A: How was your (day, week, weekend)? B: (-) It wasnt very
good. B: (+) It was great. A: How was the weather? B: (-) It wasnt
very good. It was cold and cloudy. B: (+) It was great. It was warm
and sunny.
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Question 1: A: How was the weather? B: (+) It was great. It was
sunny. Question 2: A: How was the weather? B: (-) It wasnt very
good. It was rainy. * Practice the rest with your partner.
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Temperature A: How was the weather? B: (+/-) It was okay. It
was hot. A: How was the weather? B: (+) It was really good. It was
warm. A: How was the weather? B: (+) It was good. It was cool. A:
How was the weather? B: (+/-) It was okay. It was cold. * Practice
once with your partner.
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A: Whats the weather like today? B: (+) It is great. It is warm
and sunny. A: Whats the weather like in June? B: (+) It is nice. It
is usually warm and sunny. * Practice the rest with your partner. *
Others to practice In the spring In the summer In the fall In the
winter
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cheap cheaper warm warmer young younger slow slower fast faster
tall taller long longer My phone is cheaper than your phone. The
weather is warmer than yesterday. I am younger than Shin Mina. His
car is slower than my new car. He runs faster than Usain Bolt. I am
taller than my students. My class is longer than yours. * Make your
own comparisons with this list.
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100 cloudier hotter better worse more dangerous
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100 Taipei is hotter than Beijing. Beijing is cooler than
Taipei. The weather is worse in Boston than Miami. The weather is
better in Miami than Boston. The brown jacket is cheaper than the
red jacket. The red jacket is more expensive than the brown jacket.
I think Emart is cheaper than my local mart.
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Day 2
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Speaking Activity Comparatives Practice Book Pg. 42
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Grammar: Comparatives Only one syllable Examples: light, neat,
fast Add -er: lighter, neater, faster Two syllables, ending in y
Examples: happy, silly, lonely Change y to i, then add er: happier,
sillier, lonelier Two syllables or more, NOT ending in y Examples:
modern, interesting, beautiful Use MORE/LESS before the adjectiv e:
more modern, more interesting, less beautiful
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Grammar: Comparatives Irregular AdjectiveComparative Form
GoodBetter BadWorse FarFarther LittleLess ManyMore FunMore fun
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Speaking: What should I do? Use the adjecti ve in parenthes es
to compare each item. The second col umn requires yo u to come up
wi th an adjective for each item.
1. more crowded 2. drier 3. more beautiful 4. bigger 5. more
unpredictable 6. smaller
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Practice Book. Pg. 46 Speaking Activity Comparatives Some
examples: An elephant is bigger than a girl. A girl is prettier
than an elephant. The jacket looks smaller than the t-shirt. Pizza
tastes better than coffee.