Week 9 - Comparisons & Homework C

Homework #3 (online workbook Unit 3) is due today. Did you finish it?

Comparisons with adjectives

The dog is fast.

 

The deer is faster.

Making Comparisons with Adjectives

The man is young. The boy is younger. The boy is younger than the man.

The turtle is slow. The snail is slower. The snail is slower than the turtle.

• The hamsters are cute. The bunnies are cuter. The bunnies are cuter than the hamsters.  [Be careful of 'be' verbs; 'is' vs 'are'.]
• This comedy is funny. That comedy is funnier. This comedy is funnier than that comedy.
• My clothes are expensive. Her clothes are more expensive. Her clothes are more expensive than my clothes.  [Be careful of 'be' verbs; 'is' vs 'are'.]

Rules for making comparisons with adjectives:
1. Add “er”  sweet:   Bananas are sweet, but peaches are sweeter.
small, tall, narrow, dry, slow, fast, high, low, warm, cool, cold, loud
* hot: hotter, fat : fatter, wet : wetter, big : bigger, sad : sadder, thin : thinner
* strange : stranger; loose : looser; wide : wider; safe : safer; wise : wiser

2.  Change "y" to “ier”   pretty:   This picture is prettier.
happy, heavy, hungry, early, easy, cloudy, busy, funny, lonely, healthy, ugly

3.  Add “more”   expensive:   Your sweater is more expensive than mine.
delicious, energetic, dangerous, normal, interesting, boring, special, right, wrong, terrible, foolish, square, stupid

Also ...
good < better
bad < worse
far < farther
fun < more fun

Online comparisons exercises:
Comparisons 1
Comparisons 2 (type the words)

In class ... (Kevin will give you a handout.)

Comparisons Exercise 1

Comparisons Exercise 2

Adding 'than'

Which cat is cuter?                                       This dog is happier than that dog.

Comparisons Slideshow

Online comparisons exercise with 'than':

Comparisons 3

Comparison Dominoes game with a partner. 🁽

If you have time, try this online audio activity.

If you have more time, try this adjective opposites activity.

Homework C is below! Do it before the June 15 class.

Homework C - Comparisons  Per 3 // Per 4
Due next week (June 15 before class).

Homework - due June 15!

To Do List
1) Homework C - Comparisons form (follow the green arrow!)
2) Read a book on Xreading and take the quiz! (If you have already read two or more, you don't have to do this. You can see current scores below.)

Quiz #1 Scores (B & C Groups)
10 pts = 3 people
9 pts = 8 people 
8 pts = 13 people 
7 pts = 10 people 
6 pts = 5 people 
5 pts = 3 people  
4 pts = 2 people 
3 pts = 1 person 
2 pts = 0 people 
1 pt = 0 people
0 pts = 9 people
absent = 7 people

Xreading Scores on June 8 (there is still time to get points; until July 20)

Talk to Kevin if you're having trouble with quizzes.