Welcome | The best pet (10-12)|Elementary

Find common and different things in the pictures

Найди схожие и различные вещи на картинке

Match the words with the pictures

Describe the pet

Опиши питомца

Example: The fox in the picture 1 is lazy.

Play the game. Find the words from the grid

Сыграй в игру. Найди слова в сетке

Listen to the audio and answer the question

Listen to the audio again and put the adjectives into two columns

Read the rules

Superlative Form of Adjectives (The Oldest, The Most Expensive)

• Box A is bigger than Box B.
• Box A is bigger than all the other boxes.
• Box A is the biggest box.

• The Europa Hotel is more expensive than the Grand.
• The Europa Hotel is more expensive than all the other hotels in the city.
• The Europa Hotel is the most expensive hotel in the city.

• Bigger / older / more expensive etc. are comparative forms.
• Biggest / oldest / most expensive etc. are superlative forms.

The comparative form

Comparative Form of Adjectives «Old or older», «Expensive or More Expensive»

older/heavier etc.

Short words (1 syllable) → -er:

• old → older slow → slower cheap → cheaper
• nice → nicer late → later big → bigger

Spelling:

• big → bigger hot → hotter thin → thinner

Words ending in -y → -ier:

• easy → easier heavy → heavier early → earlier

🔹Rome is old, but Athens is older. (not more old)

🔹Is it cheaper to go by car or by train? (not more cheap)

🔹Helen wants a bigger car.

🔹This coat is OK, but I think the other one is nicer.

🔹Don’t take the bus. It’s easier to take a taxi. (not more easy)

far → further:

🔹»How far is it to the station? A mile?» «No, it’s further. About two miles.»

Comparative Form of Adjectives «Old or older», «Expensive or More Expensive»

more …

Long words (2/3/4 syllables) → more…:

• careful → more careful polite → more polite
• expensive → more expensive interesting → more interesting

🔹You must be more careful.

🔹I don’t like my job. I want to do something more interesting.

🔹Is it more expensive to go by car or by train?

Comparative Form of Adjectives «Old or older», «Expensive or More Expensive»

• good/well → better | bad → worse

🔹The weather wasn’t very good yesterday, but it’s better today.

🔹»Do you feel better today?» «No, I feel worse.»

🔹Which is worse — a headache or a toothache?

The superlative form

Superlative Form of Adjectives (The Oldest, The Most Expensive)

The superlative form is -est (oldest) or most … (most expensive).

Superlative Form of Adjectives (The Oldest, The Most Expensive)

We say the oldest … / the most expensive … etc. (with the):

🔹The church is very old. It’s the oldest building in the town. (= it is older than all the other buildings)

🔹What is the longest river in the world?

🔹Money is important, but it isn’t the most important thing in life.

🔹Excuse me, where is the nearest bank?

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

Compare the animals using the words below

Example: Cats are playful. Dogs are more playful than cats. But foxes are the most playful.

1. playful — more playful — the most playful

2. intelligent — more intelligent — the most intelligent

3. lazy — lazier — the laziest

Choose the correct option

Выбери правильный вариант

New words

Новые слова

Tick the things you have learnt today

Отметь, что ты теперь умеешь

Let’s read the information about levels of English

Давай прочитаем информацию про уровни английского языка

The international language assessment system consists of 7 levels: