Sports Chapter 10

Word families Teach/ teacher/ teachable Win/ winners/ winning

My hometown and my college town have several things in common. First, my hometown, Gridlock, is a small town. It has a population of only about 10,000 people. Located in a rural area, Gridlock is surrounded by many acres of farmland which are devoted mainly to growing corn and soybeans. Gridlock also contains a college campus, Neutron College, which is famous for its Agricultural Economics program as well as for its annual Corn-Watching Festival. As for my college town, Subnormal, it too is small, having a population of about 11,000 local residents, which swells to 15,000 people when students from the nearby college are attending classes. Like Gridlock, Subnormal lies in the center of farmland which is used to raise hogs and cattle. Finally, Subnormal is similar to Gridlock in that it also boasts a beautiful college campus, called Quark College. This college is well known for its Agricultural Engineering department and also for its yearly Hog-Calling Contest.

My hometown and my college town have several things in common. First, both are small rural communities. For example, my hometown, Gridlock, has a population of only about 10,000 people. Similarly, my college town, Subnormal, consists of about 11,000 local residents. This population swells to 15,000 people when the college students are attending classes. A second way in which these two towns are similar is that they are both located in rural areas. Gridlock is surrounded by many acres of farmland which is devoted mainly to growing corn and soybeans. In the same way, Subnormal lies in the center of farmland which is used to raise hogs and cattle....

Venn diagrams

Creating a comparison table comparisonSport 1Sport 2 Pace of game Number of players location

COMPARATIVES

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES One-syllable adjectives add –er for the comparative small nice big warm hot smaller nicer bigger warmer Hotter * We use more before words ending in –ed, e.g. bored > more bored

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES We use more with two-syllable adjectives not ending in – y, and with longer ones. careful boring famous exciting reliable more careful more boring more famous more exciting more reliable

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Two-syllable adjectives ending in consonant + y lose y and add –ier and -iest busy happy dirty busier happier dirtier Some two-syllable adjectives not ending in “- y” also add -er / -est; e.g. narrow, clever, gentle, quiet, simple.

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Spelling rules for the –er/-est endings Adjectives ending in –e add –r e.g. finer, larger Adjectives ending in consonant + y lose y and add –ier e.g. lovelier, prettier Adjectives ending in a single vowel + single consonant double the consonant, e.g. fitter, sadder, thinner

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS Some adverbs have the same form as an adjective. They add –er e.g. earlier, harder, Many adverbs are an adjective + ly. They form the comparative with more e.g. more easily, more slowly

IRREGULAR FORMS Some adjectives / adverbs have irregular forms: good/well bad/badly far better worse farther further