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COMPARISON 1. Sue’s car isn’t very big. She wants a   car. 2. This house isn’t very modern. I like   houses. 3. You’re not very tall. Your brother is  . 4. Bill doesn’t work very hard. I work  . 5. My chair isn’t very comfortable. Your chair is  . 6. Jill’s idea wasn’t very good. My idea was  . 7. These flowers aren’t very nice. The blue one is  . 8. My case isn’t very heavy. Your case is  . 9. I’m not very interested in sports. I’m   in reading. 10. It isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was  . 11. These tomatoes aren’t very good. The other ones taste  . 12. Ireland isn’t very big. France is  . 13. Liverpool isn’t very beautiful. London is  . 14. This knife isn’t very sharp. Have you got a   one? 15. People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were  . COMPARISON 1. A cheetah is   than a horse. (fast) 2. Susan’s hair is   than Betty’s. (short) 3. ...

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You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative. obedient bad big comfortable easy 1 Australia is a very large country – it’s ___________________ than France. 2 I like sleeping in this new bed. It’s ___________________ than my old bed. 3 Oh no! The rain yesterday was bad, but now it's ___________________ . 4 I don’t have any problems with History. It’s ___________________ than Maths. 5 Both our dogs usually do what we say, but Jet is _________________ than Leo. You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

Adjectives: comparatives and Superlatives ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE bad jittery purple tan better jolly quaint tender beautiful kind quiet testy big long quick tricky black lazy quickest tough blue bright magnificent rainy rare ugly clumsy many ratty vast crazy mighty ...

BOOK: http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=1980 MAP: You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

           1- Oral interaction: describing pictures Separate the class in two groups, hand out the following pictures.       Picture 1 (G1): www.harrisinteractive.com/.../HI_TrendsTudes_2007_v06_i04.pdf      Picture 2 (G2)   http://www.heles.plymouth.sch.uk/index.php?page=abcyber a) Preparing the interaction - Allow 5/8 minutes for students to work in pairs to:     • be able to ask questions to the other group so as to get a detailed description of         their picture (wh- questions and yes/no questions)     • be able to describe picture , to answer questions - Note: Teacher may help by writing a series of prompts on the board                                                       What actions....?       ...

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

VALENTINE’S DAY   1. List of online exercises and games: 1. http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/valentine/symbols.htm Matching game on Valentine’s Day Symbols 2. http://www.theholidayspot.com/valentine/ : games, letterheads, poems, history, zodiac , etc. for you to entertain and learn about Saint Valentine’s Day. 3. http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/valentine/valentine.htm A text to be completed with words on the topic 4. http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/mes-valentines_01.html A Saint Valentine’s game 5. http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/holidays_valentines1.html A quiz on Saint Valentine’s Day 2. Reading comprehension. Read the following text about Saint Valentine’s legends. Every February we celebrate Valentine's Day by giving flowers, candy and cards to those we love. We do this in honor of Saint Valentine. You may be wondering, "Wh...