Howarewedifferentfromeachother?ByGinnyLearningobjectivesAttheendofthisclass,studentswillbeableto:1.Formmostofthecomparativeadjectives/adverbscorrectly;.2.Createsentencestocompareclassmates/objectsusingtargetstructures;3.Usingcomparativestocompareyourcitywithanotherone.AtrueorfalsequizHowmuchmoneydidDarrenwin?HowmuchmoneydidDarrenwin?ComparativesnothingReadthesentencesandnoticethecomparativesinbold.Writedowntheiroriginalformsbelow.Comparativesmore

morecolourful

taller

shorter

better

louder

earlier

manycolourfultallshortwellloudearlyHowdotheychangeforms?Therulesofchangingadjectivesoradverbsintotheircomparativeforms.Comparativesshort——shortertall——tallerloud——louder1.一般情況下，比較級詞尾加-er；early——earlier2.以“輔音字母+y”結(jié)尾的雙音節(jié)詞，變y為i，再加-er；large——largerlate——later3.以字母e結(jié)尾的詞比較級詞尾加-r；big——biggerfat——fatter4.重讀閉音節(jié)尾只有一個輔音字母時先寫該輔音字母，然后在詞尾加-er；適用于單音節(jié)詞和部分雙音節(jié)詞Therulesofchangingadjectivesoradverbsintotheircomparativeforms.Comparativescolorful——morecolourfulinteresting——moreinteresting詞前加more構(gòu)成比較級good/well——betterbad/badly——worsemany/much——morelittle——lessfar-further/farther多音節(jié)詞和部分雙音節(jié)詞不規(guī)則的變化difficult

noisy

thin

near

rich

hot

dangerous

good

much

high

large

big

cold

happy

Writedownthecomparativesofthefollowingadjectives.ComparativesmoredifficultnoisierthinnernearerricherhottermoredangerousbettermorehigherlargerbiggercolderhappierReadthesentencesagainandthinkabouthowtousecomparatives.Comparatives表示兩者（人或事物）的比較。常見句型是：“比較級+than”當(dāng)要表示比較的兩者情況一致時，可用結(jié)構(gòu)：“as+adj./adv.+as”，表示“一樣……”,其否定形式為：“notso/as+adj./adv.+as”Usethewordsinthebracketstowritequestionsandanswers.Comparatives1.Q:IsJulieslimmerthanyou?(Julie/slim/you)A:No,sheisn't.Sheisasslimasme.2.Q:

?(you/serious/cousin)A:No,I’mnot.Iam

thanheis.3.Q:

?(Tom/smart/Sam)A:No,Idon’tthinkso.IthinkSamisas

asTom.2.Q:

?(Jack/swim/fast/Sally)A:No,hedoesn’t.Heswimsas

asSally.AreyouasseriousasyourcousinmoreseriousIsTomsmarterthanSamsmartDoesJackswimfasterthanSallyfastTheNile/theAmazon(long)——TheNileislongerthantheAmazon.Canada/Brazil(big)Driving/flying(dangerous)MyEnglish/yourEnglish(bad)Thischair/thatchair(comfortable)Buses/trains(cheap)Writecomparativesentences.ComparativesCanadaisbiggerthanBrazil.Flyingismoredangerousthandriving.MyEnglishisworse/betterthanyourEnglish.Thischairismorecomfortablethanthatchair.Busesarecheaperthantrains.Whatcanwecomparebetweentwocities?Lookatthechart.CompareGuangzhouandVancouver.ComparativeslargerpopulationsmallerpopulationlargersmallerheavierlighterwarmercolderhottercoolerCompletethesentencestocompareGuangzhouandVancouver.Usethewordsintheboxandthan.ComparativesThepopulationofVancouverwas

thatofGuangzhouin2024.Inarea,Guangzhouis

Vancouver.Itrains

inGuangzhou

inVancouver.GuangzhouhasapleasanttemperatureinJanuary.Itis

VancouverinJanuary.Vancouveris

GuangzhouinJuly.largesmallmuchwarmcoolsmallerthanmuchlargerthanmorethanwarmercoolerCanyouintroduceGuangzhouaccordingtothesentences?IntroduceGuangzhouusingthesentencesin3c.ComparativesGuangzhouisabigcityinChina.ItisdifferentfromVancouverinmanyways.Inpopulation,GuangzhouismuchlargerthanVancouver.Guangzhouhasabout18.7millionpeople,whileVancouverhasfewerpeople.Inarea,GuangzhouisbiggerthanVancouver.Itcovers7,436squarekilometers.Theweatherisdifferenttoo.InJanuary,GuangzhouiswarmerthanVancouver,withanaverageof16°C.InJuly,Guangzhouishotter,around31°C,butVancouveriscooler.Guangzhoualsohasmorerainfallinayear.Bothcitiesarenice,butGuangzhoufeelsmorelively.BeginningEndingHowaboutVancouver?Languagepoints&importantexpressionsThepopulationofVancouverwaslargerthanthatofGuangzhouin2024.形容population，不能用“多少”，只能用“大小”。即big，large，small等；that此處替代“population”，表特指，“