comparatives_superlatives

Comparatives and SuperlativesAge: Young Adult- AdultLevel: BeginnersLength: Up to 1 hourVocab: Basic adjectives, comparatives and superlativesFocus: Comparing things, reading, writing and speaking.1. Start by drawing some basic characters on the board, a tall thin one, a small fat one and a normal one. Give them names that your students will be familiar with and invite students to compare them. John is fatter than Paul, Jim is taller than William etc…2. Give out worksheet and have students work through. Try to explain that small words add er, and est, whilst longer adjectives have more or most before them. Leave two-syllable words that take more and most till later. Answers as follows.Adjective Comparative SuperlativeBig Bigger The biggestSmall Smaller The smallestYoung Younger The youngestOld Older The oldestFat Fatter* The fattestShort Shorter The shortestTall Taller The tallestThin Thinner* The thinnestNew Newer The newestUgly Uglier The ugliestRich Richer The ugliestPoor Poorer The poorestHot Hotter* The hottestBeautiful more beautiful The most beautifulExpensive More expensive The most expensiveInteresting More interesting The most interestingGood Better the best The worstBad Worse*Double the consonants for these short words.© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004Downloaded from www.onestopenglish.com

Fill in the sentences. (Suggested answers only)1. New York is bigger than Paris.2. Copenhagen is smaller than London.3. England is older than America.4. America is more expensive than India.5. India is poorer than America.6. Australia is bigger than England.7. Iceland is smaller than Mexico.8. Spain is poorer than Germany.9. Russia is cheaper than America.10. Singapore is hotter than Berlin3. Students can then compare the three pictures and write sentences about the people.CS 12/01/04© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004Downloaded from www.onestopenglish.com

Comparatives and SuperlativesAdjective Comparative SuperlativeBig Bigger The biggestSmall Smaller The smallestYoung TheOld TheFat TheShort TheTall TheThin TheNew TheUgly TheRich ThePoor TheHot TheBeautiful more beautiful The most beautifulExpensive TheInteresting TheGood Better the bestBad Worse The worstFill in the sentences.1. New York is ___________ than Paris.2. Copenhagen is __________ than London.3. England is __________ than America.4. America is __________ than India.5. India is ___________ than America.6. Australia is ____________ _______ England.7. Iceland is ___________ _______ Mexico.8. Spain is ____________ _______ Germany.9. Russia is ____________ _______ America.10. Singapore is ___________ ______ Berlin.© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004Downloaded from www.onestopenglish.com

Peter Joe DaveWrite some true sentences about Peter, Joe andDave.1. Peter is _________________________________2. Joe is __________________________________3. Dave is _________________________________4. _______________________________________5. _______________________________________6. _______________________________________7. _______________________________________8. _______________________________________9. _______________________________________10. _____________________________________© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004Downloaded from www.onestopenglish.com