8A 望亭中学 王林方

Unit 1 Friends Grammar Step 3 Compare things Step 1 Review Step 2 Grammar A Step 4 Grammar B Step 5 Comparatives and Superlatives ：Step 5 Comparatives and Superlatives ： Step 6 Groupwork Step 7 Homework

Step 1 Review  Free talk Who is your best friend? What makes him/her so special?

Do you know how to describe someone or something with adjectives? Describing things with adjectives Step 2 Grammar A

3 A lazy cat is sleeping on the chair. The cat _____ _____. 1 The girl is lovely. She is a ______ ____. lovelygirl 2 She has short hair. Her hair ____ ______. isshort islazy

Rule out ： We can put an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb. She is a lovely girl. She has short hair. A lazy cat is sleeping on the chair. The girl is lovely. Her hair is short. The cat is lazy. Rule out

We can use adjectives after these linking verbs. be become feel get grow keep look seem smell sound taste turn Rule out nice great tired green healthy sad happy strong angry … Please make sentences using these linking verbs with adjectives. e.g. I feel tired today. It sounds great.

Rewrite the following sentences. 1 He is a strong man. =The man ____ ______. 2 Tom’s hair is long. =Tom has _____ _____. 3 He has small eyes. =His eyes _____ _____. 4 This book is interesting. = This is an __________ ______. isstrong longhair aresmall interesting book Practice

Step 3 Compare things The boy is as tall as the girl. The girl is tall, too. The boy is tall.

Compare things Kate is taller than Lily. KateLily Lily is shorter than Kate. Lily is not so tall as Kate.

Do you know how to compare things? Comparatives and Superlatives adjectives Step 4 Grammar B

When we compare 2 things, there are 2 results: 1. The same in some ways 2. Different KateLily The boy is as tall as the girl. Kate is taller than Lily. Lily is shorter than Kate. Lily is not so tall as Kate.

We use adjectives to compare 2 people/things if the 2 people/things are the same in some ways. Rule out The boy is __ _____ __ the girl. A + linking verb + as + adjective + as + B. as happy as

We use negative sentences and comparatives to compare two people/things if the 2 people/things are different. Rule out ￥ ￥ The white bag is ____ ________ ____ the green one. The green bag is _______ ____ the white one. A + linking verb + not so + adjective + as + B. A + linking verb + adj.( 比较级 ) + than + B. The green bag is ___ __ ________ __the white one. more expensive than cheaper than not so expensive as

Compare things Kate LilyAnn Kate is the tallest girl of the three. Ann is the shortest girl of the three.

We use superlatives to compare three or more people/things. Rule out ￥ ￥ ￥ The purple bag is __________________ one of all the bags. The green bag is ____________ one of all the bags. the cheapest the most expensive A + linking verb + the +adj.( 最高级 )+ of / in….

Rule out A + linking verb + as + adjective + as + B. A + linking verb + not so + adjective + as + B. A + linking verb + adj.( 比较级 ) + than + B. A + linking verb + the +adj.( 最高级 )+ of / in….

Regular adjectives ( 规则形容词 ) Irregular adjectives/ Special adjectives （不规则形容词） 多音节词 (long adjectives) 双音节词 单音节词 (short adjectives) ﹛ Step 5 Comparatives and Superlatives ：

beautiful- more beautiful- most beautiful most +more +long adjectives slim- slimmer- slimmest double the consonant +est double the consonant +er short adjectives ending in a vowel + a consonant early- earlier- earliest -y+iest-y+ier short adjectives ending in a consonant + y fine- finer- finest +st+r short adjectives ending in e fast- faster- fastest +est+er most short adjectives examplessuperlativecomparativeadjective

superlativecomparative farthest furthest farther further far leastlesslittle mostmoremany/much worstworsebad/ill bestbettergood/well adjective Special adjectives: oldest eldest older elder old

adjectivecomparativesuperlative funny happy interesting large smart thin Complete the table below. funnierfunniest happierhappiest more interestingmost interesting largerlargest smartersmartest thinnerthinnest Practice

adjectivecomparativesuperlative red closer most polite more generous best famous worst redderreddest politemore polite generous good/wellbetter more famousmost famous bad/ill worse most generous close closest Fill in the form:

Practice Lily’s cake is big. Han Mei’s cake is ______ than Lily’s. Jim’s cake is the _______ of all. Li Lei’s box is heavy. Han Mei’s box is ______than Li Lei’s. Jim’s box is the _______ of all. bigger biggest heavierheaviest

Today, we are going to choose a new monitor. There are 4 students: Huang Fengguang, Tan Jianzhe, Wang Yifei and Cai Zhengting. Who will you vote for? Why? (smart, musical, handsome, tall, good- looking, polite, helpful …) Step 6 Groupwork

Step 7 Homework  Finish the exercises on P14.  Preview the next part.  Write down the short article.