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CAIUNIT 10: level 2

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES When you compare between two entities (people, things or situations.) You are going to work with adjectives

Let’s brainstorm some adjectives

tall small

bigbeautiful

large high

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES To form the comparative form you add –er to the adjective. Example: tall – taller = mas alto Big – bigger Handsome – more handsome Small – smaller High – higher Bad – worse Good - better

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES’ LIST Visit this link and you’ll find a quite complete list of adjectives and their comparative form. http://www.easypacelearning.com/all-lessons/grammar/1436-comparative-superlative-adjectives-list-from-a-to-z

TOPIC: RULES TO FORM THE COMPARATIVE The next list is available at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/grammar/partsofspeech/adjectives/comparatives.shtml

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES’ PRONUNCIATION Visit the next link and listen to this lost of comparatives. http://www.curso-ingles.com/recursos/cheat-sheets/adjectives/list-of-comparatives-and-superlatives

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES

TASK: you are going to compare two electronical devices you have. For example, a tablet and a smartphone. Next, you will write sentences using the comparative form.

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES’ SENTENCES

My laptop is faster than my desktop.

My smartphone is slimmer than my laptop.

My smartphone is lighter than my tablet.

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES - PARAGRAPHElectronical devices make our life better. I think that device x than device y because sentence using comparative. Supporting idea 1. Also, Supporting idea 2. Finally, device x is the winner because sentence using comparative.

Catching sentence

Set your point

Defend your pointTwo reasons from your

point.Conclusion

Paraphrase your point

TOPIC: COMPARATIVES - PARAGRAPHElectronical devices make our life better. I think that smartphone is better than tablet because smartphone is slimmer than tablet. A slim smartphone can measure 3mm. Also, a slim smartphone is easy to carry everywhere. Finally, a smartphone is the winner because it is cheaper than a tablet.