FASTER, PLEASE.

Goal: To compare people in the family.

 a. What things do you feel you are too old or young to do?
I am too old to do hula-hoop.

Activities:
-Go to the gym
-Play video games
-Be retired
-Run a marathon
-Have children
-Get married
-Buy a house
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 b. Watch the video and answer some questions.

What is the biggest

Which is faster? region in Peru?
A tiger or a cheetah?

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 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

We use comparative adjectives to show change or make

comparisons between one thing with another:

FORM:
BASE FORM COMPARATIVE

S + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun. old older

large larger

New York is bigger than Boston. happy happier

more big X
big bigger
expensive more expensive

good better
bad worse
far further
GRAMMAR
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 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
1. If you practice more. Your English will get better. (good)
2. We’ve invite six Friends for dinner, so we need a larger table (large)
3. The Beatles are not bad, but I prefer more modern music. (modern)
4. My brother is ten years older than me. (old)
5. Brazil’s economy is now better than Britain’s. (good)
6. Travelling by train is more dangerous than flying. (dangerous)
7. Computers these days are getting smaller and smaller. (small)
8. As the story went on, it became more interesting. (interesting)
9. The harder I work, the more tax I have to pay. (hard)
10.The faster (fast) the boat went. The more frightened (frightened) I became.
 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

We use superlative adjectives to describe an object which is at the

upper or lower limit of a quality compared to a group of objects.

FORM:
BASE FORM SUPERLATIVE
old oldest
S + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun + in + group of objects.
large largest
happy happiest
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

X
big biggest

most high expensive most expensive

good best
bad worst
far furthest
GRAMMAR
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 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

1. What’s ___ time of year to visit your city? 5. Are there any areas which are not safe? Which are ___?
a) best b) the best a) More dangerous b) the most dangerous
2. What are ___ things to see and do? 6. What's ___ building? What's the oldest?
a) The most interesting b) more interesting a) The tallest b) the most tall
3. What's ___ way to travel around? What's the fastest? 7. What are ___ cafés and restaurants?
a) The most easy b) the easiest a) The most popular b) the popularest
4. What do you think is ___ area? 8. What's ___ supermarket? What's the most expensive?
a) The most attractive b) the atractivest a) The most cheap b) the cheapest
 I am the funniest in my family.

Practice the conversation with a partner.

A: Hi, Steve. Can I ask you some questions BASE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

about your family? short shorter the shortest

tall taller the tallest
B: Sure. Tell me.
funny funnier the funniest

A: Who’s taller? You or your brother? impatient more impatient the most impatient
attractive more attractive the most attractive
B: Well, My brother is taller than me.
Adjectives:
A: And who’s the most impatient in your family? -Friendly
-Lazy
-Hardworking
-Romantic
-Popular -Kind
B: Definitely, my father is the most impatient in my family. -Strict -Confident
-Talkative -Thin
 LET’S PRACTICE!

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CREATE A TEXT WITH 80-100 WORDS
THAT DESCRIBE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY USING COMPARATIVE AND
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES.
 REFERENCES
1. Lifehacker. Stop Thinking You’re ‘Too Old’ to Do What You Want to Do.
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2022/05/stop-thinking-youre-too-old-to-do-what-you-w
ant-to-do/

2. Games4esl. 5 Fun Activities To Teach Comparative And Superlative Adjectives.

Comparative adjective. https://games4esl.com/comparative-and-superlative-activities/
3. El teacher Jorge. Comparative adjectives. (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3JE3lCVH3Y
4. BritishCouncil. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/comparativ
e-and-superlative-adjectives