1. COMPARATIVES
By Lilian Marchesoni

2. The horse is bigger than the pony.
COMPARATIVES
differences between two things, two people, or events
often used with “than”
The horse is bigger than the pony.

3. For most one-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives, add -er
Short adjectives
For most one-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives, add -er
Saddam is taller than Niraji.

4. LONG adjectives
For other adjectives of two or more syllables, use more + adjective
Her nails are more beautiful than mine.

5. LET’S PRACTICE!

15. Other types of comparatives

16. Comparisons with nouns
more / fewer + countable noun
She has more piercings than my sister.

17. Comparisons with nouns
more / less + uncountable noun
He can spend more time under the water than me.

18. Comparisons with VERBS
verbs + more / less + than
His skin stretches more than my skin.

19. INSTRUCTIONS
Review the use of comparatives with adjectives using slides 1 to 5.
Hand-in slips with adjectives to students. They have to work in pairs. Slides 6 to 14 will move automatically after 45 seconds (that’s the time the pairs have to form a comparative sentence using one of the adjectives provided in the slips.) And because of that you don’t have to stand next to the computer to change the slides; you can walk around the class and monitor your students’ production.
Review the use of comparatives with nouns and verbs using slides 16 to 18. Then give your students the dice with sentences to be complete with this type of adjectives.
By Lilian Marchesoni