2. Objectives: learning about geographical features practicing factual
description & comparison, practicing intonation for expressing surprise
Vocabulary: geographical features,
measurements
1
Reading: an article about record-breaking
geographical features ( cloze text) Skills:
predicting/ scanning reading for detailed
comprehension
2
Speaking: an oral summary of the text
from memory
3
Grammar: comparative &superlatives
Listening: repetition of set phrases to
express surprise
4
3. Read the fill the missing words. Listen & check, explain the
words in bold
Smallest continent
Australia is the smallest continent 0) in the world but one of the largest countries on
Earth. It covers an area of 7,614,500km2 and lies between the Pacific 1) …..Indian
Oceans
Largest Island’
Greenland lies 2)…..North Atlantic Ocean and is the world’s largest island. It has an
area of around 2,175,600km
Highest mountain
Mount Everest or “Goddess Mother of the World” is the highest mountain in the
world. It 3)…actually 8,850 m high and is in Tibet. It was named after Sir George
Everest, 4)….British surveyor
Largest ocean
The largest ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean 5)….has a total area of
165,250,000km and an average depth of 4,280m
Longest ocean
There is some disagreement about which river is 6) …. Longest-the Amazon or the
Nile- as it is hard to know where each river begins and where each ends. At
7)….longest points, the Amazon is about 6400 km and the Nile is 6650km
Deepest lake
lake Baikal 8) ….Russia is the world’s deepest lake. It is 1741 m deep and holds
about one-fifth of the world’s fresh water supply
6. Comparative & superlative of adjective
The comparative form of an adjective is used for
comparing two people or things (e.g. he is taller than
me), while the superlative is used for comparing one
person or thing with every other member of their group
(e.g. he was the tallest boy in the class).
Adjectives make their comparative and superlative forms
in different ways, depending on the base adjective itself.
Here’s a quick-reference guide to the spelling of
comparative and superlative adjectives:
7. One-syllable adjectives.
Form the comparative and superlative forms of a one-syllable adjective by adding –er for the
comparative form and –est for the superlative.
One-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
tall taller tallest
old older oldest
long longer longest
Two-syllable adjectives.
With most two-syllable adjectives, you form the comparative with more and
the superlative with most.
8. Two-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
peaceful more peaceful most peaceful
pleasant more pleasant most pleasant
careful more careful most careful
thoughtful more thoughtful most thoughtful
If the two-syllable adjectives ends with –y, change the y to i and add –er for
the comparative form. For the superlative form change the y to i and add –
est.
Two-Syllable Adjective
Ending with -y
Comparative Form Superlative Form
happy happier happiest
angry angrier angriest
busy busier busiest
9. Irregular adjectives
Irregular Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
good better best
bad worse worst
far farther farthest
little less least
many more most
If the one-syllable adjective ends with a single consonant with a vowel before it,
double the consonant and add –er for the comparative form; and double the
consonant and add –est for the superlative form.
One-Syllable Adjective
Ending with a Single
Consonant with a Single
Vowel before It
Comparative Form Superlative Form
big bigger biggest
thin thinner thinnest
fat fatter fattest
