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The comparative of adjectives
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GRAMMAR
LANGUAGEBeginner A1_2023G_EN English
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■ Learn how to form comparative adjectives
■ Practise using comparative adjectives to talk about your home
Goals
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My bedroom has many windows. My bathroom has no windows. My bedroom is brighter than my
bathroom.
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■ Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between two things. ■ When you are comparing things, than is placed after the comparative adjective.
The construction is as follows:
Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object)
For example:■ My cat is cuter than yours.■ George is taller than Sally.
Comparative adjectives
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For short words, we add –er to mean more.
Forming comparatives
adjective comparative
bright brighter
dark darker
small smaller
big bigger
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A B C D
1. Your apartment is big.
2. Your apartment is bright.
3. My apartment is small.
4. My apartment is dark.
Match the pictures to the sentences
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1. My living room is _______________ than my bedroom.
2. My bathroom is ______________ than my kitchen.
3. My bedroom is _______________ than my bathroom.
Fill the gap with the comparative
a. big b. brighter c. small d. dark
a. big b. bright c. smaller d. dark
a. bigger b. bright c. small d. dark
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brightersmaller
Choose the correct adjective
Which room is _______________?
Which room is _______________?
Which room is _______________?
I like _______________kitchens!
My bathroom is _______________.
My bedroom is _______________.
My kitchen is _______________.
smallsmaller
biggerbig
brightdark
biggerdarker
brighterdarker
brightbrighter
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If the word ends in –y, we change it to –i and then add -er.
Change –y to -i
adjective comparative
noisy noisier
messy messier
tidy tidier
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1. I hear a lot of traffic. My apartment is _______________.
2. I don’t hear any traffic. My apartment is _______________.
3. I cleaned my apartment and put everything away. My apartment is _______________.
Fill the gaps
a. noisy b. quiet
a. noisy b. quiet
a. tidy b. messy
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quieter
Which word is not comparative? Make a sentence with each
noisier messier
small biggertidier
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Fill in the gaps
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dark
_______________
noisy
_______________
tidy
small
_______________
brighter
_______________
quieter
_______________
messier
_______________
_______________
bigger
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A B
DC
noisy noisier
tidy tidier
Practise saying these words
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• For longer words, we use more and we don’t add -er. We add the word morebefore the adjective to make it comparative.
• This is normally when the adjective has three or more syllables.
Use more
adjective comparative
expensive more expensive
traditional more traditional
contemporary more contemporary
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■ Here is a list of some of the most common irregular comparative adjectives.
Irregulars
Adjective Comparative
good better
bad worse
much more
little less
far further
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Compare these two images. Try and use as many irregular comparative adjectives as you can.
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Which words describe this picture?
tidymessy
brightdark
traditionalcontemporary
cheapexpensive
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Describe your home
brighter quieter
cheaper
noisier
tidier
biggermore
expensive
messier
more contemporary
more traditional
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I hear a lot of traffic. Do you hear a lot of traffic?
No, I don’t hear any traffic. My home is quieter.
Ask questions to compare your homes
Ask questions using the comparative adjectives from this lesson to learn about other people’s homes.
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Go back to the second slide of the lesson and checkif you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.
yes no
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Reflect on the goals
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Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?
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–– If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again
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Reflect on this lesson
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Exercise p. 9: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B Exercise p. 10: 1. brighter 2. smaller 3. biggerExercise p. 11: Which room is smaller? My bathroom is smaller. Which room is bigger? My bedroom is bigger. Which room is brighter? My kitchen is brighter. I like bright kitchens!Exercise p. 17: 1. noisy 2. quiet 3. tidyExercise p. 18: smallExercise p. 19: big, bigger, small, smaller, bright, brighter, dark, darker, quiet, quieter, noisy, noisier, messy, messier, tidy, tidierExercise p. 26: tidy, bright, traditional or contemporary, cheap or expensive
Answer key
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Complete the table
expensive
_______________
bright
_______________
messy
_______________
_______________
noisy
contemporary
_______________
cheaper
_______________
darker
_______________
tidier
more traditional
_______________
_______________
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Go back to the text on page 3and find examples of
the grammar topic of this lesson in it.Write them down.
Text at the beginning
Copy parts of the text
that are examples of
topic of the lesson.
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Find the verbs
adjectives
Find the adjectives in this lesson and write them down.Which are new? Do you know all of them?
Look these words up.
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Choose five sentences from this lesson.Copy them and write them about your home.
Sentences in the first person plural
Examples:
My living room is more contemporary.
→ My living room is more traditional.
My bedroom is brighter.
→ My kitchen is brighter.
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Homework answer key
Exercise p. 33: contemporary, more contemporary, traditional, more traditional, expensive, more expensive, cheap, cheaper, bright, brighter, dark, darker, messy, messier, tidy, tidier, noisy, noisier
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