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English Class: Teacher Lina Paula 1 Sesión B1

This English class covers comparisons using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. It provides rules for making comparisons with adjectives of one syllable by adding -er, two syllables ending in -y by changing to -ier, and two syllables or more using "more". It discusses using "than" to compare two things and "as...as" for similarities. The class also covers qualifying expressions like "a lot more" and forming the superlative to refer to the most of a group using "the".

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English Class: Teacher Lina Paula 1 Sesión B1

This English class covers comparisons using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. It provides rules for making comparisons with adjectives of one syllable by adding -er, two syllables ending in -y by changing to -ier, and two syllables or more using "more". It discusses using "than" to compare two things and "as...as" for similarities. The class also covers qualifying expressions like "a lot more" and forming the superlative to refer to the most of a group using "the".

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English class

TEACHER LINA PAULA


1 SESIÓN B1
topics of this lesson:
Temas de la sesión:
• COMPARISONS
• MAKING COMPARISONS WITH AS
• COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
“La vida es mejor
para aquellos que
hacen lo posible
para tener lo mejor”
"Life is better for those who do their
best to have the best"
How was your day?

All the activities you


Positive things did during your day are
Negative things
important to form you
as a person. Now relate
the negative and
positive aspects using
your own vocabulary.
There are some rules to help you make comparisons in
English.
1 If the adjective (describing word) is one syllable, you can add -er.
For example, small – smaller; big – bigger; nice – nicer.
2 If the adjective has two syllables, but ends in -y, you can change the end to -
ier.
For example, lucky – luckier; happy – happier.
3 With other English adjectives of two syllables and more, you can’t change
their endings. Instead, you should use more + adjective.
For example, handsome – more handsome; beautiful – more beautiful and so
on.
4 When you compare two things, use ‘than’.
“She’s younger than me.”
“This exercise is more difficult than the last one.”
5 When you want to say something is similar, use ‘as – as’.
For example, “She’s as tall as her brother” or “It’s as nice today as it was yesterday.”
6 When you want to say one thing is less than another, you can either use ‘less than’ or ‘not as – as’.
For example, “This programme is less interesting than I thought” or “This programme is
not as interesting as I thought.”
7 Remember that some adjectives are irregular and change form when you make comparisons.
For example, good – better; bad – worse; far – further.
Using qualifying expressions
Comparing two things
You can use “a lot”,
1. “She’s a lot more “much”, “a little”,
intelligent than him.” “slightly” and “far” before
2. “This car is much faster
than the other one.” “more / less than”
3. “They are much less
wealthy than they used to It’s your turn, make
be.” some sentences
4. “He’s a little taller than
his sister.” about comparing
5. “She’s slightly less
interested in football than
him.
6. “We are far more
involved in charity than
they are.”
Remember

When you use these qualifying expressions in English, remember the rules about
using -er. If the adjective is one syllable, or ends in -y, add -er:
“He’s far taller than her.”
(NOT “He’s far more taller…”)
“I’m much lazier than you!”
When the adjective is two syllables and more, you need either “more” or “less”:
“He’s a little more prepared for the exam than she is.”
(NOT “He’s a little prepareder…”)
Saying how two things are similar
You can use “almost as
… as”, “not quite as …
1. “She’s almost as good as”, “(not) nearly as …
as you!” as”, “nowhere near as
2. “He’s not quite as
confident as Susie.” … as”, “twice as … as”
3. “I’m not nearly as and “half as … as”
intelligent as her!” It’s your turn, make
to change the extent of
4. “This painting is
the similarity. some sentences
nowhere near as famous
as the first.” about comparing
5. “She’s twice as old as
him!
6. “He’s half as interesting
as you!”
The comparative form of an adjective is
commonly used to compare two people, things,
or states, when you want to say that one thing
has a larger or smaller amount of a quality than
another.
•If the second part of the comparison is mentioned it follows than.
Anna is taller than Mary but Mary is older.
Emma is much slimmer than when I last saw her.
Online learning is less expensive than conventional college courses.

•Comparison in which you are considering whether two people or things


are equal is shown by using as…as in the affirmative and not
as…as or not so…as in the negative.
Helen is as tall as Linda, but not as strong.
Exposición
15 minutes
We need to be competitive as Burger King or Domino’s.
Their product-cost relation is profitable as Xiaomis’ or
Huawei’s.
HBO is not cheap as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
Now, our store offers an online catalogue as Macy’s.
Walmart is affordable as Target or Best Buy.

VOCABULARY
Competitive
Product cost
Profitable - rentable
Affordable- adsequible
Little quiz
The superlative form is used for more than two people,
things, or states, when one thing has qualities that exceed
all the others.
•That is the smallest camera I have ever seen.
•He gave the least expensive gift to his sister.
•I’ll have whichever is (the) ripest.
Using Superlative Adjectives
We use a superlative to say
that a thing or person is the
most of a group. When we use
a superlative adjective ('the
tallest student') before the
•She's the most beautiful girl noun, we generally use it with
I've ever seen. 'the'.
•It's the best café in London. Try, its your turn
•John and Lisa are the most
intelligent students here.
•This bowl is the biggest
one.
Remember, we don't use
'the' when there is a
possessive:
•He's my best student.
•That's our most important
goal.
Exposición
15 minutes

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