Wednesday, May 4, 2016 ESL Level 3 Week 11

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Agenda Unit 20 review Star Wars Day Listening Exercise Vocabulary Unit 21

Vocabulary Financial ( )translation having to do with moneyI needed financial help when I was going to college. Multicultural ( )translation several cultures in a societyMount Sac has a multicultural group of students. Feature ( )translation a part or aspect of something;A feature of the iPhone is that characteristicyou can see people who you are talking to.

Public ( )translation something that is done in the openThere are public restrooms near the train station. Dynamic ( )translation always active or changing Mount Sac has a dynamic ESL program.

Vocabulary practice What is an important financial center in your country? What is a multicultural city in your country or in the world? What is an important feature of the town where you live? What is a large public building in your hometown? What is a reason why your city is dynamic/ not dynamic?

Reading pp. 296

Vocabulary Exercises Pp. 29

Note 1 Toronto is the largest city in Canada. Is Toronto a large city? What is Toronto being compared with in the example? Are other Canadian cities larger than Toronto? In this case, Toronto is being compared with other cities in Canada. Superlatives compare one person, place, or thing with other people, places, or things in a group. It should not be used to compare two things. Toronto is larger than Montreal. Toronto is the largest city in Canada.

Superlatives of short adjectives In Toronto you can visit one of the tallest towers in the world. Toronto is the biggest city in Canada. Toronto is one of the easiest cities to get around. What are the superlative adjectives? How do you form superlatives? The + adjective + est What spelling change is there in biggest? What spelling change is there for easiest?

Superlatives of long adjectives Toronto is one of the most exciting cities in the world. It is the least dangerous city on the continent. How do you form the superlative of long adjectives such as exciting and dangerous. The most or the least + adjectives. Toronto has the second best public transportation system in North America. Irregular Adj. ComparativeSuperlative Good better best

Note 2 Short adjectives that use –est One syllable adjectives: cheap- the cheapest Two syllable adjectives ending in –y: easy- the easiest Spelling changes Adjectives ending in –e: only add –est (large- the largest) Adjectives ending in –y: change y to i (funny- the funniest) Adjectives ending in consonant + vowel + consonant: double final consonant (hot- the hottest)

Note 2 Irregular superlative forms: Little – the least Far- the farthest / furthest Long adjective that use the most / the least Peaceful- the most/ least peaceful Multicultural- the most/ least multicultural Adjectives that can use either –est or the most Lovely-loveliest, the most lovely Cruel- the cruelest, the most cruel

Note 3 It’s the safest city in the country. It’s one of the safest cities. It’s the safest city I’ve ever been to. It’s the second safest city.

Exercise 2, 3, 5, Exercise 7