Teacher Guide
Give some simple examples that highlight the use of comparatives and superlatives. For example: "This school bag is big but this school bag is bigger than the first one. Wow, that school bag is the biggest in this classroom!". Have the students think of some more examples and underline the components that make up each form: the -er ending and 'than' for comparatives; 'the' and the -est ending for superlatives.
Use the Mica Education 'Comparatives and Superlatives' slideshow to review the spelling rules for each form. There's a useful table and some examples.
The students should then be able to complete the worksheet. Check the spelling, especially of the ones that require a doubled consonant (such as big).
As an extension, have students pick 2 or 3 words from the list and come up with an example sentence using them.
05mins - Introduction: Do you like to eat in restaurants? Why/Why not? What differences are there between what young people and older people like to eat? Do you think we should try to eat food that is produced locally? Why/why not? Which food or drinks do you think are unhealthy? Which food from your country would you miss the most if you lived abroad?
05mins - Review the online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.
05mins - Review: Simple past verbs. Have each student write a question about an event that happened in the past. Ex: Where did you go on your summer holiday? What did you do last weekend?
05mins - Review: The 24-hour clock + time vocabulary: a.m., p.m., past, to, a quarter past, half past, a quarter to, before, after, during
10mins - Pre-teach: Comparatives (adj. + ER, more) and Superlatives (adj. + ER, most) - Have each student use one comparative sentence and one superlative sentence to describe a member of their family.
10mins - Worksheet: 19 comparatives and superlatives
15mins - Test: 19 listening practice - part 2
05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time
00mins - Homework: complete the next section of the online homework.
- taller (+er) / tallest (+est)
- younger (+er) / youngest (+est)
- older (+er) / oldest (+est)
- bigger (+ger) / biggest (+est)
- thinner (+ner) / thinnest (+nest)
- sadder (+der) / saddest (+dest)
- drier (+ier) / driest (+iest)
- heavier (+ier) / heaviest (+iest)
- larger (+r) / largest (+st)
- more beautiful (more) / most beautiful (most)
- more important (more) / most important (most)
- worse (worse) / worst (worst)
- better (better) / best (best)
- further (further) / furthest (furthest)