1. Comparative and Superlative
冀教版　八年级下册
Grammar----
Comparative and Superlative

2. Good luck to you!

3. Think about it:
Danny stood on one foot because he wanted to set a new world record.
Do you know if he made it?
Why or why not?
No, he didn’t.
Because he thought the gathering is more important than a world record.

4. 1.Danny says that supper is more important than a world record.
Underline the comparative and superlative adjective and adverbs (Page 89 Ex.2 )
1.Danny says that supper is more important than a world record.
2. Mine flew farther than Jenny’s airplane, but Brian’s flew the farthest.
3. My friend Sandra won the record for the largest book.
4. The ancient Greeks wants to have the best athletes compete against each other.
5. Fewer countries take part in the Winter Olympics than in the Summer Olympics.

5. 1.Danny says that supper is more important than a world record.
Underline the comparative and superlative adjective and adverbs (Page 89 Ex.2 )
1.Danny says that supper is more important than a world record.
2. Mine flew farther than Jenny’s airplane, but Brian’s flew the farthest.
3. My friend Sandra won the record for the largest book.
4. The ancient Greeks wants to have the best athletes compete against each other.
5. Fewer countries take part in the Winter Olympics than in the Summer Olympics.

6. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs
What do you know about the grammar?
Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives and Adverbs

7. Sit-ups Look at the table and make sentences. Jump Rope Long Jump
Push-ups
Jump over the Dinosaur
Jenny
1.87m
Lisa
1.97m
Kim
Lisa jumped farther than Jenny in the long jump.

8. Sit-ups Look at the table and make sentences. Jump Rope Long Jump
Push-ups
Jump over the Dinosaur
Jenny
1.87m
Lisa
1.97m
Kim
2.01m
(winner)
Lisa jumped farther than Jenny in the long jump.
Kim jumped the farthest in the long jump.

9. Sit-ups Look at the table and make more sentences Jump Rope Long Jump
Push-ups
Jump over the Dinosaur
Jenny
1.87m
40/min
25 seconds
Sandra
180/min
(winner)
45/min
28 seconds
Lisa
1.97m
39/min
Kim
169/min
2.01m
30seconds
Danny
135/min
42/min
23seconds
Brian
155/min
46/min
40 seconds

10. Let's have a quiz!
--It’s one of the _____ things in the world to stay with friends.
--I agree. It always makes us relaxed.
A worse B happiest C busiest D hardest
2.—What do you think of math and physics?
--I think physics is _____ than math.
A difficult B more difficult C the most difficult
3. I am good at math, but his English is ____ than mine.
A much better B more better C very better D pretty better
4. Of all the subjects, English is _____ for me.
A interesting B more interesting
C the most interesting D much more interesting
5.---Who can run _____ of all in the sports meeting?
---Hector did, I think.
A fast B faster C the fastest D more fast √ √ √ √ √

11. Let's have a quiz! highest fastest good more important
(Students Book Page 91. Let’s Do It No. 3)
Not every famous athlete is the one who goes the ______ (fast) or the _______ (high). Sometimes people win in other ways. In 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, Canadian rower Silken Laumann came third in a race. But some people thought her bronze medal was as ______(good) as the gold medal. Just before the Olympic race, she was seriously injured. But she didn’t want to miss the Olympics, so she practiced as soon as she got out of the hospital. Taking part in the Olympics was _______________ than winning for her.
highest
fastest
good
more important

12. Play a game---write, draw and guess
Divide the class into two teams.
Each team needs ten blanks. One each card, the teams write a sentence using comparative or superlative or adverbs.( For example: This tree is bigger than the other one. This pencil is the longest.)
The two teams trade their cards. One by one, the team members draws picture on the blackboard to represent their sentences. The teammates try to guess what the sentence says.
The team that gets the most correct answers wins. ※ ※ ※

13. Test