Slide

Slide 29 - Link

Slide 30 - Link

Slide 31 - Link

Choose the right comparative for this sentence:
June is ................ than me/I am
A
more ugly
B
uglier
C
ugler
D
ugliest

Slide 32 - Quiz