LITERACY. ACTIVITES FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF QUARENTINE

            ACTIVIDADES PARA EL PERIODO DE CUARENTENA

Hellooo, how are you all? I hope you and your families are all ok. This week we are going to work on the comparative adjectives. You saw some videos last Friday. You can copy the theory and do the exercises on your notebook(don’t need to print anything) on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday do the exercises online. Remember that this temporalization is only a guide!!.

Esta semana vamos a trabajar los comparative adjectives. Por ejemplo, podéis copiar la teoría y hacer los ejercicios en vuestro cuaderno(no necesitáis imprimir nada) entre Lunes y Martes, y el Miércoles y Jueves podéis hacer los ejercicios online. Recordar que la temporalización de las actividades simplemente sirve de guía, realizar las actividades a vuestro ritmo y con tranquilidad. Para cualquier tipo de dudas podéis mandarme un mail a literacyoctavus@outlook.es.

MONDAY 23th of MARCH.

Copy on your notebook

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES.

Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern:

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object)

FORMING REGULAR COMPARATIVES.

Forming comparatives is easy. The form depends on the number of syllables in the original adjective.

ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES

Add -er for the comparative. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be doubled before adding the ending (for example, big-bigger, sad-sadder).

ADJECTIVE                  COMPARATIVE

tall                                     taller

fat                                      fatter

Examples:

John is 1m80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller than John.

America is big. But Russia is bigger.

TWO SYLLABLES

Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by preceeding the adjective with more.

Adjective	Comparative
happy	happier		simpler
busy	busier

Example

John is happier than peter.

English is easier than Spanish.

THREE OR MORE SYLLABLES

Adjectives with three or more syllables form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective.

Adjective       Comparative

important        more important    

expensive       more expensive

Example

Dogs are more beautiful than rats.

EXCEPTIONS

The following adjectives have irregular forms

good       ---------- better

well(healthy)  ---- better

bad    -------------- worse

far     --------------  farther/further

TUESDAY  24^th of MARCH.

Finish copying the theory and complete the following exercises.

Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary words.

The train is  ______________    than the bus. (fast)

The cows on the farm were______________ tan the sheep.(loud)

Snakes are ............................. (fast) snails.

London is ............................ (big) Madrid.

Snails are ........................... (slow) snakes.

My literature book is ..................................   (difficult) my English book.

Lord of the Rings is ...................................   (interesting) Mission Impossible.

Write the comparative form.

1. big ..........                   2. happy ..........             3. expensive ..........    

4. intelligent ..........         5. boring ..........           6. good ..........

7. easy ..........               8. great ..........              9. interesting ..........          

10. bad ..........

 WEDNESDAY  25^th of MARCH

You will find lots of exercises to practice the use of the comparatives on the following  link. You don’t have to do them all today!!!!!!!

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/comparative-adjectives-exercises.html

THURSDAY 26^th of MARCH

Continue doing excersises online

FRIDAY 27^th of MARCH

Check these videos about the superlative!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLwiZBVoyA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpzrmoW_gwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxEMZTu6JYM

STAY IN, STAY SAFE AND TAKE IT EASY!!!!!!

MARCO