AGE: 14-18 years, High school (In China, class of 45 students)

LEVEL: Intermediate-Advanced

TIME: 25 minutes

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Grammar usage and vocabulary expansion

SKILLS: listening, writing, reading and speaking

MATERIALS: One copy of the attached worksheet for each student; a timer

OVERVIEW SNAPSHOT: to encourage students in using taught grammar points to express

themselves.

STUDENTS WILL: discuss superlatives and comparatives, especially in describing themselves

and others.

BEFORE CLASS: Learn how to form comparatives and superlatives in a sentence to describe
objects and people. First part of the worksheet (attached) is assigned

PROCEDURE (25 minutes):

Ø   The first few minutes will be used to cover questions that students may have on forming
comparatives, as well as covering the correct answers to the assigned first four assigned
quadrants of the worksheet (5 minutes)

Ø   Then students will partner up with another student whom they haven’t spoken to much so
far in the class. They will do the bottom right hand quadrant and discuss questions
between them (5 minutes)

Ø   Then students will work on the ‘Partner Work’ quadrant of the worksheet, where they
will compare characteristics, both similarities and differences, with each other (5
minutes)

Ø   The student will then write a letter addressed to me introducing this person to me using
their differences and similarities, using comparatives and superlatives, transitions like “In
terms of…”, “In addition to…”, “Not only….but also…”, “In their culture…” etc. (5
minutes)

Ø   A couple of students will share their findings to the class (5 minutes)

1. Form the degrees of comparisons: 2. Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparisons:
1. nice _________ _________
1.high& &………………& ……………….&
2. short _________ _________
2.&………………..& smaller& ……………….&
3. young _________ _________
3.&……………….& ………………& the&largest&
4. new _________ _________
4.&heavy& ……………..& ………………&
5. old _________ _________ 5.&………………& newer& ……………….&
6. careful _________ _________ 6.&……………..& ……………..& the&most&interesting&
7. modern _________ _________ 7.&beautiful& ……………..& ………………&
8. popular _________ _________ 8.&…………….& more&difficult& ………………&
9. dangerous _________ _________ 9.&creative& …………….& ..............&
10.expensive _________ _________ 10.&…………& …………….& the&most&careful&
11.little _________ _________ 11.&&bad& ……………& .............&
12.bad _________ _________ 12.&………….& ……………& &the&most&
13.good _________ _________ 13.&…………..& better% …………….&
14.much/many _________ _________ 14.&little& ……………& ……………..&

3. Choose the correct variant: 4. Fill in the correct form of the word:
1. Mary is ___ than Kate. 1. July is the ___ (hot) month of the year.
a) tall b) taller c) the tallest 2. My bike is the ___ (cheap).
2. Tom is ___ than Bob. 3. This is the ___ (high) tree in this park.
a) short b) shorter c) the shortest 4. Peter is the ___ (good) runner at school.
3. Bill reads ____ than Ben. 5. Mona is the ___ (clever) student in our class.
a) much b) more c) the most 6. This task is the ___ (difficult) in the test.
4. Pam is ___ than Helen. 7. The traffic on this road is the ___ (dangerous).
a) old b) older c) the oldest 8. It is the ___ (heavy) box here.
5. Mona’s dress is ___ than Pam’s dress. 9. My granny is the ___ (old) in our family.
a) cheap b) cheaper c) the cheapest 10. This car is the ___ (expensive) here.
6. Nick is ____ than Mike. 11. Liz is the ___ (fat) girl in our street.
a) fast b) faster c) the fastest 12. This is the ___ (good) translation.
7. Tim is ____ than his brother. 13. It is the ___ (popular) film now.
a) helpful b) more helpful c) the most helpful 14. I think it is the ___ (cold) day today.
8. This text is ___ than that text. 15. It is the ___ (big) size of the dress.
a) difficult b) more difficult c) the most difficult 16. Bob is the ___ (good) student in our class.

5. Partner Work: 6. Correct the mistakes:

1. In height:
My partner _____ is _____ (tall) than me.
2. My partner’s hands are ____ (size) than mine.
3. My partner’s hair is ____ (long) than mine.
4. My partner’s clothes are ____ (dark/light) than
mine.
5. My partner has been studying English for
__years. They have been studying for a ___
(Short or long) time than me.
6. (Use your own!) My partner is __________.
This is different than (or similar to) me because
______.
7. My partner has__ family members. They have a
___ (big/small) family than mine.
8. My partner likes ____ (spicy, sweet, salty)
food. I like ____ (spicy, sweet, salty) food.
1. I have the heavier bag.
2. Tom is best in our group.
3. Helen is thin than Pam.
4. Mona is happiest than Liz.
5. Tony is the oldest than Pete.
6. This apple is the sweeter.
7. Your watch is cheapest than mine.
8. The tree is the older in the street.
9. My house is the most expensive than yours.
10. This animal is most dangerous in the zoo.
11. Sam gets up the earliest than Bill.
12. This building is the modern in this town.
13. February is the colder month of the year.
14. May is the warmest than March.
15. Bill is the fastest than Nick.
16. This test is the more difficult.