Week 2 Lesson 2 Fall 2014 Icebreaker Favorite things to do at SIAS Find at least 4 students whose favorite activity is different from yours Review amp CheckUp Homework Interview classmate about likes ID: 401808
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First Days at University
Week 2, Lesson 2, Fall
2014Slide2
Icebreaker
Favorite things to do at SIAS
Find at least 4 students whose favorite activity is different from yours.Slide3
Review & Check-Up
Homework
Interview
classmate about likes,
dislikes,indifference
.
Review
Pronunciation:
Vowels & consonants, vowel chart
Function: Likes
, dislikes, indifferenceSlide4
Idiom: you name it
(informal) whatever you can think of (used to express the extent or variety of something); whatever is out there that fits the topic – it includes everything
.
I like to travel by train, car, plane, ship … you name it.
I like to eat all sorts of fruit: apples, pears, banana, pineapple, strawberry, … you name it, I’ll eat it!
In the winter I like to go skiing, ice skating, sledding, you name it. I love the winter!
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Pronunciation:
The MouthSlide6
Pronunciation: Vowel chartSlide7
Pronunciation: Vowel chartSlide8
Front Vowels
/
i
/
- tea, meet, heed, bead, neat
/
ɪ
/ - sit, if, hid, bid, bit
/e/ | /
eɪ
/
- day, wait, made, eight
/
ε
/ - yes, well, pet, bed, fell, head
/
æ
/ - hat, man, bad, black, hadSlide9
Practice
t
hree
hill
age
bean
hand
ship
pen
back
bell
miss
taste
rest
meal
bank
pain
Where
on
the vowel chart do the following words fit?Slide10
Comparatives & Superlatives
Comparative
T
o
show the difference between two things.
Example: Beijing
is more exciting than Zhengzhou.
Superlative
W
hen
speaking about three or more things to show which is ‘the most’ of something.
Example: Beijing
is the most exciting city in China.
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Comparatives
Rules
Examples
One syllable adjectives
Add ‘
er
’ to end of the
adjective
Double the final consonant if there is a vowel right before
it
Remove the y from the adjective and add ‘
ier
’
cheap – cheaper
hot – hotter
happy
–
happier
‘Than’
Use ‘
than
’ to compare
two
objects
Yesterday was hotter
than
today.
This book is cheaper
than
that book.
Two syllable adjectives ending in ‘y’
Change the y to an “
i
”
(one syllable example: shy – shyer, the
shyest)
I am happier than you.
That joke was funnier than his joke.
Two, three, or more syllable adjectives
Place
more
before the adj.
This hat is
more
expensive than that hat.
This test is
more
difficult
than
the last test
.Slide12
Superlatives
Rules
Examples
One syllable adjectives
Place ‘the’ before the adj. and add ‘est’.
Double the final consonant if there is a vowel right in front of it.
Ending in
y
hot – the hottest
cheap – the cheapest
high – the highest
Happy – the happiest
Two, three, or more syllable adjectives
Place ‘the most’ before the adjective
the most difficult
the most expensive
Exceptions
Good, better, best
Bad worse, the worst
Little, less, least little littler littlest
Many, more, the most
Much, more, the most
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Exercise 1
Read
the sentences
below. Give
the comparative form for each of the adjectives listed.
Tennis is a more difficult sport than Rugby.
I think John is happier now than a year ago.
Could you open the window, please? It's getting hotter in this room by the minute.
interesting ___________
weak ___________
funny ___________
important ___________
careful ___________
big ___________
small ___________
polluted ___________
boring ___________
angry ___________ Slide14
Exercise 2
Read
the sentences
below. Give
the superlative form for each of the adjectives listed.
New York has got to be the most exciting city in the world.
His biggest desire is to return home.
She is probably the angriest person I know.
interesting ___________
weak ___________
funny ___________
important ___________
careful ___________
big ___________
small ___________
polluted ___________
boring ___________
angry ___________ Slide15
Exercise 3
Choose
one of the topics below and think of three examples from that
topic.
Example
:
Sports
- football, basketball and surfing. Compare the three objects.
Cities
Sports
Classes
Movies
Inventions
Food Slide16
Group Activity:
Compare
your
univer-sity
life to life in high school
Assign
timekeeper, taskmaster, writer, presenter.
In each group,
compare how university life is different from high school.
Use
the
function to
come up with at least 5 comparisons.
Time: 10 min.
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