5 HOME TRUTHS 5 A Moving house Vocabulary

5 HOME TRUTHS 5 A Moving house Vocabulary: homes Grammar: making comparisons: comparatives, superlatives, much, a bit, (not) as. . . As, different from, etc. Review: adjectives to describe character and behaviour

5 A Moving house Please, open your books, p 36, and try to do exercise 1 (put the words/phrases into groups 1 -3)) Check in V 5. 1, p 125 § TYPES OF HOME: a terraced house; a detached house; a semi-detached house; a cottage; a three-storey house/building; aa bungalow § LOCATION: with a nice view; in the country; in the suburbs; in a good/bad/rough neighbourhood; on the ground/first/top floor; within walknig distance of the shops § PARTS OF A HOME: a balcony, a loft; a garage; a study Please try to do exercise 2. After that, do exercise ½, p 25, Workbook

Reading, Listening and Grammar Please, read the advertisments to places to live, exercise 2, p. 36/37, Student’s book. Ian and Liz are looking for a new place to live. Listen to their conversation. Which place do they both like? Now, please try to do exercise 4, p 36.

Grammar: making comparisons: comparatives, superlatives, much, a bit, (not) as. . . As, different from, etc There are some rules to help you make comparisons in English. 1 If the adjective (describing word) is one syllable To form the comparative, we add -er to the end of the adjective. To form the superlative, we add -est to the end of the adjective. Adjective small cold light wide * hot ** Comparative smaller colder lighter wider hotter Superlative the smallest the coldest the lightest the widest the hottest

* When an adjective ends in the letter E, we just add the -R (for comparatives) or -ST (for superlatives). We do not write two Es together. Wider (correct) not wideer (incorrect). ** When an adjective ends in a consonant + short vowel + consonant (C + V + C), we normally double the last letter. big - bigger - biggest, wet - wetter wettest London is bigger than Santiago. Mike is taller than John but James is the tallest. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year. It is the oldest building in the village. I want a faster car.

Two-syllable Adjectives ending in -Y To form the comparative, we remove the -y and add -ier to the end of the adjective. To form the superlative, we remove the -y and add -iest to the end of the adjective. It was the happiest day of my life. My joke was funnier than your one. This section is easier than the rest Adjective Comparative Superlative crazy crazier the craziest happy happier the happiest early earlier the earliest

Adjectives with Two or more Syllables For Adjectives with 2 syllables (that don't end in -y) and higher (3, 4 syllables etc), we use more for comparatives and the most for superlatives. My girlfriend is more beautiful than yours. Alex is more intelligent than you but I am the most intelligent. It was the most wonderful day I have ever had. Some exceptions with two-syllable adjectives ending in -er and -est: narrow - narrower, simple - simpler, quiet - quieter Adjective Comparative Superlative handsome more handsome the most handsome nervous more nervous the most nervous enthusiastic more enthusiastic the most enthusiastic

Irregular Forms Adjective Comparative Superlative good better the best bad worse the worst far *** further / farther the furthest / farthest little less the least many/much more the most old **** older/elder the oldest / eldest

When you want to say something is similar, use ‘as – as’. For example, “She’s as tall as her brother” or “It’s as nice today as it was yesterday. ” When you want to say one thing is less than another, you can either use ‘less than’ or ‘not as – as’. For example, “This programme is less interesting than I thought” or “This programme is not as interesting as I thought. ” Please, try to do exercise 5, p 37. Check in G 5. 1, p 126. To revise, please do exercise 7/8, p 37, Student’s book, and exercise 4/5, p 25/26, Workbook.

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