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- 2. Look at the character adjectives below. Which ones are positive and which ones are negative? Think of a well-known person and use some adjectives to describe his/her character.
- 3. 3 I think life is harder for teenagers now. They have a lot of concerns about school and jobs. I think they are more confident than us, so they don’t have to worry. But teenagers have to be more creative these days. I’m pleased I’m not a teenager today! They are less patient than we were. They want everything and they want it now! We were more helpful about things in the house and tidier – my grandchildren never tidy their rooms. I think we were more sociable than them because we didn’t have smartphones and the internet. Now, they always play with their phones when they meet their friends. They have no conversation! But we are similar in one way. They are as stubborn as we were!
- 4. × Do you agree with these statements? × Do your parents or grandparents say this many times? ‘Life was different when I was young.’ × How? Can you compare your lives with your parents or grandparents’ lives? 4 I think life is harder for teenagers now. They are less patient than we were. We were more helpful about things in the house and tidier. I think we were more sociable than them. They are as stubborn as we were!
- 5. Comparatives How do we make comparatives? We have to look at how many syllables the adjective has. 5 One-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form hard harder than… loud louder than… old older than…
- 6. 6 One-Syllable Adjective with Final -e Comparative Form large larger than… wise wiser than… Comparatives
- 7. 7 Comparatives One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Vowel + Single Consonant Comparative Form big bigger than… thin thinner than… fat fatter than…
- 8. 8 One-Syllable Adjective Ending with -y Comparative Form happy happier than lazy lazier than tidy tidier than Comparatives
- 9. 9 Adjective with Three or More Syllables Comparative Form confident more confident than sociable more sociable than Comparatives
- 10. 10 Comparatives Irregular Adjectives Comparative Form good better bad worse far farther / further little less
- 11. 11 as...as / (not) as…as Born March 28, 1986 Born 2 May 1975 Teenagers are as stubborn as the elderly. Lady Gaga isn’t as old as David Beckham = David Beckham is older. The carrot isn’t as long as the hot dog = The hot dog is longer.
- 12. 12 Less Less is the opposite of more. We can use less with adjectives with two or more syllables. Teenagers are less patient than we were. = We were more patient than today’s teenagers.
- 13. 13 Diana's best friend is Naomi. She's the happiest person Dom knows. Her husband , Eric, is the most boring man Dom's ever met and Charlie thinks he's got the worst haircut ever. Dom's richest relative is his aunt, Harriet. She's also got the biggest house. The owner of the most popular bar in town is Rupert. Patrick is Dom's least favourite relative. He's 90 next birthday and his wife is only 76!
- 14. Superlatives 14 How do we make comparatives? We have to look at how many syllables the adjective has. One-Syllable Adjective Superlative Form rich the richest happy the happiest big the biggest
- 15. Superlatives 15 One-Syllable Adjective with Final -e Superlative Form large the largest wise the wisest
- 16. Superlatives 16 One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Vowel + Single Consonant Superlative Form big the biggest thin the thinnest fat the fattest
- 17. Superlatives 17 One-Syllable Adjective Ending with -y Superlative Form happy the happiest angry the angriest busy the busiest
- 18. Superlatives 18 Adjective with Three or More Syllables Superlative Form popular the most popular important the most important
- 19. Superlatives 19 Irregular Adjectives Superlative Form good the best bad the worst far the farthest / the furthest little the least
- 21. 21 A cross-section of the Queen Mary 2 compared to the Titanic and to the Airbus A 380, currently the largest passenger plane with a capacity of up to 850 people. Which is... Large? Larger? Largest?
- 22. 22 Microsoft introduced world’s thinnest phone - only 5.9mm The Dell Adamo XPS is the world's thinnest laptop which is just under one centimetre thin. This is world’s thinnest car, is Tango, 102 inches long and only 39 inches wide. Which is... Thin? Thinner? Thinnest?
- 25. 25 eBooks Post-it Notes Metaverse Computer Mouse World Wide Web Personal Computer Google Which of these do you think is the most modern? Put them in order Which do you think is the most important?
- 26. 26 Computer Mouse 1968 eBooks 1971 Post-it Notes 1974 Personal Computer 1976 World Wide Web 1991 Google 1998 Metaverse 2018 Which of these do you think is the most modern? Put them in order. Which do you think is the most important?
- 27. 27 Which of these things is the most expensive? How much do you think each item costs? Put them in order of price.
- 28. Work in pairs, answer the questions. 28
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