This document introduces how to make comparisons between cities using adjectives in English. It provides a chart showing how to form comparatives for short adjectives by adding "-er" and for long adjectives by using "more" or "less". Examples are given such as "London is older than New York" and "São Paulo is more interesting than Montevideo". Students are assigned homework to write two comparative sentences about themselves.

1. Cities
SD 2 – 1st term

2. Topic: Comparing cities around the world – part I
- How can you make comparatives of short adjectives?
- How can you make comparatives of long adjectives?

3. • Let’s take a look at the following sentences:
- Is London older than New York?
- Is London more interesting than New York?

4. • Could you understand their meanings? They are
comparing two cities.
• Today we are going to study how to compare
things in English. Let’s take a look at the
following chart to understand how it works.

5. SHORT ADJECTIVES
(1 or 2 syllables)
LONG ADJECTIVES
(2 or more syllables)
Adjective + ER + than MORE / LESS + Adjective + than
London is older than NYC.
São Paulo is bigger than London.
London is more beautiful than NYC.
São Paulo is more interesting than
Montevideo.

6. • In some cases, we add ER to adjectives with 2
syllables. In other cases, we use more / less.
Let’s see some examples.
ER MORE / LESS
Nice
Noble
Happy
Narrow
Useful
Common
Bored
Boring

7. • Now let’s practice.
• American Think p. 86 / GRAMMAR, exercise 2

8. • HW: create two comparative sentences about
you. You can compare yourself with a friend or a
member of your family.
• Next class: Bring the Grammar Book.