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  International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 1 de 6 Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 11th Fecha: 13 TO 19 - 05 Periodo: II Nº Hor: 6hr Semana: 5 Tema: Superlatives and comparatives Indicador Students will be able to use superlatives and comparatives in academic writing de Logro Exploración Before you read. 1.- What is the tallest building in this city? 2.- In your opinion, what is the most interesting city? Why is it interesting? 3.- What cities or regions have the best climate? Contextualización U.S. Geography 1. In area, the United States is the third largest country in the world (after Russia and Canada). 2. In population, the U.S. is the third largest country in the world (after China and India). 3. The biggest city in the U.S. in population is New York. Chicago used to be the second largest city, but now Los Angeles is larger than Chicago. 4. The tallest building in the U.S. is the Sears Tower in Chicago (1450 feet or 442 meter tall). It is even taller than the World Trade Center in New York. However, the Sears Tower is not the tallest building in the world. That building is in Kuala Lumpur (1483 feet or 452 meters tall). 5. New York City has the highest cost of living. 6. Hispanics are the fastest growing minority in the U.S. In 1990, there were 5.9 million Hispanics in the U.S. That number rose to 20.9 million in 1996. 7. Rhode Island is the smallest state in area. 8. Alaska is the largest state in area. Alaska is even larger than Colombia, South America. 9. The least populated state is Wyoming. It has less than half a million people. 10. California is the most populated state. It has about 30 million people. There are more people in California than in Peru. 11. Juneau, Alaska, gets the most snow, about 101 inches per year. 12. Phoenix, Arizona, gets the most sunshine. Eighty-five percent of the days have sunshine. 13. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain in the U.S. (20320 feet or 6178 meters). It is in Alaska. 14. There are five great lakes in the U.S. The biggest is Lake Superior. The others are Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. Conceptualización EMOCIÓN Comparatives and Superlatives Examples Explanation New York City is the biggest city in the We use the superlative form to point out the U.S. number-one item in a group of three or
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  International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 2 de 6 more. California is the most populated state in the U.S. Los Angeles is bigger than Chicago. We use the comparative form to compare two items. There are more people in California than in Peru. Producción Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs. Simple Comparative Superlative One-syllable adjectives and adverbs Tall Taller The tallest Fast Faster The fastest Bored More bored The most bored EXCEPTIONS: Tired More tired The most tired Two-syllable adjectives that end in -y Easy Easier The easiest Happy happier The happiest Other two-syllable adjectives Frequent More The most Active frequent frequent More active The most active Some two-syllable adjectives have two Simple Simpler The simplest forms. More simple The most Common Commoner simple More The commonest common The most (Other two-syllable adjectives that have common two forms are handsome, quiet, gentle, narrow, clever, friendly, angry, polite, stupid.) Adjectives with three or more syllables. Important More The most difficult important important More difficult The most difficult -ly adverbs. Quickly More quickly The most brightly More brightly quickly The most brightly Irregular adjectives and adverbs. Good/well Better The best Bad/badly Worse The worst Far Farther The farthest Little Less The least A lot more The most SPELLING RULES FOR SHORT ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS. Rule Simple Comparative Superlative ACCIÓN Add –er and –est to short adjective and tall taller tallest adverbs. fast faster fastest For adjectives that end in y, change y to i and easy easier easiest –er and –est. happy happier happiest
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  International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 3 de 6 For adjectives that end in e, add –r and –st. nice nicer nicest late later latest For words ending in consonant-vowel- big bigger biggest consonant, double the final consonant, then sad sadder saddest add –er and –est. EXCEPTION: Do not double final w. New-newer-newest Superlative Adjectives Examples Explanation New York is the biggest city in the We use the superlative form to point out the U.S. number-one item of a group of three or California is the most populated more. state in the U.S. Use the before a superlative form. Superlatives and Word Order Examples Explanation Which building is the tallest? Put superlative adjectives after the verb The Sears Tower is the tallest building. be or before the noun. The Hispanic population is growing the Put superlative adverbs after the verb most quickly phrase. It snows the most in Juneau. Put the most, the least, the best, the worst after a verb. Modelación LANGUAGE NOTES 1. We sometimes put a prepositional phrase at the end of a superlative sentence. In the world in my family In my class in my country 2. We often say “one of the” before a superlative form. Then we use a plural noun. San Francisco is one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S. The Mississippi is one of the longest rivers in the world EDITING ADVICE 1. Don’t use a comparison word when there is no comparison. California is a bigger state. 2. Don’t use more and -er together. My new car is more better than my old one. 3. Use than before the second item in a comparison. than He is younger that his wife. 4. Use the before a superlative form. China has the biggest population in the world 5. Use a plural noun after the phrase “one of the”.
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  International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 4 de 6 Jim is one of the tallest boys in the class. 6. Use the correct word order. drives faster She faster drives than her husband. I have more responsibilities more than you. The U.S. is the country most powerful country in the world. 7. Don’t use the with a possessive form. My the best friend lives in London 8. Use correct spelling. happier She is happyer than her friend. Taller PART 1 Find the mistakes with the underlined words, and correct them. Not every sentence has a mistake. If the sentence is correct, write C. than Example: I am taller my father. I am tall, but my father is taller. C 1. - Paul is one of the youngest student in this class. 2. - She is more older than her husband. 3. - I’m the most tall person in my family. 4. - My father is more educated my mother. 5. - She is the most intelligent person in her family. 6. - New York is biggest city in the U.S. 7. - My sister’s the oldest son got married last month. 8. - Houston is a very big city. 9. - He is much older than his wife. 10. - New York is biger than Los Angeles. 11. - I speak English more better than I did a year ago. 12. - Book One is easyer than Book Two. PART 2. Find the mistakes with word order and correct them. Not every sentence has a mistake. If the sentence is correct, write C. Example: You more know about the U.S. than I do. EVALUACION Soccer is more interesting than football for me. C 1. I have problems more than you. 2. I earlier woke up than you.
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  International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 5 de 6 3. Paris is the city most beautiful in the world. 4. She speaks English more fluently than her brother. 5. You faster type than I do. 6. My father is the most intelligent person in the family. 7. Your car is expensive more than my car. 8. You sing more beautifully than I do. 9. I travel more than my friend does. 10. You have more money than I do. PART 3. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative of the word in parentheses ( ). Add the or than if necessary. Examples: New York is bigger than Chicago. (big) New York is the biggest city in the U.S. (big) 1. Mount Everest is _____________________ mountain in the world. (high) 2. A D grade is ___________________ a C grade. (bad) 3. Johnson is one of ___________________ last names in the U.S. (common) 4. Tokyo is ___________________ Miami. (populated) 5. June 21 is ____________________ day of the year. (long) 6. The teacher speaks English ________________ I do. (well) 7. Lake Superior is ___________________ lake in the U.S. (large) 8. Children learn a foreign language_________________ adults. (quickly) 9. Some people think that Japanese cars are _______________________ American cars. (good) 10. A dog is ___________________ a cat. (friendly) 11. Women drive ____________________ men. (carefully) 12. Who is ____________________ student in this class?
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  International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 6 de 6 (good) 13. The teacher speaks English __________________ I do. (fluently) 14. A dog is intelligent, buy a monkey is ______________________. (intelligent) Bibliografía I. .