Welcome to the course This course lasts 48 Hours We finish it on May the 27th Test: On May 25th & 26th
Topics to be studied
Comparatives & Superlatives Zero, First Conditional Present Perfect
1st & 2nd Session
Dictation https://soundcloud.com/federico-bueno-637908942/dictation-1 The politician seems confused. Sales are really low now. Being worried won’t allow you to concentrate. That fragrance smells classy. The milk turned sour. For me, Tetris never got old. As the night grew dark, the rain started. Last week’s cake, tasted glorious. You can meet interesting people anywhere. The boss immediately fires any careless employee. Inter-galactic travels might take place before we expect them. Their excuses sounded silly to me.
Adjectives Let’s find the opposite of these adjectives Opposite
full hot happy hardworking modern new nice intelligent interesting light polite foreing adventurous Athletic/Strong
empty cold sad/unhappy lazy traditional old nasty
poor quiet right safe short small soft Stupid/Fool/dumb single boring true heavy well rude/impolite white Native / local constant unadventurous magical weak momentary
Opposite
rich noisy wrong dangerous long big hard married false ill/unwell black occasional normal permanent
Opposite
alive beautiful big bitter cheap clean curly difficult good early fat careless selfish lifelike
dead ugly small sweet expensive dirty straight easy bad late Thin/Slim careful generous Unreal
Let’s describe these pictures
She’s holding a green apple. She’s looking at a green apple. She wants to eat that green apple.
They’re carrying 3 heavy boxes. They’re carrying 3 light boxes. They’re carrying 3 heavy brown cardboard boxes.
Definitely, I needed to get them
They bought a pair of new shoes. He put on a pair of new shoes. He tried on a pair of beautiful big oval new brown Chinese leather shoes.
Frank
Frank exchanged his old car for a new one.
Order of adjectives:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/adjective-order
She’s feeling cold. She is cold. She’s wearing *winter clothes. She has warm clothes. She’s wearing thermal clothes. The result made her happy. The result made her euphoric.
She’s reading an interesting article. She finds the article interesting. She found an interesting book
Comparative Adjectives Triangle A is big Triangle B is small Triangle A is bigger than B Triangle B is smaller than A
Tim
Jim Tim is generous Jim is greedy Tim is more generous than Jim Jim is greedier than Tim
Friendly Friendlier Unfriendly Unfriendlier
More strong
bigger
https://soundcloud.com/federico-bueno-637908942/2a-1 Height Wealth Character Appearance Weight Fame/Renown
https://soundcloud.com/federico-bueno-637908942/1a-1
Explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umxq8mOyiyc
taller hotter nicer
More expensive
More polite
More dangerous slower
Easier
Dirtier
Prettier More exciting More beautiful More important
Noisier More boring Easier More traditional Worse
One syllable Adjectives Base Adjective Tall Fat Sad
Comparative Taller Fatter Sadder
Superlative
Two syllable Adjectives Base Adjective Busy Simple Titled
Comparative Busier More simple More titled
Superlative
Three or more syllable Adjectives Base Adjective important Generous intelligent
Comparative Superlative More important More generous More intelligent Typical Mistake My house is more bigger than yours
Irregular Adjectives Base Adjective Comparative Superlative Good Better Bad Worse Far Farther / Further Little Less Much More Many More https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/comparatives/ Comparative & Superlative Chart
Pete’s car is cheaper than Ann’s Is newer than Pete’s Ann’s car is more comfortable than Pete’s
bigger The house is more expensive than the flat Is nearer to The flat is more modern than the house
Cleverer / More clever friendlier better worse
More interesting
bigger Stronger / More
strong easier
We can use these words to be more precise when comparing: Ducks are a little / slightly / a bit bigger than hems
Elephants are way / a lot /much bigger than ants
Yesterday’s Activity
hotter wetter more more
beautiful more
interesting
faster more
polite
harder
more more
important
Next Week’s Activity Check the following Link https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/comparatives/ 1 Kelly is older than james. 2 James is younger than Kelly 3 James is taller than Kelly 4 James has a car, but Kelly doesn’t 5 Kelly has a son, but James doesn’t have any children 6 James has a flat. Kelly has a house. 7 They both have good jobs. 8 James works longer hours than Kelly. 9 Kelly has a much more interesting job than James’