bam sat 10-unit 16 - lieu backan

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Time: 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Educational aim: Students review and practice more exercises on making comparisons.
2. Knowledge: comparatives and superlative of adjectives.
3. SKILLS:
II. METHODS: Integrated, communicative approach
III. TEACHING AIDS: handouts.
IV. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
I. Grammar
1. Compararives
*Short adjectives: adj_er
Eg: tall taller
Short shorter
*Long adjectives: more + adj
Eg:
Beautiful more beautiful
Dangerous more dangerous
2. Superlatives
*Short adjectives: the adj_est
Eg: tall the tallest
Short the shortest
*Long adjectives: the most + adj
Eg:
Beautiful the most beautiful
Dangerous the most dangerous
3. Some other cases

Adjectives Compararives Superlatives
happy happier/ more
happy
The happiest/
the most happy
yellow yellower/ more
yellow
The yellowest/
the most yellow
- Listen to the teacher and take notes in
their notebooks.
simple simpler/ more
simple
The simplest/
the most simple
tender tenderer/ more
tender
The tenderest/
the most tender
II. Practice
Exercise 1. Complete these sentences by
using suitable forms of comparatives and
superlatives for the adjectives in the brackets.
1. My suitcase is LARGER (large) than your
suitcase.
2. This scarf is MORE BEAUTIFUL (beautiful)
than the one in the window.
3. The palace Hotel was MORE
EXPENSIVE(expensive) than the Grosvenor.
4. John is a BETTER (good) gardener than

Stuart.
5. They are not going to the WORST(bad)
hotel.
6. The palace is the MOST EXPENSIVE
(expensive) hotel.
7. John is the BEST (good) gardener.
8. These are the MOST BEAUTIFUL
(beautiful) colours.
9. Mr.Smith is WORSE (bad) today than
yesterday.
Exercise 2. Complete these sentences by using
suitable forms of comparatives and superlatives
for the adjectives in the brackets.
1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old.
Jeremy is (old)______ Julie
2. The Alps are very high. They are (high)
______ mountains in Europe.
3. An ocean is (large) _____ a sea.
4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo
costs less money.
A Rolls Royce is (expensive) ______ a
Twingo.
5. John's results were bad. Fred's results were
very poor. Fred's results were (bad) _____
Sts get handouts from the T
Sts do this exercise in pairs.
Sts give their answers
Sts get handouts from the T
Sts do this exercise in pairs.
Sts give their answers

Suggested answers
1. older than
2. the highest
3. larger than
4. More expensive than
5. worse than

John's.
Homework: (2 minutes)
Exercise 2. (cont)
6. This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy)
______ I expected.
7. The weather is not good today - it's
raining. I hope the weather will be (good)
_____ next week.
8. People are not friendly in big cities. They
are usually (friendly) ______ in small towns.
9. In the government of a country, the
President is (important) ______ person.
10. People say that Chinese is (difficult)
______ to learn than English.
Sts copy exercise into their notebooks.
Sts do this exercise at home.
Suggested answers
6. easier than
7. Better than
8. more friendly
9. the most important
10. the most difficult