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- 1. LOGO A world ofwonders PowerPoint
- 2. Objectives: learning aboutgeographical 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 fillthe 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
- 4. Look the pictureand make a sentence
- 6. Comparative & superlativeof 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 thecomparative 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 ComparativeForm 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 AdjectiveComparative 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
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