Go over some common adjectives in opposite pairs and then have the students write adjectives in the brackets for each question 1 - 10. They should use the provided first letter as a clue. Help them with the irregular comparatives and the ones that aren't so obvious. They should then write out the comparative form of the adjective for each question. Finally they can fill in the crossword, checking that the spelling is correct.
10mins: Introduction - Beginner questions 'What's your name, how old are you, where are you from, have you got any brothers or sisters? What's your favourite day of the week? What do you usually do on this day? What's one thing you like? One thing you don't like?
10mins: Review: Ask each student to give an example sentence using a preposition of movement. Write the following formula on the board: Subject + verb + preposition + object. Remind students to use movement verbs with your students. (E.g. go, walk, run, ride, drive, dance.) Write the sentences on the whiteboard, and have students copy them into the back of their workbooks.
10mins: Activity: Time test - the teacher will say a series of 'times'. (e.g. half past, a quarter past, ten till, etc.) Students must write the times on a piece of paper. The student with the most correct answers is the winner.
10mins: Pre-teach: Comparatives - brainstorm a list of 'famous people' with your students. Use them as examples to create comparative sentences. The comparative is formed by adding 'er' to the end of an adjective. Some adjectives change form completely, such as 'good' and 'bad'. Adjectives that have a vowel before the last letter will double the last letter before adding 'er'. (E.g. hotter). Add 'more' in front of Long adjectives. A 'long adjective' is an adjective with three or more syllables.
15mins: Worksheet: page 20 - comparatives
05mins: Warm Down: Goodbye + points. Pack up supplies, help students prepare to leave and straighten out the classroom.
1) faster
2) taller
3) happier
4) colder
5) older
6) easier
7) smaller
8) bigger
9) longer
10) better